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Perkasie considers change in trash collection
Twenty thousand dollars, incidentally, is the number Councilman Bill Hettel uses to define the deficit in the borough's budget. Most of that money would come from increased purchases of the green trash bags with the white Perkasie logo. Residents purchase the bags - $2.60 for large 40-pounders, $1.60 for small 20-pound bags - instead of paying a tax or flat rate. Click Here For Full Story -
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History: The Perkasie Borough Trash System
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Trash bag costs to increase in Perkasie
Perkasie Borough Council is expected to approve a 15-cent per-bag increase effective April 1, but borough officials say the cost per customer is still far below what neighboring residents pay for trash service. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie residents complain about trash program
The thrust of Perkasie's pay-as-you-throw trash collection program, which was implemented in 1988, is to save money for the borough residents. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie to consider burning ordinance
Environment committee chair and councilwoman Joan Handy said she would support an ordinance banning all burning of household trash in the borough, and banning all burning within a certain distance of a structure on a property. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie to ban burning
Residents from the 500 block of Hunters Run Road in Perkasie have attended several borough council meetings over the past couple months to complain about a resident in their development who burns garbage on an almost-daily basis, they say. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie, Sellersville confront burning ordinances
There is currently no ordinance banning any type of open burning in Sellersville, while Perkasie has an ordinance restricting burning to a closed container with a smokepipe. Both boroughs, however, are looking to eliminate burning of unacceptable items like trash, which can be a health hazard to residents. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie to change trash collection
On the recommendation of Perkasie Borough Director of Facilities and Operations Phil Ivins, council approved a measure that will spread trash collection in the borough over four days instead of the current two. Recycling will continue to be picked up on Fridays as currently scheduled. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie to change trash collection
On the recommendation of Perkasie Borough Director of Facilities and Operations Phil Ivins, council approved a measure that will spread trash collection in the borough over four days instead of the current two. Recycling will continue to be picked up on Fridays as currently scheduled. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie starts new trash collection schedule
The changes call for trash collection between Second and Twelfth streets south of Market Street on Mondays. This would include the areas north of Lake Lenape as well as the neighborhoods off Park Avenue like Jefferson Drive. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie to consider price hike on trash bags
After noting a $75,000 deficit in the program and the results of an "unscientific study," Perkasie Borough Council will look at increasing the cost of the borough's "pay-as-you-throw" trash bags by 50 cents per bag at its July 21 meeting. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie talk trash and recycling programs
Perkasie Borough continues to talk about ways to improve its trash and recycling program, among them having a public forum for residents to share questions, concerns and comments. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie trash collection an issue for 2010 budget
Perkasie Borough Council may have found a way to solve its budget woes for 2010, but questions about the borough’s trash program leave part of the budget still subject to change. Click Here For Full Story -
Borough Residents weigh in on trash debate
After reading about council’s recent discussion as to how to make the trash collection program self-sufficient in 2010 and beyond, two residents let council know that they are disappointed with the current system. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie talks trash pickup
Perkasie Borough Council plans to dedicate an hour or more to a public information session and comment-seeking period regarding ongoing issues with the borough’s pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) trash collection and recycling systems. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie residents prefer to pay as they throw
The verdict appears to be in: Perkasie residents prefer to pay as they throw. But the other side to that verdict is they don’t seem to want to subsidize those who aren’t paying for what they throw away. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie considers a pay, then pay as you throw, trash system
After more discussion and debate, Perkasie Borough Council is still uncertain about the future of its trash collection program, but most agree some fee for service will be implemented in addition to maintaining the “pay as you throw” (PAYT) borough bags. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie approves $35 fee to cut trash budget deficit
After weeks of discussion, Perkasie Borough has taken the first step to aim to improve its trash collection program by implementing a $35 fee per household. Click Here For Full Story -
Collecting trash tax harder than collecting Perkasie trash
Now that Perkasie Borough Council has approved adding a $35 flat fee per household for its trash program, it is unsure just how to collect it. Click Here For Full Story -
Perkasie gives final nod to $35 trash collection fee
Perkasie Borough Council approved an annual $35 fee per household that will help the borough run its trash and recycling collection programs, which have recently been operating at a deficit. Click Here For Full Story -
Letter: Perkasie Borough should have reached out further on trash issue
I am writing in regards to the recent borough decision to implement a $35 trash collection fee to offset an $119,000 budget gap in the Pay-As-You- Throw trash program as indicated in the 2010 spring news letter.... Read Full Letter Here