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Republic Services First Trash & Recycling Pick-Up

Borough residents, the first trash & recycling pick-up with Republic Services will take place tomorrow morning, Tuesday, June 6, so please remember to put your toters curbside tonight. Going forward, TUESDAY will become the new weekly residential trash & recycling pick-up day.  If your Waste Management toters haven’t been collected yet (and you haven’t already notified the Borough office) please do so, 215-822-7295.  You can also send an email to: info@chalfontborough.com

Chalfont Challenge 5K and Fun Run on June 3, 2023

Reminder that the Fun Run and 5K races take place tomorrow – Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 40 N. Main Street.  The one mile Fun Run begins at 8:00 AM and the 5K begins at 8:30 AM.  Road closures begin any time after 7:15 AM and continue until clean up is completed, usually until around 10:30 AM.  Please plan your morning accordingly.  If you know you will need to travel tomorrow morning during the road closure times and the closure will impact you, move your car this evening to a street that will be accessible.  Parking tickets will not be issued in the Borough tonight (Friday, June 2nd) to accommodate these situations.  Race Map

Borough Newsletter & Trash News

Please see page 2 for information regarding the Borough’s new residential trash & recycling hauler, Republic Services, that affects Chalfont Borough residents only.  (Just because you have your postal mailing address may contain “Chalfont, PA 18914” that doesn’t necessarily mean you are a Chalfont Borough resident – this information ONLY applies to Chalfont Borough residents.)  Waste Management’s contract with Chalfont Borough is expiring and Republic Services will become the new residential trash & recycling hauler.

If you are a Borough resident and you received an invoice from Waste Management (WM) for the upcoming quarter, June 1 through Aug 31, do not pay that invoice because it was an error on WM’s part.  WM will not be providing service into the next quarter because their contract is expiring.  If you have auto-pay set up with WM, please log into your account and cancel it so you are no longer billed.  If you already paid an invoice for the June 1 through Aug 31 billing period, contact WM for a refund.

The last trash pickup with WM will be on Friday morning, June 2nd.  Put your WM trash & recycling toters curbside (even if they are empty) the night before and then leave them there.  After WM empties them on the morning of June 2nd, they will send another truck around later that day or the next afternoon to permanently remove them.

Your first trash & recycling collection day with Republic Services will be on Tuesday, June 6th.  Thereafter, TUESDAYS will be the new weekly trash & recycling pickup day in Chalfont Borough.  Republic Services has told the Borough office that they will be mailing out invoices in the week or two following their toters being delivered.  Please call the Borough office with any concerns.  Please also be patient as staff works diligently to solve any issues that may arise during this transition period.  Please refer to page 2 of the newsletter for more information:  Spring 2023 Newsletter

You can also join us on Facebook or Twitter or check out the Borough’s website for news affecting Chalfont Borough and its residents.

Waste Management Billing Error

It was brought to the Borough’s attention on May 16, 2023, that Waste Management (WM) may have mistakenly billed some Borough residents for the next quarter (June 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023) despite WM’s contract with the Borough ending with their last pick-up on Friday, June 2, 2023.  If you received a bill from WM for billing period 6/1/23 to 8/31/23, do NOT pay it.  WM said this billing error occurred for a large portion of Borough residents, but not everyone.  WM has assured Borough staff that it was an unintended mistake, and if a resident does mistakenly pay this bill, they will be refunded, so please contact them at 1 (866) 909-4458 to have this corrected if you already paid this bill.  If you have autopay set up with WM, it is advised that you log into your WM account and cancel your autopay arrangement immediately and check your records to make sure you weren’t charged for this period.  Once again, if you find that you were charged and paid for the June 1 through August 31 billing cycle, contact WM for a refund. WM apologizes for any inconvenience as they actively work to correct this billing error situation.  WM’s final trash & recycling pick-up date is Friday, June 2, 2023, so place your toters curbside (even if empty) on Thursday evening, June 1, and they will be emptied the morning of Friday, June 2, and then collected/removed by WM either later that same day or in the day or so following, so leave them curbside until WM removes them permanently.

Republic Services will be the new contracted residential trash & recycling hauler for Chalfont Borough and their first pick-up will be on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, and TUESDAY will become the new weekly collection day thereafter.  A service list of addresses used by Waste Management was supplied to Republic Services for the purpose of setting up your account in advance.  Republic Services will be dropping off their new toters to residents sometime during the week of May 22, 2023.  Republic’s first invoice to residents was going to be mailed the week of 5/15/23, but Republic informed Borough staff on 5/16/23 that they were able to delay that first invoice until after their toters have been delivered.   For those residents who are aged 62 and older that had been receiving a senior discount from Waste Management, it is advised that you wait until after receiving your first invoice from Republic Services to see if you were “grandfathered” into the senior discount, and if not, please call their customer service department at 215-723-0400 to arrange for this.  Proof of identity/age/address may be needed.

Please call the Borough office at 215-822-7295 with any questions or concerns.

Blue Envelope Program by CBPRD

The Central Bucks Regional Police Department is proud to be joining the “Blue Envelope Program” which was created to help those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), as well as Police Officers in the event of a motor vehicle stop.

Created in Connecticut, and recently adopted by the Perkasie Borough PD, the program’s primary goals are to aid ASD drivers with document organization and to educate them about what to do and expect during a motor vehicle stop, so that the motorist, as well as Police, have a beneficial encounter. The envelope will hold a color photocopy of the individual’s driver’s license, vehicle registration card, insurance card, and an emergency contact card.

“Our Department has adopted a proactive approach to educating Officers about autism through ongoing training on how to recognize behavior/signs displayed and responding accordingly. The Blue Envelope Program is a way to reinforce this training and assists an ASD individual to know they will be treated with tolerance and understanding,” stated Chief Karl Knott.

Blue Envelopes are available at the Central Bucks Regional Police Department’s headquarters, located at 229 N. Broad Street, Doylestown, during business hours M-F 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

NEW TRASH COMPANY BEGINNING June 6, 2023

• The Borough’s residential trash & recycling collection contract with Waste Management is ending and their last collection will be on Friday, June 2nd.
• On the morning of Friday, June 2nd, put both WM trash & recycling containers out to your curb (even if empty), and they will be emptied in the morning per usual, and then picked up and permanently removed later that day (or the following afternoon, after the 5K race is over).
• The Borough’s newly contracted residential trash & recycling hauler will be Republic Services and they will be performing their first trash & recycling pick-up on Tuesday, June 6th, and thereafter TUESDAY will become the newly assigned weekly collection day.
Republic Services will be mailing out your first invoice the week of May 15th.
Republic Services will be dropping off their new trash & recycling containers the week of May 22nd, along with a flyer/schedule for the next year.  Continue to use your WM containers until their last pick-up date of June 2nd (because the first trash & recycling collection by Republic Services will not occur until Tuesday, June 6th).

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Buffet Breakfast at Chalfont Fire Co.

Chalfont Fire Company Auxiliary is hosting a buffet breakfast on May 21, 2023, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Chalfont Fire House, 301 N. Main Street in Chalfont.
Latest information from Fire House as of 5/10/23:
Adults $10.00
Ages 4-10 $7.00
Ages 3 and under eat free

Menu:
Scrambled eggs
Toast
Creamed dried beef
Sausage
Homefries
Pancakes
Coffee, Tea, Milk, OJ and cocoa.

Call 215-822-3434 with any questions.