Big Beaver Borough Council: Meetings & Votes
Every borough council meeting and every recorded vote, taken from the official minutes. Canceled meetings are listed too, along with scheduled meetings whose minutes were never posted online. Minutes are posted after they are approved, usually at the next meeting.
Meetings in 2018
- Dec. 18 · Regular meeting10 votesBig Beaver council passed 2019 budget, kept property tax at 12.5 mills
- Dec. 4 · Regular meeting0 votesBig Beaver council met in executive session on personnel issues
- Nov. 20 · Regular meeting8 votesBig Beaver council OK’d a statement to be read at the Mt. Airy casino hearing
- Nov. 6 · Regular meeting3 votesBig Beaver council appointed Candy Braniff as borough administrator
- Oct. 16 · Regular meeting7 votesBig Beaver council adopted an ordinance vacating Day Street
- Oct. 2 · Regular meetingCanceled
- Sept. 18 · Regular meeting8 votesBig Beaver council conditionally approved a communications tower on Norwood Drive
- Sept. 4 · Regular meetingCanceled
- Aug. 21 · Regular meeting5 votesBig Beaver council moved recurring bills to ACH payments to stop late fees
- Aug. 7 · Regular meeting0 votesBig Beaver council said all purchases will require purchase orders starting in August
- July 17 · Regular meeting10 votesBig Beaver council approved buying a new Peterbilt maintenance truck
- July 3 · Regular meetingCanceled
- June 19 · Regular meeting5 votesBig Beaver council suspended an employee for one day as a final warning
- June 5 · Regular meetingCanceled
- May 15 · Regular meeting6 votesBig Beaver council OKs citations against a Forest Drive pool owner and Danny’s Motel
- May 1 · Regular meeting2 votesBig Beaver council adopted a hazard mitigation resolution and accepted COG contracts
- April 17 · Regular meeting5 votesBig Beaver council moved ahead on vacating Day Street, with Penn Tec covering costs
- April 3 · Regular meeting0 votesBig Beaver council met in closed session on a personnel issue, then adjourned
- March 20 · Regular meeting3 votesBig Beaver officials to ask PennDOT to study jake braking on Wallace Run Road and Route 18
- March 6 · Regular meeting3 votesBig Beaver council approved a phone system upgrade to Comcast Business
- Feb. 20 · Regular meeting4 votesBig Beaver council extended a property owner’s clean-up deadline to May 31
- Feb. 6 · Regular meetingCanceled
- Jan. 16 · Regular meeting6 votesBig Beaver council voted to cite the owner of the Route 18 roller rink for violations
- Jan. 2 · Reorganization meeting1 voteBig Beaver council re-elected Jason Landsbach president at its reorganization meeting
How members voted in 2018
| Member | Attended | Votes cast | Voted against the majority | Abstained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Joy Mayor (R) | 18 of 19 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Magee (R) | 16 of 19 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| Bart Carr Former member | 12 of 19 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Davenport Former member | 5 of 19 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Landsbach Former member | 19 of 19 | 82 | 1 | 0 |
| Roz Miller Former member | 18 of 19 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Stiteler Former member | 18 of 19 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
Attendance counts the meetings held while each member was on the borough council. "Voted against the majority" counts no votes on motions that passed and yes votes on motions that failed. Tap a name to see every vote.
Many votes are taken by voice. When the minutes say a vote was unanimous, everyone present is shown voting yes. When they name members who voted no or abstained, everyone else present is shown voting yes. When they give only the result, individual votes are shown as not recorded.
Source: Big Beaver Borough Council minutes. Recaps are drafted by the BeaverCountian AI Desk from the official minutes and reviewed by an editor.