{"id":20188,"date":"2014-01-08T08:57:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T13:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20188"},"modified":"2014-01-07T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T23:06:08","slug":"county-commissioners-retain-leadership-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20188","title":{"rendered":"County commissioners retain leadership structure"},"content":{"rendered":"

With unanimous votes, Costello reelected chair, Cozzone, vice-chair<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/span><\/strong>, Managing Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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County Commissioners Kathi Cozzone (from left) ,Terence Farrell, and Ryan Costello voted Tuesday to retain last year’s leadership structure.<\/p><\/div>\n

During the first sunshine meeting of 2014, the Chester County Commissioners voted to continue last year\u2019s leadership structure.<\/p>\n

With unanimity, Commissioners\u2019 Chairman Ryan Costello was reelected to his post, and Commissioner Kathi Cozzone retained her position as vice chair. Farrell nominated Costello, and Costello nominated Cozzone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful to my colleagues for reappointing me as chairman of the board for 2014,\u201d said Costello.\u00a0 \u201cOver the past three years we\u2019ve worked collaboratively, governed effectively, and provided an excellent level of services and programs for the taxpayers and families of Chester County.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cozzone also expressed thanks. \u201cIt\u2019s been a good professional relationship,\u201d she said, adding that when disagreements occur, they are grounded in mutual respect.<\/p>\n

Farrell noted the county\u2019s new row officers, including Clerk of Courts Robin Marcello and Controller Norman MacQueen. \u201cI\u2019d like to welcome you aboard and look forward to working with you\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Costello expressed hope that the commissioners would vote on Thursday at their regular meeting to reimburse the Downingtown Senior Center for the legal expenses it will require as it battles to protect its interests during a second outbreak of mold, labeling the centers throughout the county as “an extension of county government.”<\/p>\n

The Downingtown center’s problem, which was remediated this past summer, has returned in a common wall that is shared with an out-of-county owner, Costello said. The center owns one condominium and the other party, which owns two, has failed to respond to requests for assistance, Costello said.<\/p>\n

Cozzone agreed that \u201cthe county assist the Downingtown Senior Center in any way that we can,\u201d explaining that the center provides invaluable resources to senior citizens. Farrell said he also supports the initiative, pointing out that the Downingtown center serves a larger segment of the population than the other county centers, all of which benefit the public.<\/p>\n

The Downingtown Senior Center is currently looking for a temporary facility so it can continue its programs, Cozzone added. She said suggestions would be welcomed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With unanimous votes, Costello reelected chair, Cozzone, vice-chair By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times During the first sunshine meeting of 2014, the Chester County Commissioners voted to continue last year\u2019s leadership structure. With unanimity, Commissioners\u2019 Chairman Ryan Costello was reelected to his post, and Commissioner Kathi Cozzone retained her position as vice chair. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,1],"tags":[1234,4734,1285,4387,4729,188,1284],"class_list":["post-20188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","category-uncategorized","tag-chester-county-commissioners","tag-downingtown-senior-center","tag-kathi-cozzone","tag-norman-macqueen","tag-robin-marcello","tag-ryan-costello","tag-terence-farrell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}