Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Collegeville/Trappe Municipal Authority raised sewer rates to reflect a regional rate increase; a joint public works-recommended water rate increase was passed in Collegeville and tabled by Trappe.
Collegeville and Trappe residents will seen an increase in their sewer bills, and likely water bills, after this month’s budget season. Collegeville/Trappe Municipal Authority Sewer Rates The Collegeville/Trappe Municipal Authority (CTMA) voted to raise sewer rates by seven percent, or 35 cents per 1,000 gallons, due to a similar raise in rates from the Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority. Collegeville/Trappe Joing Public Works Water Rates The Collegeville Borough Council voted unanimously to approve an eight percent increase in water rates recommended by the Collegeville/Trappe Joint Public Works, raising water prices from $3.10 to $3.25 per 1,000 gallons. Trappe Borough Council, which tabled the vote at its Dec. 4 meeting, …
Friday, October 12, 2012
While Collegeville and Trappe are in agreement that Public Works and CTMA should be merged, views differ on how to do that.
At its Oct. 2 monthly meeting, Trappe Borough Council discussed a resolution, proposed by Collegeville Borough, that would eliminate the current Collegeville-Trappe Joint Public Works Department (CTJPWD) and put all of its duties under Collegeville Trappe Municipal Authority (CTMA). Currently, the Collegeville/Trappe Joint Public Works Department provides public water and other services to both boroughs, and the Collegeville/Trappe Municipal Authority provides sanitary sewer services. Both offices are located at 220 W. First Ave. Solicitor David Onorato offered a historical background, saying this issue has been discussed many times over the years. The intention in the 1990’s was to dissolve CTMA, which owns the public sewer system, when …
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Collegeville-Trappe Joint Water Works
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Contracts awarded for trailhead kiosk project, next year's snow removal
Wednesday's Collegeville Borough Council meeting was fairly brief, but several projects came up during the regular reports and business discussions during the meeting. Councilman Rowan Keenan, while reporting for the Collegeville/Trappe Municipal Authority and the Public Works Department, said that the departments had extensively discussed new water meters for the borough. The new meters will be able to be read from the street, which will drastically reduce the time it takes for an employee to complete the job. When questioned by Council President Terrie Stagliano whether "all the homes in the borough would be affected," Keenan said yes, all the borough's water meters would be replaced. "Who pays for the new meters?" asked Stagliano. "CTMA…
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Collegeville/Trappe Municipal Authority and Public Works Department met this past Tuesday to discuss yearly treasury audits, sewer videos, and compost-site security.
In its yearly due diligence to stay well in the black, this year's treasury audits were a positive return. Gregory Ede, CPA of Styer Associates in Souderton completed audits of both the Municipal Authority and the Public Works departments. With only a few comments and no discrepancies, the audits, which are now in draft forms were approved, and will be submitted to their respective departments within a week. In the engineer’s report delivered by Public Works Director Joe Hastings, it was announced that work is scheduled to begin shortly on the CTMA/PW “Inflow and Infiltration” project on the municipalities sewer mains and laterals. The bid was awarded to Sewer Specialty Services Company Inc. of Leicester, NY. A preliminary meeting was held…
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Collegeville Borough Hall
491 E Main St, Collegeville, PA
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
House Bill 377 removes a requirement from the Uniform Construction Code that all newly constructed one- and two-family homes have a fire sprinkler system installed.
In a Collegeville Trappe Municipal Authority meeting last week, it was announced that the mandatory requirement that all newly constructed residential homes be equipped with a fire suppression sprinkler system has been repealed. As Tom Corbett’s first bill as Pennsylvania’s governor, the repeal was the result much debate from both sides. Earlier in the year, state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming County, introduced House Bill 377, which would repeal the mandate. The House approved the bill March 7 with a vote of 154-39. The Senate’s Labor and Industry Committee approved the legislation April 6, and the bill was signed on April 25. Proponents say sprinklers save lives by extinguishing fires before firefighters can get to the scene. Opponents…
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Collegeville Borough Hall
491 E Main St, Collegeville, PA
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Friday, April 1, 2011
In an impromptu meeting scheduled last week, the board voted unanimously to participate in a five-year investment program through Penn Liberty.
Collegeville and Trappe Municipal Authority met this past Tuesday night for a final review of a presentation previously given by Mark Lezanic, financial advisor with Merrill Lynch, and Dominic Catrambone, private client director at Penn Liberty. The Municipal Authority has $1.2 million that it will be seeking to invest wisely in a plan developed by Lezanic and Catrambone. The portfolio’s approach is a five-year laddered schedule that will place the principal into the interest-collecting safety of municipal and federal government bonds. The board’s unanimous decision, initiated by Treasurer and Collegeville Borough Council President Arnold Mann, was not a hastily made choice. The board reviewed the proposal thoroughly and conducted meetings…
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Collegeville Trappe Municipal Authority and Public Works double-header meetings make decisions on money and energy service providers.
Collegeville and Trappe Municipal Authority met on Tuesday night to review a presentation given by Mark Lezanic, Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch and Dominic Catrambone, Private Client Director at Penn Liberty. Over the next couple of weeks, the township will have about $1 million coming its way via returns on matured CDs (certificates of deposit). Under the guidance of township Treasurer Arnold Mann, the municipality will be looking to put this money in a safe place. Lezanic and Catrambone are suggesting a five-year laddered approach to an investment portfolio that will place the principal into the interest-collecting safety of municipal and federal government bonds. After careful deliberation of the proposal, the committee decided to…
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robbie deignan
3:40 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
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