The Borough administration is staffed with a Borough Manager, Borough Secretary and Treasurer who handle a wide range of responsibilities for the Borough. The office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
The Street Department is staffed with 6 men who are responsible for maintaining all Borough property. This includes streets, parks, parking lots, right-of-ways, and buildings.
They perform many routine Borough services including: trash pick-up, snow removal, mowing, leaf pickup, bulk pick-up, as well as all maintenance functions required of a community that has 8 miles of roads, municipal parking lots, two parks and playgrounds.
To report a need for maintenance services, you may contact the Borough offices at 610-857-2616 or e-mail your concern to admin@parkesburg.org.
The Chief oversees a professional staff of ten full-time officers, ten part-time and clerical personnel. In addition to Parkesburg Borough, the department also provides police services to the boroughs of Atglen, Honey Brook and Avondale through municipal agreements.
The Parkesburg Police Department provides both routine and special operations under the "Community Policing" based patrol concept. The department currently operates, in addition to patrol functions, a Criminal Investigation Unit, a Bike Patrol Unit, a Commercial Vehicle Inspection Unit, a Police K-9 Unit, a Traffic Safety Unit and a Community Policing/Public Relations Town Watch office. In addition to our police headquarters, the department utilizes fully equipped sub-stations in each of the contracted areas.
The department will handle an estimated six thousand complaints, or calls for service during calendar year 2007.
Headquarters for the Police Department is located at 329 West First Avenue in Parkesburg. For non-emergency calls dial 610-857-3535.
For emergencies call 911
You can e-mail the police department at police@parkesburg.org
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Parkesburg Fire Company is the Borough's volunteer fire department. The company responds to a variety of different calls, including dwelling fires, vehicle accidents, automatic alarms and non-emergency calls. The fire hall is located at 329 West First Avenue and can be reached by calling 610-857-3232. You
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The Borough utilizes its own street department for trash collection. The fee for this service is billed quarterly in the amount of $55 per quarter. Trash collection days are Thursday for the South side and Fridays for the North side. We ask that trash be put out by 7:00 am for pick-up. Grass clippings and other yard waste is collected on Mondays during the Spring, Summer and Fall. Please cut and bundle sticks into 3' foot sections for pick up. In the fall season leaves are vacuumed. Rake leaves into the gutter for pick up. The Borough also recycles glass, aluminum, steel, bi-metal cans and plastic. Collection day for recycling is Tuesday. In addition to the bottles and cans, residents can drop off paper and cardboard in the dumpsters parked in the Borough Hall lot. Bulk items will be collected for a fee. The fee shedule is as follows:
Residents should call the Borough Office during business hours to schedule a pick-up. Please do not bring clippings or trash of any kind to the Borough complex. There are no facilities for dumping. |
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