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<\/p>\nARCHBALD \u2014 The borough planning commission was unable to meet Wednesday due to a lack of a quorum after three more members resigned over the past week, making it eight resignations from the seven-member board in less than a year.<\/p>\n
The commission now lacks the necessary members to decide on plans for at least eight data centers.<\/p>\n
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Residents gather for a scheduled Archbald Planning Commission meeting at the Borough Building on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. (FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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Archbald Planning Commission members Larry Marchetti and Paul Memo were unable to hold a meeting due to a lack of a quorum at the Borough Building on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. (FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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Residents gather for a scheduled Archbald Planning Commission meeting at the Borough Building on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. (FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
Expand<\/a><\/p>\n At what was supposed to be the start of Wednesday\u2019s scheduled meeting at 6 p.m., Archbald Planning Commission members Larry Marchetti, who is also a borough councilman, and Paul Memo waited for 10 minutes before borough Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer Brian Dulay announced there would be no meeting. The next meeting will be Dec. 2 at 6 p.m., Dulay said.\n<\/p>\n Planning Commission Member Brian Kavanaugh, who council appointed during its Oct. 21 meeting, was not present Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI was instructed to wait until 6:10, and if we don\u2019t have a quorum, that would be the announcement \u2014 that there\u2019s no meeting this evening,\u201d Dulay announced to the crowd that filled the Borough Building\u2019s council chambers amid rumors of new resignations.<\/p>\n For proposed principally permitted data centers \u2014 which do not require conditional use hearings \u2014 the planning commission is tasked with approving or denying them based on their final land development plans. Principally permitted projects include Project Gravity<\/a>\u2018s seven data centers, each with 138,000-square-foot footprints, and Project Boson<\/a>\u2018s nearly 620,000-square-foot data center on Eynon Jermyn Road.\n<\/p>\n During a packed planning commission meeting last month, residents urged borough planners to deny<\/a> Project Gravity\u2019s final land development plans for its 180-plus-acre campus between Eynon Jermyn Road and Business Route 6.\n<\/p>\n Although borough council still has to vote to formally accept the resignations, former planning commission Chairman Scott Gilliland, former Vice Chairman Walter Loff Jr. and former member Daniel Gilroy all submitted letters of resignation over the last week. As a seven-member body, the planning commission needs at least four members present to have a quorum.<\/p>\n Composed of seven seats plus an alternate, Archbald\u2019s planning commission has repeatedly changed over the past year with new appointments and resignations. In total, eight planning commission members have resigned since November 2025. The trend matches a slew of resignations<\/a> from borough council; five of Archbald\u2019s seven council members were appointed following resignations within the last year. Council President Louis Rapoch and Councilwoman Erin Owen are the only elected council members.<\/p>\n Borough Manager Dan Markey provided a timeline of the planning commission\u2019s resignations and appointments:<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Longtime member Dave Lamereaux submitted a letter of resignation Nov. 6, 2025, effective Dec. 31.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u2022 Daniel Gilroy was appointed by council to fill Lamereaux\u2019s seat Feb. 18; Kayleigh Cornell was appointed as an alternate at the same meeting.\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Planning commission member John Mazza resigned March 5, effective the same day.\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Cornell graduated from an alternate to a regular planning commission member at council\u2019s March 18 meeting.\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Planning commission member Cliff Capuano resigned March 19, effective April 1.\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Cornell resigned May 6.\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Council appointed Marchetti to the planning commission May 20.\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Former Vice Chairman Rob Nolan resigned Aug. 3, effective Aug. 4.\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Council appointed Kavanaugh Oct. 21.\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Gilroy submitted his letter of resignation Oct. 30, effective immediately.\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Gilliland and Loff submitted resignation letters dated Nov. 1, effective Nov. 2.\n<\/p>\n The resignations come as Archbald navigates proposals and legal challenges surrounding 51 data centers and a natural gas power plant, with more data center proposals likely on the way in the Valley View Business Park.\n<\/p>\n Multiple resignation letters, which The Times-Tribune obtained via a Right-to-Know Law request Thursday afternoon, reference data centers, potential litigation or the current environment in the borough.<\/p>\n
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The Archbald Planning Commission presides over a meeting at the Borough Building on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n