Exeter Examiner Stories

If there was a doubt in anyone’s mind before that the Exeter Board of Supervisors was broken, after the Monday night meeting, all doubt is gone. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

 In what looks like a return to a normal sized agenda, the Exeter Supervisors will hold their initial August meeting on the 1st. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

The Exeter school board will hold two meetings Tuesday night. One will be their regularly scheduled Committee of the Whole meeting, the other will be a special voting meeting.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

The Exeter Township Supervisors announced that they have reached a preliminary agreement with Reading Hospitality Management (RHM) and Catering by Doubletree to reopen the Reading Country Club (RCC) as an event space in which to hold weddings, proms, parties, corporate events and the like.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...

As an addendum to our preview of the Supervisors meeting of Monday night, and in light of a new partner potentially being brought in to run the Reading Country Club (RCC) food and beverage business, it seems a good idea to do a quick recap of how the RCC golf course is doing financially.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...

A big agenda awaits the Exeter Township Supervisors for Monday’s meeting, with the biggest item being about the Reading Country Club (RCC). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

In a humdrum school board meeting, as July always is, the only controversial moment was when it was divulged that the salary for the newly created School Safety and Security Coordinator position had been incorrectly reported by the previous interim Superintendent, Dr. Cindy Mierzejewski.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...

The Exeter school board will hold one meeting for the month of July, as is their custom. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

You’d think I would learn.   I started writing about this meeting before it even started, thinking I’d be able to write a portion because it was going to be a staid affair.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

  By the looks of the agenda, the Exeter Supervisors might not have a three hour meeting Monday night. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

The steps built last year between the Dunn Center and the Exeter Community Library are in the process of being torn down. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

 The biggest item in the June 27th Exeter Supervisors meeting was the Perkiomen Ave Phase 2 discussion, in which the Supes discussed and voted on advancing the project to bids, just to find out what the costs will be under the current economic conditions.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack....

  The Exeter Township School District raised taxes, approved labor agreements, welcomed a new Superintendent, and engaged in fuzzy math. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

 The June 27th Exeter Supervisors meeting can be summed up in one word; dig. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

With the “resignation” of former Exeter Finance Director Jennifer Savage, eight township management employees have been removed either by dismissal or resignation.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

 It’s about to be official. The Exeter school board on Tuesday will raise your taxes 1.5%.  This will be the fourth tax hike in four years, and eleventh in the last twelve. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

The Exeter Supervisors appear to have something majorly wrong on their agenda. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

Gardella appointed Vice Chair This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

 The agenda for the Supervisors meeting on Wednesday, June 22nd, has a surprise in it. The agenda calls for a discussion about the Vice Chair position, and about interaction with staff and the solicitor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

The time and place of a special meeting in which the Exeter Board of Supervisors is to discuss the Perkiomen Avenue Streetscape Project has been changed. AGAIN. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

In my previous article, “One more thing on the lax Exeter financial record controls”, I revealed that the former Assistant Township Manager for Exeter Township went to a professional development conference three weeks before leaving for a job with Schuylkill Township in Chester County. After a tip from a reader, and a Google search, it was confirmed that Laurie Getz has been promoted to Township M...

 On June 15th, I wrote an article about the loose financial controls in Exeter Township government, “EXETER TOWNSHIP SHOWS LAX FINANCIAL CONTROLS”.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

In all candor, I went snooping looking for one thing, and came out with another.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

According to figures provided from an analysis of golf course revenue and expenditures by Exeter Supervisor Dave Hughes, the Redding Country Club golf course has lost $3.1 million in the last four years, 5.9 million if you include the debt service. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com

  In an interview on “The Exeter Underground”, Exeter Township Supervisor Ted Gardella admitted that “we are not very good at transparency right now, we are just not”. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jerrygeleff.substack.com