Meeting coverage

Upper Bern Township in Berks County holds a hearing and adoption vote Sept. 10 on zoning rules for data centers and solar, plus how to weigh in.

What the Berks County commissioners did Sept. 3: shifted $4.5 million for child-welfare and juvenile costs and set aside a $500,000 escrow deposit.

The Sept. 3 Berks County commissioners meeting: $4.5 million shifted for child and youth costs, opioid-settlement money, and a $500,000 escrow set-aside.

Bern supervisors are set to decide Sept. 1 on a conditional-use agreement for the Stinson warehouse off W. Leesport Road, hemmed in by 32 conditions.

What the Berks County commissioners did Aug. 27: a first step toward up to $30 million in youth-detention bonds, plus a 600 Penn tower agreement of sale.

The Aug. 27 Berks County commissioners meeting: a step toward up to $30 million in bonds for the regional youth detention center, plus a vote to buy 600 Penn Street.

The Reading School District board votes Aug. 26 on a three-year contract for its food-service workers, with an hourly raise and new starting wages.

South Heidelberg supervisors vote Aug. 25 on a zoning change that defines data centers and would allow them in the township's I3 industrial district.

What the Berks County commissioners did Aug. 20: an arena-authority bond refinancing, an $82,675 courthouse-relocation study, and $304,500 in new ballot scanners.

The Aug. 20 Berks County commissioners agenda: a Convention Center Authority bond refinancing, a courthouse-relocation study, and new election scanners.

Windsor Township adopted Ordinance 2026-01 on Aug. 11, setting where data centers can go in Berks County and what they must prove before they build.

Amity Township holds a public hearing Aug. 19 on adopting a joint comprehensive plan with three neighbors, and weighs sewer-plant costs and a tapping-fee study.

Cumru Township’s commissioners meet Aug. 18 on a new trash and recycling contract, a rental-property program, and a new township manager.

Kutztown Borough Council meets Aug. 18 to weigh releasing $200,000 in fire-tax money for firehouse repairs, accept a councilmember’s resignation, and pay for its new borough building.

Reading is weighing a vacant-property registry with semiannual fees that climb to $5,000 for the buildings left empty and neglected the longest.

What passed at the Aug. 13 Berks County commissioners meeting: $1.9 million in food contracts and more money for the delayed court-records system.

Bethel Township is set to begin writing data-center zoning rules and to advertise a public workshop for Sept. 8. What it means and how to follow it.

The Aug. 13 Berks County commissioners agenda: $1.9 million in food contracts, spending tied to a delayed court system, and how to comment.

The Boyertown school board appointed Jason Szczurowski to a vacant Region 2 seat, months after he narrowly lost a November election for the region.

Windsor Township could enact data center zoning Aug. 11 after a 6:30 p.m. hearing. Five more Berks municipalities are moving on data center rules too.