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Council Replacement: The Borough of Clarks Summit is seeking a volunteer to be appointed to council to take the seat of a resigned member. Council will be accepting letters of interest mailed or delivered to the Borough Office until October 25 by 3pm. Please include qualifications in that letter. Applicants will be interviewed at our work session on October 30 at which time council expects to vote on the replacement.
Volunteer needed: Clarks Summit Borough is seeking a volunteer to complete the term of a resigning members seat on the Abington Regional Wastewater Authority.
The candidate’s responsibilities include the following: The ARWA Board of Directors is the governing body of the Authority. The Board is responsible for making decisions on project and program expenditures, approve our annual budget, and provide direction on initiatives to improve sewer services. Board Members are nominated by the member municipalities Township Supervisors or Councils. Board member terms are for a five-year period.
Candidates must be a resident of the Borough of Clarks Summit
Household Hazardous Waste event: We just wanted to reach out to you all and inform you of the county’s HHW event being held at PNC Field on November 16th from 9am-3pm. Please share with your residents that this event is free for Lackawanna county residents and pre-registration is required. There are limited spots, so once the spots are filled no more will open.
For more information: HHW 2024 Flyer 2
Scranton Beltway: A Public Hearing for the Scranton Beltway project is anticipated to be held in mid-November to allow the public to provide testimony on the Environmental Assessment report for the project. Following NEPA guidelines, the report must be made available to the public at least 15 days prior to the hearing and this includes being made available in hard copy form at various locations in the vicinity of the project. Your building has been chosen as one of the locations for the EA report to be displayed for public viewing
Please be advised that on or about July 14th, data collectors from Tyler Technologies will be moving into Clarks Summit as part of the countywide reassessment effort. All data collectors will be wearing yellow reflective safety vests with “TYLER” printed on the back and have County issued ID’s around their necks with lanyards. Photos of the data collectors, as will as what cars they will be driving are available here: https://empower.tylertech.com/rs/015-NUU-525/images/lackawanna-county-data-collectors.pdf
Outreach with the Office of Bridget Kozierowski – Representative Bridget Kozierowski will hold a monthly outreach the third Wednesday of every month from 11AM to 1PM in the Borough building beginning July 19.
Rep. Kosierowski will have a staff member there to assist with any state related needs that regional residents might have, from Property Tax Rent Rebate assistance, to PennDot help, to Unclaimed Treasury searches. Her team members will, of course, stay after 1PM to be sure that any resident needs are completely addressed.
Unless public health concerns require otherwise, all scheduled meetings will be open to the public and held in Council Chambers with the ability to be observed simultaneously via YouTube. The YouTube link is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXI0A61PdzPxnmCtmiOpE-w. This link is intended only to permit individuals to observe the meeting live and is not intended for active participation. Only individuals who appear in person may address managendaanager@clarkssummitpa.gov prior to the date of the meeting if an individual is unable to appear in person.
Agendas for future meetings:
Council meeting: 241002agenda