Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda
Monday, January 23, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
While the Township is not recording, there may be members of the public recording the meeting. All documents for a specific agenda item must be received by the Township no later than the Wednesday prior to the scheduled Public Meeting date.
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- Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Sunshine Announcements
- Announcements
- Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
- January 18TH Work Session Cancelled
- Treasurer’s Report – Resolution 2022 Budget Supplemental Appropriation
- Request for Conditional Use Decision Extension, Tax Parcel 63-1-16, 20 North Wawaset Road
- Kennett Area EMS Commission
- Increase in County Appropriation
- Public Works Report
- Installation of Hidden Driveway Signs/Route 52
- West Creek Road Project
- Pest Control Service Agreement
- Facilities
- New Township Administration Building
- Update
- Review & Approval Applications for Payment
- New Business
- Old Business
- Eagle Scout Project for Barnard House
- Correspondence
- Treasurer’s Warrants
- Approval of Reorg Meeting Minutes January 3, 2023
- Adjournment

Entrance is off of South Wawaset Road which is opposite a Pocopson Home entrance road. The entrance is a one-way access.
Parking lot area becomes visible as you drive in. The administration building is located at the rear of the property behind the Barnard House (stone house that is at the entrance off of South Wawaset Road).
Lobby will be staffed the night of the meeting.
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES
The Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors will hold their organizational meeting on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.
The Pocopson Township Auditors will hold their organizational meeting on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.
All meetings are prevailing times, in-person, and are held in the Pocopson Township Administration Building at 664 South Wawaset Road, West Chester, 19382. If any person who wishes to attend a meeting has a disability and/or requires an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to observe or participate in the proceedings, including issuance of an access code for remote participation, should contact the Township at 610-793-2151 or email to secretary@pocopson.org to discuss how those needs may be accommodated.
Susan Simone, Township Secretary
Board of Supervisors Reorganizational Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
While the Township is not recording, there may be members of the public recording the meeting.
All documents for a specific agenda item must be received by the Township no later than the Wednesday prior to the scheduled Public Meeting
- Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
- Sunshine Announcements
- Announcements
- Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items – limited to 2 minutes in accordance with Resolution 2018-8 (see here)
- Reorganization of the Board of Supervisors
- Appointments: Employees, Representatives, Zoning Hearing Board, Planning Commission, Committees and Consultants
- Township Meeting Schedule and Holidays
- Supervisor Liaisons
- Resolutions
- Resolution 2023-1 – Boundaries for Emergency Services
- Resolution 2023-2 – Establishing Depositories for Township Funds
- Resolution 2023-3 – Omnibus Fee Schedule for 2023
- Approval of December 19, 2022 Meeting Minutes
- Adjournment
There is a three box limit on paper; no cardboard, please. Click on the link for details.
Williams Shredder and Drug Take Back

There will be two historic building Open Houses in Pocopson Township on Sunday September 18th. The Locust Grove Schoolhouse and the Barnard Station Welcome Center will be open to visitors from 11 am until 1 pm. Please take the opportunity to come out and visit both sites, as they are located nearby each other.
The Locust Grove Schoolhouse is located at 525 Locust Grove Road, West Chester, PA and Barnard Station is located at 650 South Wawaset Road, West Chester, PA. (If using a GPS, try 715 South Wawaset to guide you to Barnard Station.)
There will be two historic building Open Houses in Pocopson Township on Sunday August 21st. The Locust Grove Schoolhouse and the Barnard Station Welcome Center will be open to visitors from 11 am until 1 pm. Please take the opportunity to come out and visit both sites, as they are located nearby each other.
The Locust Grove Schoolhouse is located at 525 Locust Grove Road, West Chester, PA and Barnard Station is located at 650 South Wawaset Road, West Chester, PA. (If using a GPS, try 715 South Wawaset Road.)

Annual Auditors Organization Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 4:00 p.m.
Pocopson Township Administration Building
664 South Wawaset Road, West Chester PA 19382
While the Township is not recording, there may be members of the public recording the meeting.
- Call to Order
- Approval of January 4, 2022 Annual Meeting Minutes
- Announcements:
- Elected Auditors are Randy Mims (elected 11/2/2021 to 4-year term) and Bushra Wasif Qureshi (elected 11/2/2021 to 6-year term)
- Marc Rubin appointed by Board of Supervisors June 13, 2022; will serve until after the next municipal election (end of 2023)
- Election of Chairman
- Election of Secretary
- Township Resolution 2022-24 Appointment of CPA to Replace Elected Township Auditors to Examine all Township Accounts for Fiscal Year 2022
- Barbacane Thornton Communications Regarding 2021 Audit
- Engagement Letter Signed January 2022
- Revised Audit Letter March 2022
- Status of Request for Proposal for External Auditor
- Board authorized proceeding June 27, 2022
- Status of Draft RFP to Perform 2023 Audit
- Public Comment
- Adjournment
The Pocopson Township Auditors will hold their organizational meeting on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.
All meetings are prevailing times, in-person, and are held in the Pocopson Township Administration Building at 664 South Wawaset Road, West Chester, 19382. If any person who wishes to attend a meeting has a disability and/or requires an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to observe or participate in the proceedings, including issuance of an access code for remote participation, should contact the Township at 610-793-2151 or email to secretary@pocopson.org to discuss how those needs may be accommodated.
Susan Simone
Township Secretary
The Pocopson Township Historical Committee will be holding an Open House at the restored Locust Grove Schoolhouse on Sunday July 17th from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm.
The historic building served the community as a public school from 1816 until 1923. The interior of the building has been restored to interpret the life of a school student in Pocopson Township in the late 19th century. The building has displays of vintage photographs, historic documents, reproduction school desks and books, and representations of typical school clothes worn by students in the time period.
The street address of the historic building is 525 Locust Grove Road, West Chester, PA.
