Board approves ad for golf‑club bond, pension prepayment and several routine bids

Warminster Township supervisors on May 21 approved several financial and land‑use items, including advertising an ordinance to secure bond financing for a new clubhouse at Five Ponds Golf Club, a partial pension prepayment and a set of routine contract approvals.

The board voted unanimously to advertise the ordinance to allow bond financing for the golf‑club clubhouse. The motion was presented as a financing step needed to secure a construction loan and, according to the chair, the clubhouse will be paid for by the golf course rather than by township taxpayers.

In a separate motion, supervisors approved a partial municipal pension contribution for 2026, prepaying 50% of the year’s minimum municipal obligation. The board recorded the police MMO at $1,774,413 and the non‑uniform MMO at $318,987, for a combined total of $1,893,400; the motion carried on a 5‑0 vote. Finance director John Remy told the board year‑to‑date revenues were running ahead of last year and real‑estate collections were roughly 90% through April, which the board cited as a reason for making the prepayment.

The meeting’s consent agenda, approved without roll‑call debate, included routine items: approval of minutes, escrow releases for projects on West Bristol Road and Davisville Road, temporary modular structures and catering approvals for Five Pines/ Five Ponds golf operations during construction, and engaging a banking‑services vendor via request for proposal. The board also approved Resolution 2026‑12 to accept a Commonwealth financing authority Greenways, Trails and Recreation Program grant of $250,000 for Keer Park trail reconstruction.

Supervisors approved a conditional base‑bid award to Metropolitan Flooring for the library flooring project in the amount of $85,455. The board also authorized the township solicitor to appear in opposition at the zoning hearing board on an application for a car wash at 599 York Road; that motion also passed 5‑0.

Chair comments and several supervisors emphasized that many of the items were funded by user fees, grants, or specific project escrow accounts, and not by general tax increases. The board called no substantive public comment on the items and closed the business portion of the meeting after the votes.

The board also approved two bill lists and supplemental items; portions of those totals were garbled in the written transcript and are not restated here.