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The cardboard and newspaper collection will be held on Saturday August 14, 2010 instead of August 7, 2010. Please do not place your newspapers and cardboard out for collection until August 14. This is a change for August newspaper and cardboard collection only.

Borough Council adopted a Local Service Tax to begin January 1, 2011. See the New Ordinances page for more information.

See the Water Department Page for the 2009 Consumer Confidence Report.

To read a draft copy of the Revised Revitalization Plan, click HERE.

The trash fee is intended to maintain the services that are currently provided. Those services consist of trash collection, recycling collection, newspaper and cardboard collection, brush chipping, and Christmas tree chipping. The contracted price per household for trash collection is $131.80 per unit per year. Recycling costs vary but are primarily labor. The materials collected are sold and the revenue generated is used for equipment, building, and other maintenance costs. Newspaper and cardboard collection costs approximately $400.00 per month paying the boy scouts to collect the newspaper and the container-hauling fee. We do gain some revenue from the cardboard and newspaper but this depends on the amount and the market price. January’s $200.00 hauling charge was reduced by $50.00 for newspaper paid at $20.00 per ton. Brush chipping is mostly fuel and labor. During the summer months, branches up to 2-inches in diameter are chipped every week as a service to the residents. Christmas trees are chipped once per week during January annually, and the cost is primarily fuel and labor.

 During 2009, the only revenue used to offset the cost of solid waste was the sale of the trash bags. During 2009, the shortfall was almost $50,000.00. Bag sales were projected at $124,000.00 and by mid-October actual revenue from the bag sales was only $88,000.00. Tax revenue was used to fill the void. For 2010, the tax revenue could not be used to subsidize the solid waste costs since other expenses were increasing. The total projected cost of the solid waste collection in East Greenville is $178,100.00 for 2010.

At the February 1, 2010 Borough Council meeting, Borough Council approved a revision to the Trash and Solid waste chapter by adopting Ordinance # 2010-02. This ordinance will assess each residential unit a  yearly trash fee of $113.00 if paid before March 1 of each year. If not paid within the discount period, the fee is $135.00 for the year. For 2010, the discount period has been extended until June 1. The fee is $113.00 up to June 1, and $135.00 thereafter. Also included in this ordinance, is a reduction in the price of the trash bags. The trash bags have been reduced from $2.00 per bag to $1.00 per bag. For a complete copy of the Ordinance and Resolution, click the links below.

ORDINANCE #2010-02 GARBAGE & REFUSE

RESOLUTION #2010-02 TRASH DISCOUNT

Trash bills have been mailed. If you have questions regarding your bill, please contact the office.

The Local Service Tax has been tabled until 2011. This tax was proposed for property tax relief, however, due to the short period of time for businesses to prepare for the withholding of this tax, Borough Council decided to table this tax until 2011 to allow additional time to prepare for this new tax. More information will be available during 2010 regarding this tax, forms, withholding, etc.

Borough Council approved the General Fund budget at the February 1, 2010 Council meeting. Click the link below to see a copy of the amended budget.

Amended Budget Listing 2010 General Fund.pdf

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