Chester Pride In All We Do
On October 28, 2025, Receiver for the City of Chester Vijay Kapoor filed a Recovery Plan Modification in Commonwealth Court under Act 47 in an effort to preserve the value of the Chester Water Authority (CWA) in light of CWA’s announcement of a 14% rate increase and to address the current unconstitutional composition of CWA’s board.
What does this mean? Watch Receiver Kapoor explain in this video.
Meet Receiver Vijay Kapoor
Vijay Kapoor is the State-appointed Receiver for the City of Chester, and he is committed to serving the people of Chester and bringing the City into financial good standing. Receivership is a court-appointed process in which the state appoints a third-party manager to have direct control over finances.
Recovery Plan
The City of Chester has been subject to Commonwealth financial oversight under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act (Act 47 of 1987) since 1995. While other communities have successfully exited oversight or made progress toward doing so, Chester continues to struggle with multi‐million dollar deficits, past due obligations to its employee pension plans, and very marginal investments in the infrastructure that Chester residents and businesses use every day.
The Municipal Financial Recovery Advisory Committee (MFRAC) meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. EST.
These meetings are live-streamed via the Receiver’s Facebook page.
Municipal Financial Recovery Advisory Committee Meetings (MFRAC)
News and Updates
Upcoming City Council Committee Meetings
Contact
The Receiver’s team invites your comments and questions about the Recovery Plan, Chester’s financial condition, or anything else related to our work.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us via email, phone or send us a message using the contact form.
Email
Info@ChesterReceivership.com
Phone
(717) 720-7304