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borough
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Refuse Discount
Program Available
Brentwood Borough is pleased
to offer its utility customers the
opportunity to save nearly 17% on
trash collection and recycling fees.
Residents can receive twelve months
of refuse service for the price of ten by
enrolling in our prepayment discount
program. To participate, customers
must, by February 5th, submit both the
full amount listed on the combined
utility bill and the prepayment total.
Based upon a projected 2018 trash and
recycling charge of $19 per month, it
is estimated that the prepayment total
will be equal to $171.
For example, if a resident’s January
bill amounts to $70, simply submit
$70 + $171 = $241 either through
our lockbox P.O. address or via the
electronic payment module hosted on
the Borough website. The refuse line
item will be removed from all remaining
2018 utility invoices. Such payment will
yield a savings of $38.
Please note that customers are
only eligible to participate if all
delinquent sewage and refuse
charges are satisfied by the
February 5th due date.
40 Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall
Enhanced Utility Billing
& Collections System to
Debut
Changes are coming to your Brentwood
Borough sewage & refuse bill this January!
In response to customer feedback regarding unnecessary
complexities with the existing process, our municipality is
preparing to enter into an agreement with a new vendor.
Residents will receive an improved bill that contains an
intuitive, simplified format. Our new provider will also
support a paperless invoicing option, which will allow
customers to reduce household clutter while simultaneously
helping to protect our environment.
Brentwood will offer three easy payment options. Customers
can continue to detach the perforated coupon from the
paper bill and mail with a check to our post office box
address in the enclosed return envelope. Individuals will
also have the option to save a stamp by depositing checks
at a convenient drop box at the local branch of the selected
financial institution. The Borough will also host a no frills,
easy-to-use electronic payment system on its website, which
will allow for the seamless processing of debit and credit
card transactions. This revised system is designed to greatly
improve the customer experience while concurrently saving
money for Brentwood taxpayers through a reduction of
banking fees.
Successful Sidewalk
Restoration Program
Enters Fourth Year
Brentwood Borough is committed to ensuring that residents can
safely and efficiently utilize local sidewalk infrastructure to reach
our shops, schools, and transit stops. In recognition of the often
prohibitive price of concrete rehabilitation, our municipality
sponsors a Shared Cost Sidewalk Restoration Program. Through
the competitive bidding process, the Borough attains the
services of a single contractor to complete sidewalk repairs at a
discounted bulk unit price. Residents can also apply to receive
matching fund to cover one-half of the cost of all labor and
materials associated with the reconstruction of defective slabs.
It is anticipated that, in 2018, sidewalk improvements will take
place along Pyramid Avenue, Sankey Avenue, Burdine Avenue,
and Willowhaven Drive. Eligible property owners will receive a
notification and preliminary cost estimate in December.