Lansdale’s Mark Ladley Resigns from Borough Council

Dan Sokil | The Reporter•

Councilman Mark Ladley, left, poses with Bryan, center, and Keith Winship after presenting the borough’s Business of the Month award to Winship’s Piec

A new year has brought a new vacancy on borough council, and a chance for someone new to get involved.

Council voted unanimously last week to accept the resignation of councilman Mark Ladley, followed with a call for applications to serve.

"I move that borough council accept the resignation of Mark Ladley for his council seat in Ward 3, and to authorize the borough manager to take such actions related to the same,” said councilwoman Carrie Olgesby.

A communications and marketing professional, Ladley has served on the borough’s economic development committee since 2015, the town’s communications commission before it merged with the EDC, is currently vice-chair of the town’s civil service commission, and was elected to a four-year term on council in 2021.

In his two years on council, Ladley helped lead talks by the code committee on historic preservation in town and on ways to spur landlords to fill vacant buildings, and presented numerous business of the month awards to local shops and restaurants as a member of EDC.

Ladley did not attend the Jan. 17 council meeting, and has not responded to a subsequent request for comment. During that meeting, borough manager John Ernst said he had learned of the resignation by email from Ladley two days earlier and effective immediately.

"I communicated with the borough solicitor, and was advised that pursuant to the Pennsylvania borough code, such resignation letters must be presented to council, for council to formally accept at a public meeting,” he said.

After council — minus Ladley — voted unanimously to do so, council President Mary Fuller outlined next steps.

"We at the borough, through the office of the borough manager, will begin accepting letters of interest and resumes for any candidate who wishes to serve borough council,” Fuller said.

Candidates for the vacant seat must live in Ward 3, which is located in the western third of town, must have lived there for at least a year, and must be registered to vote, according to Fuller and solicitor Patrick Hitchens. Letters of interest and resumes from those interested can be sent through Jan. 31 to borough recording secretary Stacie Maile, One Vine St., Lansdale, Pa 19446, or email to: [email protected].

"And then, so begins the process,” Fuller said.

Lansdale’s borough council next meets at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 with various council committees starting at 6:30 p.m., all at the borough municipal building, 1 Vine Street. For more information visit www.Lansdale.org.

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