People
The Dallas
Dallas, PA
Wendstay, July 24, 1991 3
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Other residents expressed concern over elderly
neighbors who don't have much garbage. Frank
Dugan of Shavertown said he knows of many
. elderly residents who don’t have a bag of garbage
per month and was concerned about the cost of
hauling for them. “It doesn’t seem right that these
people have to pay these costs when they were
paying next to nothing with the private haulers,”
said Dugan.
Concerns such as this were expressed to
Dallas Borough and Dallas Township officials at
meetings on July 16. Officials said they were
Protests
garbage.
looking into the situation to help residents on
fixed incomes who generate small amounts of
None of the residents interviewed said they
would defy DAMA’s program and use a private
hauler, but all spoke out against the procedure
used to set up the program.
“They should have given the individual haslers
more consideration,” said Diane Martin of Dallas.
Neighbor Jody Smith agreed. “It is now up to
the township to worry about the garbage. They
have taken it out of our hands.”
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of the same ones with the same
questions.”
Bagley also said just as the
garbage haulers complain now,
then the septic tank haulers, whose
. livelihood was cleaning out tanks
- were complaining that they were
being put out of business.
“We have had some threats
because of the new collection pro-
gram but not as many as we did at
the time of the sewers. There was
no office to call so protestors would
call board members and harrass
: \hem or threaten some of them.
hey also complained to some of
the contractors and threatened
them.
“At the meetings people would
complain about the fees and ask
where they would get the money
and what would happen if they
didn't pay the sewer bill. They
would ask about septic tanks and
‘who would pay those bills. The
board members and representa-
tives of the contractors answered
their questions no matter how
many times they were asked,”
Bagley explained.
Bagley also explained that the
“sewers were a new program for the
Back Mountain. It was originally
proposed in 1965 but was turned
aside until 1969 when it passed.
“but it was two times the cost then
: #$an it was in 1965.
When the sewer lines were in-
stalled in 1971, the cost was $8.00
for a foot for frontage so a 100-foot
frontage was $800 plus $100 con-
nection fee, then a plumber had to
be paid to connect the house line
to the sewer line.
Twenty years ago, the annual
sewer fee was $129, now it is $188
per year an increase of only $29
per year over a period of 20 years.
R. Spencer Martin, chairman of
the DAMA Board agreed with
Bagley that the situation was much
worse in 1971 when the sewers
were approved.
“Itwas mandated by the govern-
ment and it had to be done,” said
Martin. “The trouble was much
worse than today, we had all kinds
of threats and calls. The same type
of hue and cry. The septic haulers
cried we were putting them out of
business. Today some of those
same haulers have bigger and
better businesses than ever. They
accepted the challenge and sought
other types of work to do which for
many years has been more lucra-
tive.
“Board members’ families were
threatened, employees harrassed
but after the sewers were in the
people began to realize how bene-
ficial the sewers were and the
complaints stopped,” Martin said.
Just as the sewers have been
beneficial, Martin said the com:
munities will benefit from one
municipal hauler.
“Community areas will be free of
trash six days out of seven. Legally
covered garbage trucks picking up
the garbage, less wear and tear on
the roads.”
“What commodity today will be
the same price 30 months from
now as it is today?” Martin added.
“One municipal hauler is a legiti-
mate municipal act and in the long
run will benefit the people.”
“At the end of 30 months, DAMA
can reopen for bids, there is no
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guarantee the same hauler will
continue unless he is the lowest,”
Martin concluded.
Bagley also explained that when
the municipalities mandate the
authority to carry outa program, it
is up to the authority to do so.
“The recycling and garbage col-
lection is more work for us. We are
about to begin a $5,000,000 proj-
ect to Wyoming Valley Sanitary
Authority. We will still have to
maintain the Back Mountain sewer
system and do the billing. We will
continue to do all the work we have
been with the exception of the treat-
ment plant. That is because with
the addition of other municipali-
‘ties in the Back Mountain to the
treatment plant it is not large
enough,” Bagley said.
“We are now getting many calls
from residents but the majority of
those calls are from residents who
want information. “I am certain
the problems coming up because
of the new municipal garbage and
recycling program will be resolved
in the near future. Once the pro-
gram is off the ground, residents
will begin to appreciate its bene-
fits,” added Bagley.
“Last fall we contacted about 10
garbage haulers to discuss recy-
cling with them. Not one of them
was interested in recycling,” said
Martin. “Since we were mandated
as the agent for Dallas Borough,
Dallas Township and Kingston
Township, we put out specifica-
tions for haulers to bid on the
program. We had only four haulers
intrested enough to submit bids.
We did everything legally-adver-
tised our meetings, advertised the
bid requests and opened the bids
in a regular public meeting.”
Township will take over Hickory Hills road |
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
At their July 16 meeting, the
Dallas Township supervisors ap-
proved the home owners petition
to take over the road into Hickory
Hills pending their engineer's
confirmation that proper repairs
have been completed on the en-
trance of the road. Lee Isaacs, head
of the association, will be con-
tacted for complete information.
Group home owner
appeals township suit
Zoning officer Leonard Kozick
reported to the supervisors that
the owners of the group home on
Church Street had filed an appli-
cation to appeal the township's
charges filed by Township solicitor
Atty. Frank Townend that the home
was a boarding house as defined
by the township ordinance rather
than a group home.
R.N. Fitch & Sons of 185
Huntsville Road, Dallas, was low
bidder on the equipment rental for
Stredney Road, 1991 Community
Development Project of the town-
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Dallas Twp. bans open burning
Due to the extreme dry weather
conditions and recent fires in the
township and no immediate relief
expected in the near future, the
Dallas Township Board of Super-
visors have announced an imme-
diate ban on all outdoor burning.
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that the ground is so dry from the
lack of rain that the fires are going
underground into the root sys-
tems of trees and plants. There-
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door burning of any type is prohib-
ited for all residents of the town-
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directed to comply with the direc-
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questions posed by residents con-
cerning the new trash and recy-
clable collection operated by the
Dallas Area Municipal Authority
(DAMA). Most residents’ concerns
centered on the expense for those
who generate little trash but will
be billed the same flat rate ($11.25
monthly) as larger households.
drilled wells the supervisors also
caution residents to comply with
voluntary reduction of water us-
age. Residents should take all
steps possible toreduce their water
usage.
Residents with even household
numbers or box numbers should
only water their lawns on even
numbered days, and odd num-
bered residents on odd numbered
days. Any lawn watering should
only be done in the evening or very
early morning hours and for short
duration. Repair any leaking fau-
cets or plumbing fixtures, do not
hose down driveways or sidewalks
(sweep them), use water saving
shower heads, run clothes wash-
ers with only full loads, and use
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