City Council not ready to tap trust fund – yet

Vote to withdraw $2.25 million fails 5-2, but will be revisited By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Coatesville City Councilmen Jeff LoPrinzi (left) and Jarrell Brazzle listen during discussion of the city’s dire financial straits. A vote to tap Coatesville’s dwindling trust fund to meet expenses failed Monday night 5-2, and an effort to convince a former police-chief candidate...

Attorney: Police predicted sabotage of chief’s selection

  Opinions vary as to how process will continue with dwindling candidates  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Councilwoman C. Arvilla Hunt confers with Councilman Jarrell Brazzle during Monday night’s controversial meeting. The attorney representing the Coatesville Police Benevolent Association said today that members of the department predicted that the search committee’s...