Garbage collection fees in Schuylkill Township will double in 2026.

Wednesday night the township supervisors set the new annual garbage collection rate at $420 per year, as compared to the $215 residents paid in 2025.

The new fee was based on the new, five-year, $1,027,610 garbage collection contract the supervisors approved last month with Tamaqua Transfer.

Township Secretary Ann Miller said the township billed 537 households in 2025, but 25 households are vacant. Another 19 are chronic non-payers, so the supervisors based the new fee on 500 households.

Later in the meeting, the supervisors said they will consider including the vacant homes, because sewer and water service are continued to those homes even though they are vacant.

The garbage bill will be assessed quarterly, as opposed to being paid in full in June, as in past years.

Other business

• The community yard sale will be held Saturday, June 28. The rain date is July 12.

• The supervisors approved blocking Market Street in Tuscarora on July 26 for the Tuscarora Fire Company’s annual bazaar.

Also at the Tuscarora Fire Company, Supervisor Gary Feathers said representatives from the Comcast cable television company will be on hand to answer questions about their service from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Old Route 209 will be posted with an 8-ton weight limit, according to a 1979 ordinance Supervisor Chairman Charles Fayash discovered.

• WNEP-TV meteorologist Joe Snedeker will be passing through the township at approximately 3 p.m. on July 25 on his annual bike ride to raise funds for St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton.