Updated 2:25 PM EST | March 23, 2020

Chester City Council Meeting will be closed to the Public on  March 25.

Chester City Deliberative and Council Meetings will be closed to the public. The city of Chester will hold its Deliberative Meeting on Wednesday, March 25 at 10am and its Council Meeting immediately following, at approximately 10:30am.

As a precautionary measure, and in accordance with federal recommendations outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the White House and several other agencies, of avoiding gatherings of 10 or more people and practicing social distancing, the general public will not be permitted to attend these meetings.

Both meetings will be live streamed on the City’s Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/cityofchester/

The Council Meeting’s agenda will be posted to the City’s website and Facebook page on Tuesday, March 24.

Residents who wish to provide a public comment can submit their comment via email starting March 19 until 9:45am on March 25.  Any person submitting a public comment must include the same information that is requested at a public meeting.  This information includes a person’s name and address.

Email submissions can be sent to:

acleveland@chestercity.com

In the subject line of the email, please include:

Public Comment Submission for March 25 Council Meeting

Any resident that does not have access to email can call in their public comment.  Public comments accepted via phone will be accepted at the start of Council Meeting on March 25 until the meeting is adjourned. Persons calling in their comment must provide their full name and address.

Phone submissions will be received at the below number during this time:

(610) 937-1800.