County Hauling Leaf-Yard Waste Pick Up :

Call County Hauling at 724-929-7694 Ext . 2 or e-mail to info @ countyhauling . com by 3:00 PM Wednesday of the date below of that week to schedule Yard Waste Collection .

• Yard waste includes leaves , garden residue , shrubbery with no dirt attached , limbs , twigs , brush and tree trimmings , and similar items , but does not include grass clippings and mulch .

• Yard waste must be placed in a bio-degradable paper bag . Tree trimmings not to exceed 3-inches in diameter . Brush , limbs , twigs and shrubbery must be bundled in lengths not to exceed 4 feet in length and 1-foot total diameter .

• Yard waste must be placed in a bio-degradable paper bag . Tree trimmings not to exceed 3-inches in diameter . Brush , limbs , twigs and shrubbery must be bundled in lengths not to exceed 4 feet in length and 1-foot total diameter .

BAG YOUR GARBAGE , DON ’ T BAG YOUR RECYCLING !

HOLIDAY COLLECTION SCHEDULE Trask pick up will be delayed by one day only if your pickup day falls on or after the holiday . If the holiday falls on the weekend , there is no delay .

• New Year ’ s Day

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day • Labor Day

• Thanksgiving Day • Christmas Day

Electronic Waste and Household Hazardous Waste Collection

To schedule a collection time , call County Hauling at 724-929- 7694 Ext . 2 or visit their website at countyhauling . com

“ Extended Travel ” Billing Waiver Request – also for sale of a vacant home

Form and information located at www . shaler . org under Forms and Trash Collection .

Recyclable Materials Place only the following materials in your recycling cart .

• Aluminum Cans

• Steel Cans

• Corrugated Cardboard - • Phone Books broken down and placed • Paperback Books in cart

• Junk Mail and Envelopes

• Newsprint and Inserts • Boxboard : such as tissue ,

• Office Paper dry food boxes , cereal , noodles

SHALER AMERICAN LEGION POST 785 AND VFW POST 9199 Memorial Day service Monday , May 30 , 2022 at 11:30 a . m . Flagstaff / canon at Mt . Royal Cemetery

All are invited to help remember the military service personnel who helped preserve our freedom and the way of life our great Country enjoys . In addition , flags will be placed on Veteran graves on Friday , May 27 , 2022 at 9:30 AM , 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM . Anyone who wishes to help is welcome !

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TOWNSHIP RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT

In the summer of 2021 , Shaler Township received it ’ s first payment of the American Rescue Plan Act ( ARPA ) funding approved by the federal government in 2021 . This funding was granted to all municipalities and counties to aid with specific projects outlined in the spending guidelines . The Township ’ s first payment totaled $ 1,450,809.64 .

Spending the funds for a variety of public works projects had many restrictions that would have increased the project costs due to the bidding and bonding requirements . In an effort to avoid these additional costs , the Township elected to use this funding for reimbursement of public safety payroll . The COVID-19 Pandemic resulted in many additional payroll expenses for the Township as many officers , who had COVID-19 or were in direct contact with it , were required to quarantine and could not report to work . These illnesses resulted in many overtime shifts for the department . These overtime shifts were not budgeted and the ARPA funds provided much relief to the Township budget for these unanticipated expenses .

The cost avoidance of these dollars allowed the Township to continue with our anticipated road paving budget for 2021 and a total of $ 1,229,028.91 was spent replacing underground drainage and resurfacing 2.61 miles of Township roadways . In addition , the Township inspected 75,854 linear feet of pipe , performed root control on 44,660 linear feet of pipe , repaired 618 linear feet of pipe and 3 manholes .

The Township will receive the second wave of this funding in the summer of 2022 , and we anticipate using the funds to reimburse the Township General Fund for public safety payroll once again . This additional funding to the general fund will allow the Township to continue to aggressively address another robust year of drainage repair and road paving as well as channel funding in the mandated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System program ( MS4 ). This program requires the Township to develop a plan to mitigate water runoff and take all necessary steps to ensure that any water entering a waterway or stream is as clean as possible .

All funding received over the past two years will be spent in the fiscal year in which it was received . This funding influx has been very beneficial to the Township and has allowed us to continue to provide quality services to our residents .