STREET SWEEPING: Residents and businesses are advised that Public Works will make one pass through the Borough to sweep streets beginning Monday April 25th. Your street will be swept on the SAME DAY that your trash is collected. Please – if you are able – move your vehicle off the street until after the sweeper has passed through, so that crews can reach materials at the curb line.

Perkasie Borough Council seeks Borough residents who would be interested in serving on various appointed Boards and Commissions. The following positions offer a unique opportunity to serve your community and learn more about municipal services:

• 1 vacancy Civil Service Commission alternate member
  The Civil Service is responsible for personnel administration for Police Officers in the Borough including oversight of testing, promotions, and review of disciplinary matters. The alternate would stand in for a Civil Service Commissioner that might be able to attend a meeting.
• 1 vacancy Perkasie Planning Commission
  This board has the responsibility for advising Borough Council on land use planning, zoning proposals and the Borough’s Comprehensive Plan.
• 1 vacancy Zoning Hearing Board alternate member
  As an alternate, appointed resident would stand in for Zoning Hearing Board members that may not be able to attend a hearing. The Zoning Hearing Board performs an important function in reviewing appeals and variances to the Borough Zoning Ordinance.
• 1 vacancy Zoning Hearing Board
  The Zoning Hearing Board performs an important function in reviewing appeals and variances to the Borough’s Zoning Ordinance.
• 1 Park and Recreation Youth Delegate
  This position is for any High School Junior or Senior Borough resident (for the 2022-2023 school year). It is an opportunity to provide input on a variety of matters that come before the Park and Recreation Board. Youth delegates are encouraged to participate in all public discussions, but may not vote.

Interested Perkasie Borough residents should apply by application or letter addressed to the Borough Office, Donna Benner, 620 W. Chestnut Street, Perkasie or by calling the Borough Office at 215-257-5065. An optional application form is available on line at perkasieborough.org. When submitting an application, mark the envelope BOARD APPLICATION ENCLOSED.

SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

MEETING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Perkasie Borough Council’s Finance Committee will hold a meeting on April 13, 2022 beginning at 4:30 PM to discuss the American Rescue Plan funding and to discuss any other business that may come before the Committee. This meeting will be held in the Perkasie Borough Hall meeting room, 620 W. Chestnut Street, Perkasie, PA.

By Order of Perkasie Borough Council

Andrea L. Coaxum

Borough Manager

PERKASIE BOROUGH COUNCIL VACANCY

Perkasie Borough Council is seeking residents of the first ward interested in being considered for appointment to the Perkasie Borough Council. The term is available through December 31, 2023. To be eligible for appointment, an applicant must be a registered voter residing in the first ward.

Applications will be received up until April 14, 2022. Appointment will be made at the Perkasie Borough Council meeting April 18, 2022 which begins at 7:00 PM.

Appointment to the Borough Council is a unique opportunity for individuals to serve their community and be involved with the critical issues of Borough operations including subdivisions, budgeting and community and economic development.

Interested persons may contact any Councilmember, the Mayor or the Borough Office at 620 West Chestnut Street, Perkasie. An application form is available by calling the Borough Office at 215-257-5065, or click here to print the application form. 

Perkasie Borough is accepting applications for military banners.

Please click this link to read more about the program and to place an order for a banner: Perkasie, PA (militarytributebanners.org). If you need help locating a photo or service record, or if you need assistance scanning a photograph please contact SCOTT BOMBOY at sbomboy@perkasieborough.org

Please mail your check, payable to Perkasie Borough, to Perkasie Borough, P.O. Box 96, Perkasie, PA 18944, or call in at the Borough office at 620 W. Chestnut St, Perkasie 18944.

We have 40 spots open on poles in the Borough and will continue taking orders until all spots are filled. Our first order for banners will be submitted July 1st and banners hung in September before Veterans Day, 2022.

All questions about the military banner program should be addressed to Mr Bomboy at sbomboy@perkasieborough.org.

Permanent Pickleball Coming to Perkasie

Pickleball is quickly becoming America’s fastest growing sport and is a combination of different elements of tennis, ping pong, and badminton.  It’s fun, it’s great exercise, and it’s time for Perkasie Borough to bring it to the community permanently.

This Spring Perkasie Borough is working with Keystone Sport Construction and Perkasie Borough Electric to update and bring permanent pickleball to Perkasie at Kulp Park.

Starting the first full week of April (weather permitting) Keystone Sport Construction will start a full mill and pave renovation of the current Kulp Park tennis courts.  The project includes new surfacing, a color block seal painting, six permanent pickleball courts, three permanent tennis courts, updated safety fencing between the back to back pickleball players, and updated LED lighting outside of the playing surface.

The courts and parking lot by the tennis courts will be closed starting Monday, April 4 until finished.  There will be periods of time that the new court surface will need to sit and though may look finished cannot be used until the entire project is completed.  We are asking that visitors to the park take notice of signage and do not use the courts until work is completed.

The courts may also close for a few hours each day this week (March 28-April 1) to allow Perkasie Borough Electric to take down the old lights.

Perkasie resident Kathy Ebbert is an IPTPA Certified Pickleball Professional, PTR Certified Tennis Instructor, and a USA Pickleball Ambassador.  She has been teaching pickleball through the Parks and Recreation Department on our temporary courts since 2019 and feels “Perkasie’s new courts will allow men and women, young and old to learn and play this fun game nearby at Kulp Park.  It will be great to teach and play on dedicated pickleball courts with permanent nets and lights for evening play.”

Questions regarding the renovation project can be directed to the Parks and Recreation Department at Parkandrec@perkasieborough.org.

Press Release

Perkasie Borough Announces

 Spring Leaf Collection

Perkasie Borough will begin curbside spring leaf collection starting on Monday April 18, 2022.  Borough crews will make one pass through the Borough following the established routes.

Residents are reminded that they must have their leaves curbside by 7:00 AM on Monday April 18.

 There will be no call backs for leaves placed out after April 18.

Leaf piles should be placed so they do not block storm drains. Please ensure that the leaf piles are free of any stones or other debris that may cause injury to employees or damage to the machinery. Grass clippings and sticks will not be picked up by Borough crews and will be left curbside for residents to dispose of correctly.

Residents are also reminded that they may drop off yard waste on the first Saturday of every month at the Borough Recycling Center located at 311 S. 9^th St.  Drop off begins at 7:30 AM and ends promptly at 3:30 PM.  No late arrivals please. Leaves and other yard waste being brought in must either be in cans or paper bags.  No material will be accepted in plastic bags.  This is a free service provided by the Borough for Borough residents only, no contractors are allowed.  Proof of Borough residency may be required and must be presented if asked for by the attendant.  Please follow the signs and the attendants’ directions at the recycling center for proper disposal site information.

Please feel welcome to contact the Borough with any questions concerning this leaf collection program at 215-257-5065.

PennDOT recently announced plans to resurface PA State Road 4039. PennDOT’s project – tentatively planned for 2024 – will bring much needed improvements to the state-owned sections of N. 5^th Street and W. Market Street in Perkasie Borough.

Property owners on the affected sections of N. 5^th St and W. Market St are advised that curbs, sidewalks and driveway aprons on SR4039 will need to meet the specifications in Perkasie Borough Code in advance of PennDOT’s resurfacing project. Borough administration has sent a written notice to property owners on the following roads to advise them of the project timelines and their responsibilities with regard to curb, sidewalk and apron remediation.

• N 5^th Street from W. Blooming Glen Drive /Borough Line to W. Market Street
• W. Market Street from N 7^th Street to N. Ridge Road

The Borough will conduct inspections of curbs, sidewalks, and driveway aprons along State Road 4039 in the spring of 2022, then send out detailed inspection reports to property owners where the curb, sidewalk or driveway requires repair or replacement. Property owners who elect to use a private contractor will need to complete repairs by July 2023. Property owners who elect to use the Borough’s contractor can expect to see the work complete during the summer of 2023.

The Borough will offer a financing plan for those who participate in the Borough’s repair program in 2023. An estimate of the costs of having the Borough do the work and more information about the financing plan will be sent to property owners in the summer of 2022.

Perkasie Borough is providing advance notice of this project because of the number of properties involved, the lead time it may take property owners to obtain quotes and schedule work, and because many of the affected properties have substantial road frontage and the cost of bringing curbs, sidewalks and aprons into compliance could be significant.

A complete copy of the Borough’s Specifications for Reconstruction and/or Repair of Curb and Sidewalks can be found on the Borough website https://perkasieborough.org/code-of-ordinances/, or is available at Perkasie Borough Hall, 620 W. Chestnut St.

Questions about the Curb & Sidewalk project on PA SR4039 may be directed to Perkasie Borough’s Public Works Director at (215)257-6860.

The 2022 proposed budget is available for public inspection during normal business hours (8:00AM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday) beginning November 17, 2021 at the Perkasie Borough Hall, 620 West Chestnut Street, Perkasie, PA. The Borough Council will consider  adopting the 2022 budget as part of its regular Borough Council meeting on December 20, 2021 at 7:00PM at the Perkasie Borough Hall.

The 2022 proposed budget can also be found here: https://perkasieborough.org/about-us/budget/