Towamensing isn’t going to tolerate littering on township property any longer, the township’s board of supervisors made clear during their monthly meeting.

On Thursday, the board not only made it illegal to dump recyclable materials and garbage on township property, they attached a $1,000 dollar fine to the action.    

“We’ve been working on this for a few months, the reason being there has been a huge amount of dumping here at our township property,” Penny Kleintop, chair and treasurer of the board, said. “Huge, unbelievable, like a whole garbage truck full every weekend, sometimes more than that.”

Once, Kleintop said to the shock of those gathered Thursday, an old refrigerator containing used needles was discarded on township property. She said the problem has been ongoing for more than two years.

“Somebody’s doing this, they got to be caught,” Kleintop said.

To enforce its new law, the board said, gates will be placed around the township’s only current recycling facility, located at its building on 120 Stable Road, and cameras will also be installed.

The recycling of designated recyclable materials, which include aluminum, clear and colored glass, corrugated cardboard, high-grade office paper, newsprint, plastics and steel cans, is permitted at the township’s recycling facility during its operating hours, “but only by persons who pay a fee for garbage pick-up to the Township and are not delinquent in the payment of their fee for garbage pick-up,” the new ordinance reads.

“Be on notice, we’re going to catch you,” Vice Chair Guy Seifert said.

The ordinance goes into effect Feb. 14, 2019.

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Members of Save Carbon County attended Thursday’s meeting, asking the board to consider an ordinance addressed to the township supervisors from Save Carbon County President Linda Christman.

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    If adopted, the ordinance would publicly state that Towamensing Township “objects to the practice of tree cutting     until such time as the PennEast Company has received all necessary permits, including those from the State (sic) of New Jersey, for the construction of a gas pipeline,” according to its text.

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Lehigh Asphalt Paving and Construction was awarded the bid for the township’s 2019 street project: The re-paving of Pohopoco Drive. Despite being the lowest bidder, Lehigh Asphalt bid is still higher than the township’s budget.

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    Because of this, the length of street being repaved will be decreased, Township Engineer Greg Haas said.

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The board appointed Kirk, Summa & Co. LLP to complete an examination of the Township’s accounts from the 2018 fiscal year.

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The board agreed to promulgate the township’s emergency operations plan.

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The board approved a six-month extension for All American Concrete’s land development plan, making the new review date Aug. 12, 2019.

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