City Directory
Service
Phone Number
Main Desk
610-447-7700
Abandoned vehicles
610-447-8444
Accounts and Finance
610-447-7981
Animal Control
610-447-7770
Assessor's Office
610-447-7799
Building Permits/Licenses & Inspections
610-447-7751
Bulk Trash Pick-up
610-447-7888
Fire Department
610-447-7765
Health Department
City Clerk's Office
610-447-7795
City Engineer
610-447-7742
City Planning/Zoning
610-447-7707
City & School Taxes
610-447-7800
Controller's Office
610-447-7785
Juvenile Unit
610-447-8457
Lead Program
610-447-7824
Police Department
610-447-7931
Public Safety
Personnel Office
610-447-7803
Parks & Recreation
610-447-7728
Mayor's Office
610-447-7723
Recreation
610-447-7784
Recycling
Solicitor's Office
610-447-7716
Streets & Public Improvements
610-447-7741
Treasurer's Office
610-447-7801
Workforce Development
610-447-1424
City of Chester Departments
Mayor John Linder Director of Public Affairs
Councilwoman Elizabeth Williams Director, Parks & Recreation
Councilman Nafis Nichols Director, Accounts & Finance
Councilman William A. Jacobs Director, Public Safety
610-447-7753
Councilwoman Portia West Director, Streets & Highway
610-447-7705
Ms. Edith Blackwell City Controller
Department of Public Affairs
Denise Stanback Administrative Assistant
Ronald Starr
Chief of Staff
610-447-7724
Summer Freeman
Communications Director
Dru Freeman
Receptionist
Randolph Dixon Community Affairs Director
Joy Clark Constituent Services/Events Coordinator
Robert L. Wrease, Jr. Workforce Coordinator
Solicitor’s Office
Kenneth R. Schuster City Solicitor
Mary J. Tull Assistant Solicitor
Robert W. Scott Assistant Solicitor
City Planning
William Payne City Planner
Chester Police Department
Joseph Bail Jr. Police Commissioner
Department of Public Safety
Councilman William A. Jacobs Director
Blanca Soto Administrative Assistant
Ieasa Nichols
Public Health Commissioner
Cheri Cornell Program Director, Lead Program
Rosetta Carter Director, Injury and Violence Prevention
Cornell Walker
Program Director, Nuisance Inspectors
Building Official’s Office
Robert Leach
Code Inspectors, Chief Housing Inspector
Jim Johnson Commissioner, Fire Station Headquarters
Cynthia Scarsborough Administrative Assistant
Rich Griffin Deputy Fire Marshall
610-447-7767
Department of Parks & Recreation
Councilwoman Elizabeth Williams Director
Elease Elam Administrative Assistant
Duane Lee Deputy Director of Recreation
Anthony Moore
Parks Coordinator
610-447-7727
Department of Streets & Highway
Councilwoman Portia West Director
Beverly Harris
Administrative Assistant
Department of Accounts & Finance
Nafis Nichols
Director
Mary Weigand
City Controller’s Office
Edith Blackwell City Controller
Ethel Fryer
