Township Didn’t Know You’d Have Trash On Your Mind

Posted on 06 May 2011. Tags: , ,

SANATOGA PA – A whole lotta Lower Pottsgrove residents seem to be talkin’ trash far more than the Board of Commissioners ever expected.

Public responses to a township survey of taxpayers’ opinions about its soon-to-expire garbage collection contract “are overwhelming,” Assistant Manager Alyson Elliott told commissioners during their Monday (May 2, 2011) meeting, and board President Jonathan Spadt readily agreed. “There’s a huge stack (of completed survey forms) in the office,” Spadt said while spreading his hands apart by about eight inches.

“It’s certainly not the quantity I expected to see,” he added.

Lower Pottsgrove circulated the survey with its March (2011) semi-annual bills for waste hauling, and asked property owners to suggest how they might “tweak” trash services as the township prepares to negotiate a new garbage collection contract. Its current five-year agreement with hauler J.P. Mascaro and Sons of Norristown PA expires this year.

Everybody, apparently, has opinions on the subject. Truth is, the township doesn’t know what they all are yet. “It’s going to take awhile to sort through the results,” and determine what trash collection features and price points people are most interested in, Elliott said.

Consequently, Spadt said, “there’s been no board conversations on the topic yet, either, but we’re certainly going to take these opinions into consideration.” One thing property owners probably should not expect: a price decrease.

If you haven’t submitted a trash survey, it’s not too late. The deadline is next Tuesday, May 10. Copies of the form are available from the municipal building 2199 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA.

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