

Located 16 miles (26 km) from Philadelphia, it consists of the villages of Gulph Mills, King of Prussia, Swedeland, Swedesburg, and portions of Radnor, and Wayne. The population was 33,613 at the 2020 U.S. These supervisory roles also involved personnel management for substantial work forces.Upper Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Mr. McElhaney is a lifelong resident of the Belmont Hills section of Lower Merion Township, and spent more than 30 years in the private sector as a construction manager, director of operations, and project manager for several large construction firms. His extensive experience includes project management of building construction, utility and energy retrofits, commercial roofing and sewer/infrastructure installation.

In January 2018 he resigned his seat to take on the role as Assistant Director of Public Works. Prior to coming on staff, Mr. McElhaney was an elected Lower Merion Township Commissioner, representing Ward 3 for 10 years, serving terms as both Vice President and President of the Board of Commissioners. Services such as road maintenance, refuse/recycling collection and processing, installation and maintenance of sanitary sewer and storm sewer systems and development and oversight of the Township’s Capital Improvement Program are just a few of the services that fall under Mr. Paul McElhaney joined the Township’s management team in 2018 and is responsible for overseeing the many functions of the Public Works Department.

