The Board of Commissioners met on Monday, May 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM in the Radnorshire Room. The meeting included a presentation on the Lancaster Avenue traffic adaptive system, public comments on a proposed development, and adoption of several ordinances and resolutions, including a ban on pet store animal sales and a community recycling requirement.
Tony Still, owner of Signal Sales and representative of Rhythm Engineering, presented on the new traffic adaptive system installed along Route 30 (Lancaster Avenue). He explained that the system uses cameras to adjust green times based on real-time traffic volume, making intersections less predictable but improving corridor flow. He acknowledged that initial settings caused long waits on side streets in residential areas and described adjustments made: guaranteed green time on the main street was reduced from 60% to 30% and the gap between platoons was shortened from 4 to 2 seconds, alleviating complaints. Steve Norsini, township staff, added that the system has successfully moved traffic through Lancaster Avenue, a key goal of the PennDOT grant. Commissioners asked about pedestrian crossing buttons (all intersections have actuated pedestrian signals) and whether the system uses neural networks (it does not, but can detect vehicle types). Future expansion west was noted as requiring further study.
The following items were approved unanimously by one motion:
3.A. Ordinance 2026-11 – Community Events Recycling (Adoption) The ordinance amends Chapter 240 to require recycling at community events. During discussion, a commissioner proposed an amendment to also require signage on trash receptacles directing people to recycling bins. The amendment was adopted by voice vote. The amended ordinance was then adopted unanimously.
3.B. Ordinance 2026-12 – Pet Store Sales Ban (Adoption) The ordinance prohibits the sale of pets in pet stores within Radnor Township. Commissioner Mulroney noted that no current pet stores sell live animals, so no existing businesses are impacted. After hearing public comment both for and against, the board voted unanimously to adopt.
3.C. Ordinance 2026-13 – Removal of Handicap Space at 38 Garrett Avenue (Adoption) The police chief confirmed the subject has moved, making the space unnecessary. The ordinance was adopted unanimously.
3.D. Resolution 2026-69 – Financial Support to Main Line School Night ($20,000) The resolution authorizes up to $20,000 for facility improvements (fire suppression, acoustic panels, energy-efficient lighting). Staff explained that the lease cap for maintenance has grown above $20,000, and Main Line School Night regularly exceeds its obligations. Funds come from facilities improvement bonds, not the general fund. Adopted unanimously.
3.E. Resolution 2026-70 – America250 Banners Purchase ($25,000) The resolution authorizes purchase of 97 banners (50% America250 themed, 50% “Welcome to Radnor Township”) for business districts. Staff reported that fireworks for July 2 have been secured at $16,800, leaving about $13,000 in unused America250 funds, and a potential Visit Delco grant of $25,000 may cover banner costs. Adopted unanimously.
Hi. I would like to call an order the Board of Commissioners meeting this Monday, May 11th, 2026 at 65 p.m. Let's start with the uh Pledge of Allegiance. Which is sands. One nation. Thank you. Thank you for coming. I'd like to give notice of executive session that we had just prior, where we discuss legal and real estate issues. We're going to start off with a presentation. Mr. Norsini, thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. Allow me to introduce Tony Steele, owner of Signal Sales, who is our rhythm engineering representative here in Pennsylvania and on our latest traffic adaptive project. He's going to go over a few things, outline the system, and would also be able to answer a few questions from the board. Is that me? Thank you. Uh like first of all, like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to help everyone understand what we have out on uh Route 30. And I really appreciate it. Um couple things I want to get through. I want to get through on the introduction, who I am, the understanding of an intersection, the understanding of what you guys had here, what you have now, and uh want to address the complaints that you've been getting. Um I'm Anthony Still. Um I'm from the area. Um my family's deeply rooted in the area. I'm a direct descendant of William Still, who helped with Harriet Tubman, this underground railroad. And the only reason I even mention that is because I have a I have a deep interest in doing right for the area. I'm from here. This is where I am, this is where I'm from. Um I'm originally from I came from New Jersey. In relationship to my experience. Uh I did 25 years with General Highway Products, which is a distributor in the area that distributes jury traffic control equipment. And um my primary my primary responsibilities was systems. So systems is what I do. Um I want to talk about I want to talk about an intersection, how an intersection basically works. When you look over to an intersection, there's two main, there's two main uh characteristics of intersection, the main street and the side street. Your main street is the corridor, Lancaster Avenue that handles most of the volume. And the other streets, the side streets, are the ones that feed the main street. Okay, that's basically how it works. At least that's the way we look at it. We look at it as there's a main street, a corridor, we're removing traffic through through an air set through moving traffic through an area, and the side streets feed traffic into that corridor. Every corridor is designed for a certain number of vehicles in order to handle a certain number of vehicles. When we go over that design, we create saturation. And there's only two solutions of saturation. You can either make more lanes or take the cars off the street. If we reduce the cars, if you reduce the cars on the corridor, you have a better flow. Okay, since we can't add more lanes, what we do as far as rhythm concerned is we remove the cars off of the track off the main street so that we can have traffic flow. And we want to remove the cars off the main street. We basically put them on the side streets. Okay. Um what you guys had before we got here, what you guys had were non-intelligent intersections. What you guys know, you're non-intelligent intersections.