May 4, 2020 : Teleconference Council Meeting

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Governor’s Stay-At-Home Order, Selinsgrove Borough Council will practice safe social distancing and wear face masks during their regularly scheduled Council meeting on Monday, May 4th at 7:00pm at the Borough Offices located at One North High Street Selinsgrove, PA 17870. The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the Borough’s website: www.selinsgrove.org. The building will be physically limited to staff and Council, but the public may participate in this meeting via teleconference. Any interested members of the public who want to participate via phone will need to call the Borough Office at 570-374-2311 or email the Borough at borough@selinsgrove.org to pre-register for the meeting and receive a call-in code for the teleconference Council meeting. Individuals interested in participating in this meeting should notify the Borough by 4:00 PM on Monday, May 4th. Additionally, interested individuals may also provide comments and/or questions prior to the meeting either by calling the Borough Office, dropping written questions in the “Water Bill” mail slot on the front of the Borough Building or by emailing comments and/or questions to the email address listed above. Comments and/or questions received will be read aloud and responded to during the Council meeting. Please continue to monitor our website, www.selinsgrove.org, for alerts affecting Selinsgrove Borough residents.

Lauren Martz
Borough Manager/Secretary

REMINDER: Brush Pickup is Monday, May 4th

Just a reminder that the Borough BRUSH PICKUP will be on MONDAY, MAY 4, 2020.

Brush, branches, tree limbs, tree trimmings (no bigger than 4” in diameter, and limited to 1 cubic yard-equal to a combined container capacity of 200 gallons) will be picked up curbside. Garden residue, twigs, vines soft stem plants and weeds (no grass clippings, roots, dirt or soil debris, or garbage bags) must be placed in moisture-proof, open-top containers capable of permitting materials to be picked up and dumped into a truck (limit of 30 pounds/container). Items are to be placed along the curb, but not into the street, before 7:00 a.m.

Selinsgrove Community Action Needed: Wear Your Face Masks

Please click on the link below for an important message from Mayor Jeff Reed and Council President Marvin Rudnitsky regarding wearing face masks in public:

Selinsgrove Community Action Needed Wear Your Face Masks

2020 Face-to-Face Office Hours for Tax Collection

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the scheduled 2020 face-to-face office hours the Tax Collector was to hold are now cancelled until further notice.  To pay the tax, please drop them in the locked drop box at 499 N. High Street or mail them to PO Box 455.  To reach the Tax Collector, contact via email at taxmansb@hotmail.com or call 570-374-3465.

CANCELLED: April 6, 2020 Borough Council Meeting

**Due to the recent COVID-19 Virus, the April 6, 2020 Borough Council Meeting is cancelled.**

POSTPONED: Borough Clean Up

Due to the current COVID-19 Virus, the Borough Clean Up originally scheduled for April 6 & 7, 2020 is postponed.  Make-up dates are to-be-determined.

Borough Buildings Closed for Face-Face Operations

UPDATE 8/19/21: Beginning on Thursday, March 19, 2020, Selinsgrove Borough government will cease normal operations and begin a special operations mode.  Special Operations will continue until further notice.  This special operations mode will include the efforts to encourage social distancing among our residents and visitors.

Although our Borough buildings will close, we will maintain minimum staffing levels to respond to the needs of the community.  Borough Office staff will also remain available by phone or email Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.  Members of the public needing to deliver hard copy items to the Borough Office can use the drop box attached to the building along the alley side of the building near the Library Entrance Door or ring the doorbell at 1 N. High Street for assistance.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Selinsgrove Borough Office at 570-374-2311 or email us at borough@selinsgrove.org.

2020 Census

The 2020 Census is just around the corner!  Very soon every resident will receive a notice in the mail to answer the census questions online.  If the request to participate online goes unanswered, then after the quarantine through July, 2020 there will be census enumerators working in the neighborhoods stopping at residences homes to ask the questions.  The census is actually part of our constitution (Article 2) and began back in 1790.  Every 10 years each man, woman, and child is counted.  The importance of this count is enormous!  These counts are how the federal government decides how much money to grant each community for roads, bridges, other infrastructure, early childhood education, school lunches, food assistance, housing, fire, police, ambulance, healthcare, etc.

This is a part-time, temporary job and Snyder County needs responsible census enumerators to work this spring.  They will get paid to contact households that have not completed a census form and to help those residents submit their information.  The regional office in State College is currently hiring for Snyder County, paying $14.50 an hour plus mileage.  Census enumerators work flexible hours – days, evenings, and weekends.  Workers are paid for training and receive extra pay for evening and Sunday work.  Positions are ideal for retirees, veterans, high school seniors, college students, part-time  and seasonal workers, bus drivers, sales clerks, food service workers, and anyone unemployed.  Census enumerators typically work for 4 to 12 weeks, starting in their own community.  If you are looking to help by becoming a census enumerator, then apply at 2020census.gov/jobs.

Volunteers Needed

Boroughs and Townships across the state rely on volunteers to run Authorities, Boards, and Commissions which help the communities grow strong and remain healthy.  The Borough of Selinsgrove is no different.  There are several areas in need of volunteers to do just that.  Please check out the list below to see where you may find a home as a volunteer for the Borough of Selinsgrove.  For more information on the Authorities, Boards, and Commissions, please call the Borough office at 570-374-2311.  We are in the office Mon. – Fri., 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.  Call, stop in for a visit, or leave us a message if after hours.  We will be happy to return your call.

Civil Service Commission:  3-member appointed commission; meet as needed, administer Civil Service Exam, set minimum qualifications, hold hearings:  2 Alternate Vacancies

North-Eastern Snyder County Joint Authority: multi-municipal appointed authority; 5-year term, 1 meeting a year (November), the authority monitors/maintains a former landfill on   Park Rd.:     0 Vacancies

Parks & Recreation Board: 9-member appointed board; 5-year term, meetings are at the call of the Chairman of Council, determine amount & type of recreation needed in the Borough, equip/operate/maintain recreation facilities:  6 Vacancies

Planning Commission: 7-member appointed commission; 4-year term, meetings are the 3rd Wednesday each month at 7 PM IF THERE IS BUSINESS TO CONDUCT, review all proposed subdivision/land development/conditional use applications and make recommendations to Council:  2 Vacancies

Shade Tree Commission: 5-member appointed board; 5-year term, exclusive custody/authority to plant, remove, maintain, and protect shade trees in Borough streets/easements/Borough property, review permit requests for such actions the Commission has custody over, follow the American National Standard for Tree Care Operations published by the National Arborist Association, Inc.:  1 Vacancy

Zoning Hearing Board: 5-member appointed board; 5-year term, meetings are the 1st Thursday each month at 7 PM IF THERE IS BUSINESS TO CONDUCT, help assure fair, equitable application and administration of the Zoning Ordinance by hearing appeals and consideration of variances:  2 Alternate Vacancies

Selinsgrove Water Authority: 5-member appointed board; 5-year term, meetings are the 2nd Thursday each month at 7 PM IF THERE IS BUSINESS TO CONDUCT, decides on issues related to the over-all water system infrastructure and to sell water to various entities located outside the legal limit of the Borough of Selinsgrove:  1 Vacancy

Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority (ESCRA): 8-member multi-municipal appointed authority, 2 representatives appointed by Selinsgrove Borough Council, 5-year compensated term, ESCRA provides wastewater treatment to Selinsgrove Borough, Shamokin Dam Borough, Monroe Township, and Penn Township:  0 Vacancies

Snyder County Solid Waste Management Authority Board (Recycling – Snyder County, Tom Gibson):  In Need of Volunteers as well –If interested, Contact scswma@snydercounty.org or 570-374-6889, ext. 115

 

 

 

Little Norway II

Unfortunately, we have a couple of very important factors fighting the opening of Little Norway II this year.  With temperatures above freezing so frequently and the lack of volunteers to run the day-to-day operations, it is with regret that we do not anticipate opening Little Norway II this season.