News from Salisbury Township.
Friendly Reminder!
Please be advised that the January utility bills were sent out last week, and the net amount is due by January 25th. If you are set up with Xpress Bill Pay, please be sure to check your email. If you receive paper statements and have not received your bill, please feel free to contact the billing department at 484-661-5805.
January 3, 2022
A Message to our Residents –
We at Salisbury Township understand the difficulty most everyone has experienced over the past year (or more) with ever-persistent impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic being felt everywhere. Because of staffing shortages and the difficulties with retaining and maintaining a full complement of employees at any given time, this affect is especially evident throughout the service industry. The Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Industry has likewise been impacted.
During 2021 in particular, many of you have experienced refuse and recycling collection service inconsistencies, some sporadic, some chronic, but all quite understandably frustrating. We sincerely apologize to everyone who has been negatively impacted in such a way.
As a courtesy to our residents and a thank you for your understanding of the issues at hand and for your continued patience as we work to mitigate them, we have issued a $36 credit on each refuse account on this upcoming January 2022 billing.
Please know we – along with Republic Services management team – are working diligently towards a remedy. Unfortunately, some of the issues are simply beyond anyone’s control, and there simply is no easy fix. Regardless, we persist in pushing for improvement.
In the interim, we have temporarily extended collection hours, so please be sure your items out at curbside by 5am in a location where they are both visible and accessible for collection by Republic Services’ drivers and helpers. Ideally, you should place your items curbside the evening before your scheduled collection – any time after 6pm – in order to avoid calls for missed collections that were simply instances of items not being curbside timely.
As always, if your trash or recycling does not get picked up, please report the miss to the Township as soon as possible at either 610-797-4000 or info@salisburylehighpa.gov. Be assured that we are in constant communication with Republic as we collectively strive for a resolution.
Regards,
Cathy Bonaskiewich
Township Manager
On behalf of the Board of Commissioners
Notice is hereby given that in 2022, the Regular Meetings of the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the Municipal Building, 2900 South Pike Avenue, Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Regular Meetings are followed by Workshop Meetings. Additionally, a special reorganization meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be held on Monday, January 3, 2022 at 6:00 pm. Due to the Thanksgiving holidays, the second meeting in November will be held on Nov. 22nd.
Regular monthly meetings of other Salisbury Boards and Commissions are held at the Municipal Building as follows:
Fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
(*except November meeting will be held Wednesday, November 30, 2022)
Second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Third Monday of every other Month, starting with Jan., at 7:30 PM
Cathy Bonaskiewich
Township Manager/Secretary
Christmas Tree Collection
Republic Services will collect Christmas trees on your second pickup day of the week during the entire month of January. Any trees over 6-feet tall must be cut in half.
It is that time of year again when Eastern Salisbury Fire Department is happy to announce that our annual Santa Run will take place on December 19th, starting at 9:30 AM.
This year the Santa Run will be parade style as we did last year. The route and stops are available here.
Our mission is to provide everyone in Eastern Salisbury a chance to see Santa, we ask you to help us by finding the closest Santa stop to come out an visit us along the route. We will be handing out candy canes, dog treats, and stopping along the route for photos.
We appreciate the citizens participation in coming out to the closest Santa stop to celebrate the holidays.
If there are any questions, please feel free to message us on Facebook or email us at Events@easternsalisbury.org.
