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Installation of the new solar panels behind the West Rockhill Township building has been completed. The solar system will be a model for other towns and an educational site for students, West Rockhill Township Board of Supervisors member Jim Miller said. Jay Keyser, another of the board members, said he agrees with others who have said it s an eyesore. There are plans to add fencing, landscaping and buffering, which will be paid for with donations, Miller said.Â
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Bob Keeler - MediaNews Group
The money is in the bank. Bucks County has received $61 million, the first half of the $122 million it has been allocated by the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
County Chief Operating Officer Margie McKevitt said Wednesday during a commissioners meeting that the coronavirus relief money had been transferred to the county and now officials will determine how to best spend it.
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan will pump the largest sums yet in federal COVID-19 relief into the county an unprecedented $298 million combined for Bucks government and the 54 municipalities here, as well as the area s 13 public school districts.
All entities were due to start receiving the money last week. The balance of the funds will be sent a year from the first distribution, but no sooner.
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‘Energy Choice’ Bill Has Some Lawmakers Worried Local Government Could Lose Power
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Though it’s dubbed an “energy choice” bill, a proposal now before the state Senate has lawmakers worried that Pennsylvania municipalities will lose some power over local decisions.
Members of the Senate Local Government and Environmental Resources and Energy committees met for a joint hearing Tuesday where they heard from stakeholders and discussed Senate Bill 275. Sponsored by Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Lycoming, the bill claims to prevent discrimination against all forms of energy by prohibiting municipalities from creating policies that restrict sources.
“It seems like it may be a bit of a solution in search of a problem,” Sen. Tim Kearney, D-Delaware, said. “Since my time in the Senate, it’s been hammered into me that one size does not fit all in Pennsylvania, so I’m a little distressed by this sort of idea that we should decide for all boroughs, all municipalities, all ci
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