Council President Keen's Notes:
Mayor Hagan commended Detective Jerry Davis for his service to Parkesburg, awarding him the esteemed and sometimes coveted Fedora Hat award. Detective Davis is now a detective for Chester County.
Borough Council appointed Bernie Beegle of 8th Avenue to the Zoning Hearing Board. Thanks Bernie for giving to the community.
Council is moving forward with the 2011 budget. Tax revenue estimates from changing assessments are pending. We are not planning on a tax increase for 2011 at this point. During 2010 costs have been examined and reduced when possible. We started by asking all vendors with hourly rates to sharpen their pencils for 2010, they did. We updated our permitting process, making the department cost efficient. Recently we locked into a lower electricity rate for the next couple of years. This will hold the line on Borough electricity costs.
The Borough received our Recycling Performance Grant, based on tonnage, for 2008. The grant was for $4057.00. This offsets some of the cost of collecting recycling. We expect the grant amounts to increase as recycling tonnage increases.
Parkesburg recycling is co-mingled, ALL material is to be in dump-able containers. Residents should have more recycling than trash. All the boxes and plastic trays from freezer food goes in recycling and well as kitchen and laundry plastic containers, glass bottles, tin and alum cans, junk mail, newspaper and boxes. Just dump it all in can together and put it out for recycling.
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