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Council notes lower brush-disposal cost, civil service timeline, tree bid and an urgent creek-restoration grant needing easements
Summary
Council discussed a lower-cost brush disposal option after an anticipated $75/ton recycling fee, a civil service application period closing April 2, bids to remove a fallen tree for $1,200, and a creek-restoration grant for a $300,000 project that requires 25-foot permanent easements from adjacent landowners before application deadline May 31.
Staff updated the council on a set of routine operational items: a recycling center had announced a potential $75-per-ton fee (which would have added roughly $15,000 to the borough’s cost), but Binich Excavating offered a disposal alternative estimated at about $1,100, substantially lowering the expense.
The nut graf: Council noted the civil service application window closes April 2 and that two applicants had applied so far; council also received a low bid of $1,200 from American Tree to remove a fallen tree on Woodridge Circle and will vote on contractor selection. Staff additionally outlined a creek-restoration project estimated at $300,000 that would satisfy MS4 and 537-plan conditions but requires permanent 25-foot easements on both sides of the creek from adjacent property owners. Only a small number of property owners had returned signed responses; staff suggested more assertive outreach, including possible limited compensation, to secure easements before the grant round closes May 31.
Council agreed staff should try to get additional easement responses and discuss potential outreach strategies; failure to secure easements would likely delay the application for at least a year.
