Penbrook Borough

Good morning and happy Friday Penbrook! I hope everyone faired well with the first significant snowfall of the season. A few items worth noting: The Snow Emergency is now lifted. Our crews worked all night and were able to clear our streets thanks to their tireless work and your support. A reminder that you cannot put snow from your sidewalk and property onto the street! Thank you for doing your part to keep our streets and sidewalks as safe as possible.

Penbrook Borough Offices will be closed starting today at 12:30pm and because of the snow emergency we will advise when we re-open. Staff will be available by telephone or email. The dropbox is here but please stay off the streets if at all possible. Thank you.

Penbrook Borough has declared a Snow Emergency effective 3pm December 15th. 254-37. PARKING DURING A DECLARED SNOW EMERGENCY ON STREETS NOT DECLARED TO BE SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES. A.After a snow emergency is declared, and during the twenty-four (24) hours following the declared snow emergency, parking shall be temporarily prohibited in the Citizens Fire Co. #1 of Penbrook lot, the Penbrook Police Department lot and Borough Offices parking areas, as well as ...at designated Central Dauphin School bus stops, so that immediate removal of snow and ice maybe effectuated, and such parking prohibition shall remain in effect until snow and ice removal is completed. B.Twenty-four (24) hours after a snow and ice emergency has been declared, parking shall be regulated on all Borough streets for the purpose of clearing snow and ice as follows: (1)Parking shall be prohibited on the odd numbered side of all Borough streets for the purposes of plowing, salting and/or cindering for a duration of twenty-four (24) hours on those odd numbered days. (2)The day after the odd numbered side of the street has been plowed and/or ice removed, parking shall be prohibited on the even numbered side of all Borough streets for the purposes of plowing, salting and/or cindering for a duration of twenty-four (24) hours. (3)This odd/even non-parking regulation shall remain in effect until all Borough streets have been plowed, salted and/or cindered, as necessary. C.Once all Borough streets have been cleared of snow and ice, the Highway Department, in consultation with the Borough Manager, will assess the need for the removal of accumulated snow piles and drifts at intersections or other locations of snow emergency routes and Borough streets, and to remove/ relocate the hazardous snow piles to a safer location or to the designated dumping areas in the Borough. D. No resident or other person may "save a parking space" by placing any object in the street to block lawful parking on the street. The Highway Department is authorized to remove any objects placed within the right-of way by anyone for the purpose of saving a parking space and discard those objects, regardless of their value

The Storm Water Authority Meeting for this Wednesday December 16th has been canceled

The AY 2021 Penbrook Borough proposed Budget is now completed and will be voted on by the Borough Council at the December 7th Meeting. You can view the proposed budget at: https://www.penbrook.org/councildocs/

Penbrook held its annual holiday Tree Lighting event Saturday night, Dec. 5. Activities were scaled down due to Covid but were as festive as ever! Special thanks to Penbrook Fire, Penbrook Police, Penbrook Lions, and Penbrook Leos for your help with this event and for all that that you do to support the borough year round.

The City of Harrisburg will be the Borough's new trash collection service starting January 2021. You have or will shortly receive a letter from them with instructions on how to order your new trash container(s). The borough has set up a page to assist in this with all of the information we hope you will need along with answers to frequently asked question we are receiving. We will be adding more FAQ's as they come in. We also have a picture of the different containers on the page. The Borough's page is at: https://www.penbrook.org/trash-2021/

Have you made a plan on how you're going to vote safely this November? Pennsylvania has options on how voters cast their ballots, including voting by mail, in person, or early. Learn everything you need to know here to vote by Nov. 3. https://advancementproject.org/vote/

Make sure you put your yard waste containers out for pickup tonight as tomorrow is the last pickup of the season for them.