CONESTOGA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Conestoga Valley School District Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, in the district administration board room, 502 Mount Sidney Road.
Among the agenda items:
Commentary on district activity: (a) board commendations; (b) superintendent’s comments; (c) board comments; (d) correspondence – secretary.
Presentations: (a) annual report from Buckskins Activities Alliance; (b) annual SRO report; (c) 2025-2026 technology budget overview.
Public/professional/staff input: (a) public comments – specific to the agenda; (b) comments from CVEA; (c) comments from other employee groups.
Consent agenda: approval of: (a) minutes; (b) financial reports; (c) superintendent’s report; (d) second reading of district policies; (e) student discipline action (per confidential attachment); (f) Mock Trial Team overnight trips 2025-2026; (g) renewal of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology MOU – early enrollment 2025-2026; (h) partnership with certified e-waste recycling providers; (i) Sunbelt agreement for agency nurse for Leola Elementary.
Action/discussion agenda: (a) review of resolution.
Information agenda: (a) finance and operations report; (b) curriculum and instruction report; (c) federal funds; (d) admin policy review.
Board reports: (a) Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 reports; (b) PSBA reports; (c) Lancaster County Academy; (d) Lancaster County Career & Technology Center; (e) construction team update; (f) other reports.
LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL
Lancaster City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, in Nelson M. Polite Sr. City Council Chambers, City Hall, 120 N. Duke St.
Among the agenda items:
Approval of the minutes for Nov. 20 and 25.
Proclamations, honors, awards and resolutions of recognition: mayoral proclamation recognizing Police Chief Richard Mendez.
Reports of Committees of Council meetings held Dec. 1: (a) Public Safety Committee; (b) Public Works Committee; (c) Economic Development Committee; (d) Finance Committee; (e) Community Planning Committee; (f) Personnel Committee.
Legislative agenda: (a) Nominations for appointment: Consider nominations for appointments to the Lancaster Airport Authority, Planning Commission and City Revitalization & Improvement Zone Authority; (b) Historic District: consider the following applications and recommendations from the Historical Architectural Review Board for improvements to properties within Historic District: (1) City of Lancaster, owner of 38 Penn Square, requests reconfiguration of a fire escape; (2) North Lime Street Inc., owner of 39 N. Lime St., requests installation of new commercial signage; (3) Richard and Ann Buckwalter, owners of 331 E. Orange St. (rear), request alteration of a two-bay garage facing East Marion Street; (4) Mimi Shapiro and Paul Engleheart, owners of 239 N. Concord St., request installation of a new handrail on front entry steps; (c) ordinances for final passage: (1) Administration Bill No. 11-2025, adopting a 2026 budget; (2) Administration Bill No. 12-2025, setting 2026 real estate tax rates; (d) Ordinances for first reading: (1) Administration Bill No. 16-2025, consolidating boards, commissions and authorities into an appeals; (2) Administration Bill No. 17-2025, eliminating the position of City treasurer and transferring duties to the Administrative Services department; (3) Council Bill No. 18-2025, adopting an Administrative Cole; (e) Resolutions: Administration Resolution No. 81-2025, authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the Lancaster County Planning department.
LANCASTER TWP. SUPERVISORS
The Lancaster Township Board of Supervisors will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the municipal building, 1240 Maple Ave. Information: twp.lancaster.pa.us.
Among the agenda items:
Secretary’s report: Nov. 10 meeting minutes.
Reports: (a) Lafayette Fire Company (East Side); (b) Lancaster Township Fire Department (West Side); (c) sewer reports; (d) recycling reports; (e) Safety Committee.
Workshop reports: (a) planning & zoning; (b) township engineer; (c) public works; (d) Lancaster Township police; (e) township manager.
Announcements: (a) 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, Planning Commission meeting, 1240 Maple Ave.; (b) Tuesday, Dec. 16 – canceled – Zoning Hearing Board meeting; (c) 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, annual reorganization and supervisors meeting, 1240 Maple Ave.; (d) 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, Board of Auditors annual meeting, 1240 Maple Ave.
Old business: (a) 2026 Lancaster Township annual budget.
Planning and zoning business: (a) Bausman Place Apartments, dedication of additional right-of-way along Charles Road; (b) Little Conestoga Blue/Green Corridor and Conestoga House stream restoration, financial security reduction request; (c) 1515 Ridge Road, field change request; (d) Burrowes Elementary School, modification request; (e) 1905 Millersville Pike, lot add-on plan; (f) resolution for plan revision for New Land Development.
New business: (a) advertisement of the draft 2026 municipal meeting calendar; (b) resolution authorizing an intermunicipal agreement joining and participating as a member of the Susquehanna Municipal Trust; (c) reimbursement resolution for the Public Works Facility Capital Project; (d) resolution adopting a “Policy for installation of fences, accessory structures, landscaping, and utilities in a stormwater easement favoring the Township”; (e) accepting and awarding the 2026 Lancaster Township Leaf Collection Bids.
MANHEIM TWP. COMMISSIONERS
Manheim Township Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the municipal building, 1840 Municipal Drive. Remote access link: manheimtownship.org.
Among the agenda items:
Public hearings/presentations/appointments: (a) Employee of the Month; (b) public hearing, Brooklawn Phase II Bonnie Drive Bridge, floodplain ordinance, R-2 Residential Zoning District, Conditional Use Application; (c) decision, Brooklawn Phase II Bonnie Drive Bridge, floodplain ordinance, R-2 Residential Zoning District, Conditional Use Application; (d) public hearings, (1) proposed ordinance to amend the subdivision and land development ordinance of Manheim Township, 1998, as amended, to revise Article VIII with New Section 801, (2) proposed ordinance to amend the Stormwater Management Ordinance 2014, as amended, to revise Article 1 with New Section 112, (3) proposed ordinance authorizing additions to Chapter 435 Streets and Sidewalks to 435-1 of the Code of the Township of Manheim.
New business: (a) consent agenda: (1) 728 Honey Farm, stormwater management plan, partial financial security reduction; (2) 160 Valley Road, stormwater management plan, partial financial security reduction; (3) 160 Valley Road, stormwater management plan, partial financial security reduction; (4) 1360 Manheim Pike, land development plan, extension of time request; (5) Manheim Township School District, maintenance building and Landis Run parking expansion, land development plan, extension of time request; (6) Brethren Village Tapestrie Development, Phase I, land development plan, extension of time request; (7) Brethren Village, lot add-on plan, extension of time request; (8) Stockyards Building 3 parking lot, lot add-on and stormwater management plan, extension of time request; (b) Resolutions: (1) adopting the updated construction and material specification manual; (2) transferring and appropriating funds from the unappropriated balance in the general fund for the year 2025 to the items in the budget where expenditures exceeded the estimated budget amount; (3) establishing the police pension rate; (4) establishing the township’s comprehensive schedule of fees and charges for services in 2026; (5) appointing a sewage enforcement officer; (6) revising the Employee Handbook (non-union employees); (c) ordinances: (1) amend the subdivision and land development ordinance of Manheim Township, 1998, as amended, to revise Article VIII with New Section 801; (2) amend the Stormwater Management Ordinance 2024, as amended, to revise Article 1 with New Section 112; (3) authorizing additions to Chapter 435 Streets and Sidewalks to 435-1 of the Code of the Township of Manheim; (4) adopting a budget for the year 2026; (5) fixing the tax rate for 2026; (6) establish General Advisory Committees and create a standing Comprehensive Plan Implementation Advisory Committee; (d) motions/decisions: (1) Wawa No. 8250, 1450 Manheim Pike, preliminary/final land development plan; (e) acknowledgments: (1) dedication of streets in Parkside Reserve Phases 1, 2, 3 and 5; (2) engineering and traffic study to post handicapped parking in front of 214 Lincoln St.
Leave a Reply