Review of 2026 Board of Supervisors Meetings
The table below summarizes the length, video views, and major topics discussed during 2026 Newtown Township Board of Supervisors meetings through July 8, 2026. Click a meeting date to view the related meeting analysis.
For comparison, view the 2025 BOS Meetings Analysis, which shows that meetings that year averaged 78 minutes in duration and had an average of 70 video views each. One has to wonder if the BOS in 2026 can be doing all it can to benefit residents if its public meetings average only 37 minutes in duration to date (July 8, 2926)? WHAT DO YOU THINK? Take the “Newtown BOS Performance Survey” and rate the performance of the current BOS.
| Meeting Date | Length (Minutes) | Video Views | Major Focus, Items, or Decisions of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2026 | 36 | 70 | Emergency Services and Public Safety Infrastructure |
| January 28, 2026 | 43 | 49 | Library Funding Request Fire Services Agreement Breakdown with Newtown Borough Approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for Mélange on North Sycamore Street |
| February 11, 2026 | 24 | 35 | The Fire Service Standoff Mike Sellers of the Newtown Creek Coalition presented the final vision for the Newtown Creek Pedestrian Bridge |
| February 25, 2026 | 30 | 30 | The Fire Service “Discount” Dilemma The “Impossible” 100-Hour Work Week Civic Needs |
| March 11, 2026 | 38 | 29 | Environmental Advisory Commission Governance Vacuum Conditional-use approval for PJW Restaurant Group—P.J. Whelihan’s |
| March 25, 2026 | 46 | 33 | Inter-Municipal Fire Services Agreement Ellen Snyder expressed strong opposition to the handling of negotiations Amazon Data Center Opposition Non-Uniform Employee Pension Plan |
| April 8, 2026 | 15 | 32 | Wireless Ordinance Advances Public Comment: Why No Appointments to the Environmental Advisory Commission? |
| May 13, 2026 | 56 | 15 | Pedestrian Bridge Project bids rejected Joint Municipal Zoning Ordinance amendment regarding billboards enacted What’s a Quorum? |
| May 27, 2026 | 17 | 11 | Probably the shortest BOS meeting ever! |
| June 10, 2026 | 72 | 25 | Board voted to table a memorandum of understanding to transfer opioid settlement funds to Bucks County |
| June 24, 2026 | 45 | 18 | Board voted 3–2 to send a proposed data center ordinance to the Jointure for a public hearing Memorandum of understanding approved to obligate the township’s opioid settlement funds to Bucks County |
| July 8, 2026 | 21 | 7 | Pedestrian Safety: Chandler Hall Crosswalk and Newtown-Yardley Road Sidewalk Revised Data Center Ordinance |
Note: Video-view totals reflect the figures recorded when this analysis was prepared and may increase over time.