Joanne Phillips
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 32
- Total speaking time
- 2:43:32
- Avg per meeting
- 5:07
- Segments
- 1965
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Top issues during term (20)
$120 Million Open Space Bond Referendum
Up to $120 million in county debt — paid back by taxpayers — if voters say yes in November.
November 3 General Election Preparation
Up to $29,250, covered by a state election grant.
County Road Conditions and Blight
Up to $75,000 from the Recorder of Deeds demolition fund.
Crozer Hospital Closure Aftermath
$250,000 grant — no county match identified.
Regional Youth Detention Center Agreement
The resolution itself commits the county in principle; funding details will come back with a definitive contract for council and the board of managers to review.
Counter-Drone Grant (C-UAS) — Tabled
$1.4 million in grant-funded equipment — no county dollars discussed.
Stormwater management and Chester Creek Trail
$9.75 million for the trail phase with zero county match, plus $300,000 in DCNR funds for Delco Woods.
Opioid settlement-funded services
Opioid settlement dollars — including $1.3 million used toward the jail medical contract — are at issue.
Criminal justice and public safety funding
No county taxpayer dollars — the $41,640 comes entirely from a federal Justice Assistance Grant.
Amended 2026 Capital Improvement Budget
Most of the county's general obligation borrowing funds this program; the $18 million reduction frees borrowing capacity.
Evening meeting schedule change
Saves about $40,000 a year in police overtime costs.
Countywide housing study
$100,000 grant, matched with existing federal funds; no new county money.
Human Services Block Grant — $51.15M
$928,194.52 in state funding, an increase of about $77,000 over last year.
Countywide composting and recycling expansion funded by $4.99M EPA grant
About $52,847 in grant funds covering half the coordinator's cost, at no direct county expense.
Workday implementation risk
Up to $300,000 a year for up to three years, plus supplemental support within an existing capital plan budget line.
Federal housing and homelessness grants
About $210,900 in PHFA funds for housing stability services.
George W. Hill Prison Kitchen Modernization
Project is in the approved 2026 capital budget; advertisement costs $200.
Data Center Utility and Emergency Preparedness Concerns
Speaker asked that developers, not taxpayers, fund specialized fire training and equipment through an escrow fund.
1724 Chester Courthouse rehabilitation
About $215,000 from the county/Visit Delco collaboration fund.
Chester City Investment
Costs up to $311,000, fully covered by a federal grant.
Decisions during term (446)
Recorded while Phillips was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of Minutes — October 7, 2026
Resolution 2026-04 — Regional Youth Detention Center Agreement
Consent Agenda Items 10.A–10.KK (excluding 10.GG)
Item 10.GG — Adelphoi Services First Match Program Contract (tabled)
Appoint Aristea Silkas to the Women's Commission
Library Board appointments
Payment of current bills
Termination of parental rights petitions and adoption consent
Approval to advertise for construction of the Mineral Hill Park Trail Improvement Project. Subject to Solicitor's approval.
Approval to apply for a Local Share Account (LSA) Statewide Grant through the Commonwealth Finance Authority in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 to support the Darby Creek Trail Washout Repair and Improvement project. Subject to…
Approval to apply to the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership to obtain up to 50% reimbursement of cost for the expected 2027 replacement of bulletproof vests for Park Police, Adult Probation, Juvenile Probation, and the Criminal…
Approval to apply and accept a grant award in the amount of $50,000.00, to establish the Public Safety Drone Program on behalf of the Office of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. Subject to Solicitor's approval.
Approval to apply for the Continuing County Adult Probation & Parole Grant offered through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in the amount of $853,937.00. Subject to Solicitor's approval.
Approval to accept grant funding for CDBG in the amount of $3,594,785.00, HOME in the amount of $1,058,931.13 and ESG in the amount of $316,771.00 from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, for a term of July 1, 2026 to June…
Approval of a grant from the ROD Demolition Fund to Darby Borough for the demolition of a vacant structure located at 939 Forrester Avenue with adjacent structure stabilization in an amount not to exceed $110,000.00. Subject to Solicitor's…
Approval to execute a Subrecipient Agreement with Chester Township in the amount of $400,000.00 for storm water system improvements in response to Hurricane Ida. Funding is provided through the PA Department of Community and Economic…
Approval of ratification of a one-year term extension to Contract #4100090805.01 with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Assistance for the program management for the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Subject to…
Approval to accept grant funding for the State Food Purchase Program in the amount of $930,125.57 from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Subject to Solicitor’s approval.
Approval to accept subsequent Immunization Grant Award renewal 1 in the amount of $206,156.44 for a term of July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. Funds support staff and related expenses to reduce morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable…
Approval for Workforce Development to apply to renew the Veteran Employment Program—Delaware County grant from PA Labor & Industry for the amount of $350,000.00 for services from April 1, 2027, to May 31, 2029. No County match. Subject to…
Voting record (17)
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Move remaining agenda items to consent agenda
approve Ordinance 2026-02, Authorizing and Directing the Issuance of General Obligation Debt by the County as Permitted by and Pursuant to the Local Government Unit Debt Act and setting forth related
Ordinance 2026-02 — General Obligation Debt Issuance (up to $126 million)
remove from Consent Agenda Item 8C, approval to accept the Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems ( C-UAS) grant Award, in the amount not to exceed $1,445,000.00 for a term of July 4, 2025, to September 30
remove from the Consent Agenda 8E for Approval of a Grant by the Delaware County Interactive Gaming Revenue Authority for a one-time special grant in the amount of $25,000.00 to the Delaware County Ba
Item 8.C — Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant, up to $1,445,000
Concerned about privacy/surveillance creep, compliance burden, and long-term costs.
Item 8.E — $25,000 DIGRA Grant to Delaware County Bar Foundation
Made the motion to remove and separate the item.