Board debates trash-ordinance changes, including per-tenant billing and late fees

Supervisors reviewed proposed amendments to the township trash ordinance designed to allow the township to assess late fees and clarify whether apartment tenants should pay individually or whether property owners could be billed. The solicitor and a supervisor discussed including a $20 late fee plus an ongoing 2% penalty for late trash payments, modeled on other municipalities' ordinances.

Board members debated whether apartment buildings should be billed as a single account (dumpster service) or whether each tenant should pay individually. One supervisor said the ordinance should require every tenant to pay, while others noted the administrative challenge of tracking tenants and the possible need for the township to buy out existing private dumpster contracts if the ordinance changes. "All tenants ought to pay or just 1?" a supervisor asked, and a resident responded, "Everybody has garbage. Let's face it." The board agreed to present proposed ordinance language at a future meeting and to allow public review before formal readvertising.