Union Township supervisors stick to recycling location
LICKDALE >> The Union Township Board of Supervisors decided Wednesday not to place additional recycling bins...
Union Township supervisors stick to recycling location LICKDALE >> The Union Township Board of Supervisors decided Wednesday not to place additional recycling bins... Check out this story on ldnews.com: https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/local/2015/07/09/union-township-supervisors-stick-recycling-location/32383803/
Lebanon Published 3:34 p.m. ET July 9, 2015
LICKDALE >> The Union Township Board of Supervisors decided Wednesday not to place additional recycling bins outside of the township municipal building at 3111 Route 72.
The decision was made after a public comment asking whether extra recycling bins could be placed at Camp Bashore for use by both the camp and the public. The township's recycling center was recently moved from near Hutter's gas station on Jonestown Road to the municipal building.
Chairman Dennis Firestone commented that placing bins outside of the newly fenced area at the municipal building "is just asking for the same thing we had at Jonestown," which he referred to as "a garbage dump."
"The whole idea to put it behind a fence was to still keep it open for residents or anyone else who uses it, but still have it in a controlled environment where we could have some control over what goes in," said Chairman Dennis Firestone.
He also cited the Bashore location as an unfair one, allowing some Union Township residents easier access than others.
Vice Chairman Larry Wolfe opposed Firestone's comments, citing the need for the township "to pass an ordinance" defining penalties for dumping in the bins.
"Who's going to enforce it?" responded Firestone.
• Martin Paving was awarded the contract for repairs to Awol Road, Racehorse Drive and Marsanna Lane. The company was the only company to bid, with a total estimated cost of $174,207.11. The money will come from the township's liquid fuels fund.
• Fort Indiantown Gap will hold an annual guided tour today and Saturday at 10 a.m. of the area's grasslands, the largest native grasslands in Pennsylvania, to look for rare regal fritillary butterflies. The colony is the only of the species in the eastern United States, explained Lt. Col. Dale Waltman.
"It's there because of the grasslands that were created by the army activity from WWII and on, and is maintained there by Fort Indiantown Gap," he said.
The board's next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the township building.
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