Sunday, November 18, 2012
The borough hasn't raised its millage rate since 2002.
2013 Budget Mostly in Order Whitehall Borough property owners should expect to pay about the same in local real estate taxes next year as they have since 2002. But nothing final has been decided yet. Ten years ago was the most recent time that the Whitehall Council raised the borough's millage rate, and even then, that was the first time that taxes were raised in 24 years. Actually, when the borough's final 2013 budget is approved by its council sometime before the end of 2012, the local millage rate will end up lower than 2012's rate of 5.50 mills. But that's only due to a recent countywide real estate reassessment that raised the value of most Whitehall properties. And in order to remain revenue-neutral, the borough has to adjust its …
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Baldwin must start a large water basin project soon with or without its district neighbor. And other notes from Tuesday night's borough council meetings.
Going at it Alone? Baldwin Borough engineers Larry Souleret and Ned Mitrovich gave the Baldwin Council some surprising news during Tuesday night's regular council meeting. As a way of temporarily holding sewage water during periods of wet weather, Baldwin must move forward soon on a large water basin project adjacent to the Lick Run waterway, but it may have to do so without any involvement from Whitehall Borough, which also flows water to Lick Run. The water basin project is needed to satisfy a consent decree from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), whose officials have deemed that sewage water from south Baldwin and the nearby municipalities that also contribute to the Lick Run waterway (near Colewood Park) has led to …
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Most of the money is for a Colewood Park water basin project. And other leftovers from an Oct. 9 council meeting.
Borrowing for DEP Consent Decree Forced to satisfy a consent decree from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Baldwin Borough Council is expected to approve a $14,175,000 general obligation bond issue on Oct. 16 that includes $9.7 million marked for sewer projects. Of the $9.7 million, $8.7 million is for a large water basin project near Colewood Park that includes the installation of a long stretch of pipeline that would run from roughly Hollowhaven Drive to the railway that crosses Horning Road. DEP officials have deemed that sewage water from south Baldwin and the nearby municipalities that also contribute to the Lick Run waterway has led to overflow in a Pleasant Hills Authority water treatment plant. The Colewood …
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
'It's shocking.' - Borough Councilman Michael Stelmasczyk
Baldwin Borough residents who are breathing easier after learning that a Colewood Park water basin project should be much smaller than what was originally thought might want to hold their breath again. Or at least sit down. The basin, which would temporarily hold sewage water during periods of wet weather, could still be large enough to increase sewage rates for Baldwin residents by about $15 per month. And combined with that increase are potential Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) rate increases—possibly $35 per month—that would also be necessary to satisfy Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) consent decrees. Add it all up, and the average Baldwin resident could be looking at a sewage service increase of $600 per year…
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Open meeting on the subject will be held on July 10.
The firm of Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc., is still recommending a water basin project for Baldwin Borough, but the size—and the cost—of the basin should be much smaller than what was originally thought. The firm, whose services are employed by the borough, gave its initial recommendation during a special Lick Run Watershed meeting of the Baldwin Council on Jan. 17, with a potential price tag of $13 million. But at a borough meeting on June 19, news surfaced that that cost might be a little high. "Meetings with the Department of Environmental Protection recently have indicated that the borough will have to design repairs to the sanitary system to a two-year storm (event) rather than a 10-year storm as was originally proposed," …
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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The accidental overflow will be reported to the Department of Environmental Protection.
The firm of Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc., whose services are employed by Baldwin Borough, informed borough officials on Tuesday night that Baldwin sewage is almost surely being dumped into a large mine. The borough's engineers were conducting a study of Baldwin's sewage system recently when they uncovered the dumping, of which members of the Baldwin Borough Council said that they were unaware. Engineer Larry Souleret explained that a hole inside one of the borough's manholes leads to a mine that is at least 200 feet deep. The hole leading to that mine directly abuts a stream of sewage inside the manhole. That stream is part of the Lick Run Watershed, which is part of the Pleasant Hills Authority water sewage system. Souleret …
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Project will need to be completed by 2015 to comply with a Department of Environmental Protection decree.
Sewage rates for Baldwin Borough residents will almost certainly be increasing, as the firm of Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc., is recommending a water basin project that could cost the borough around $13 million. The firm, whose services are employed by the borough, gave its recommendation during a special Lick Run Watershed meeting of the Baldwin Borough Council on Tuesday night. The project is needed to satisfy a consent decree from the Department of Environmental Protection, whose officials have deemed that sewage water from Whitehall Borough, Pleasant Hills Borough, South Park Township and south Baldwin—which contribute to the Lick Run waterway—has led to overflow in a Pleasant Hills Authority water treatment plant. …
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Robert Edward Healy, III
1:38 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The council approved the bond issue last night. more ›