Thursday, April 18, 2013
And other borough municipal notes.
An All-LED Borough? The future may indeed be bright for Baldwin Borough. No, the downed streetlights aren't coming back. But in an interview on Wednesday, borough Manager John Barrett said that Duquesne Light anticipates that LED technology will be available for its served municipalities in June of 2014. "We have been informed that a formal request has been made with the PUC (Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission) for an LED streetlight tariff," Barrett said. "The LED tariff means that Duquesne Light will have a tariff rate to charge municipalities for LED lighting that they would make available. Up until now, Duquesne Light has stated that they can't provide LED lighting for a number of reasons—one being that a tariff has not been …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Erin Molchany will serve on four committees in the PA House of Representatives.
State Rep. Erin Molchany has been appointed to four committees in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and said that she plans to focus on transportation funding as well as other issues important to her constituents. Molchany was appointed to the Consumer Affairs, Education, Human Services and Urban Affairs committees for the 2013-14 legislative session. She will serve as the Democratic secretary for the Consumer Affairs Committee. "I'm very pleased with my committee assignments,” Molchany said in a news release. "These assignments will allow me to apply my nonprofit management experience and firsthand knowledge of the social sector to my legislative priorities and to legislation that could directly impact my district." Molchany …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Linda Book is pursuing travel options for—roughly speaking—the area between Caste Village and Brentwood Towne Square.
Considering the recent loss of a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus route along Baptist Road, Whitehall Borough Councilwoman Linda J. Book discussed an idea at Wednesday night's council meeting of an in-borough transportation service. "I don't know exactly the numbers of the folks that require bus transportation," Book said on Wednesday, "but it's a significant number of homes on Baptist Road that have been abandoned by Port Authority." Book said that she has spoken with Economic Development South Executive Director Greg Jones regarding that situation and has brainstormed with him "to see if we can get some transportation, perhaps, from one end—the Caste Village area—up to the Brentwood Towne (Square) area, where the large hub of Route…
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Baldwin-Whitehall receives around $800.
Gov. Tom Corbett announced on Monday that Pennsylvania's Act 13 has generated more than $204.2 million through a new Marcellus Shale natural gas impact fee. Most of that money will be distributed directly to local municipalities across the state within the next 10 days. Baldwin-Whitehall's slice of the pie amounts to $795.26. Baldwin Borough gets $444.69, Whitehall Borough gets $304.55, and Baldwin Township gets $46.02. Corbett said that county and municipal leaders may use these funds for various expenses related to impacts from natural gas development, including: Under Act 13, state agencies with responsibility and oversight of natural gas development will receive $25.5 million in funding, including the Pennsylvania Department of …
Robert Edward Healy, III
9:52 am on Thursday, April 18, 2013
Morning, folks. According to Barrett, the only way that Baldwin can "shop" for other energy providers in this instance would be if the borough assumed ownership of its light poles. The poles are currently the property of Duquesne Light, and the borough is charged monthly for their use. Borough administration has requested that Duquesne Light provide them with a cost to purchase the poles. But … more ›