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Countywide decisions that reach Marple Township, Newtown Township and the school district.
October 17, 2026: Monday’s agenda proposes $259,872.65 in bills, plus ratification of $1,045.38 already paid. New engineering records identify sanitary-sewer priorities—not a drinking-water warning.
October 17, 2026: Eight outages appear in the utility’s 9:33 a.m. report. The county’s post-meeting planning documents identify applications considered, not recommendations or municipal approvals.
October 16, 2026: PECO’s 9:42 a.m. report lists one Marple outage and no Newtown outage. Zoning decisions remain unverified; county youth-center agreement is proposed for October 20.
October 16, 2026: The utility’s 9:42 a.m. report lists 12 county outages. A newly posted October 20 detention-board agenda proposes a five-county agreement without financial or operating terms.
The township’s October 14 notice restates a $367,567 award, not new funding. Today’s county review also includes Newtown’s proposed data-center revisions.
Newtown data-center revisions and other municipal proposals are on the tentative 4 p.m. agenda. County review does not grant municipal approval.
Three property applications and the pending 6 Boot Road apartment-use appeal are scheduled for October 15. No township vote is verified from Monday.
The official “Current Meeting Agenda” link returns a missing September PDF ahead of Thursday’s public review of subdivision and land-development proposals.
· Updated 2026-10-15
The September 22 revision contains 234 fewer records than September 21 and 1,047 fewer than September 3. Inclusion means scheduled for sale—not sold.
The September 22 revision contains three Marple records and one Newtown record. The list can still change before Thursday's auction.
The September 21 revision contains 258 fewer records than September 17 and 813 fewer than September 3. Inclusion means scheduled for sale—not sold.
The September 17 list contains 1,035 property records. Inclusion means scheduled for sale—not sold—and the list can still change.
Election-board and tax-sale deadlines remain ahead; County Council’s September 16 outcomes still require an authoritative vote record.
County records added no verified vote or emergency update; election-board and tax-sale deadlines remain ahead.
The election board has posted proposed polling-place changes for September 22. County Council’s September 16 debt and contract outcomes still require verification by this desk.