All Borough residents wishing to dispose of their ‘real’ Christmas tree after the holiday season are requested to place the tree on the east side of Industrial Parkway adjacent to the Borough Equipment Center. The trees will be chipped and donated as mulch. Please note that only ‘real’ tree disposal is permitted without bags, ornaments or other materials attached. Anyone suspected of or caught using this location as a junk drop-off will be subject to the penalties of the littering law.

The Borough if looking for a few volunteers to serve on some of the Borough’s Committees. There are currently openings for the Zoning Hearing Board Alternates (3) and the Shade Tree Commission (1). Interested parties should contact the Borough Office for more information.

The Borough is also looking for a group to man the recycling center on the first Saturday of each month. This is a great project for a group who would like to do community service and help save the environment. Interested parties should contact the Borough Manager for more information.

The Borough of Mifflinburg is now accepting online credit card payments for utility bills. Customers may access this option by using the ‘Pay my Bill’ link on the Borough Website.

This new option allows customers to make an online payment and view their billing and usage histories. Instructions to register as well as information about convenience fees are also available on the website.

COVID 19 Update

In light of the new measures recommended by the Federal Government and Governor Wolf moving Union County to the green phase, the Borough of Mifflinburg has taken the following actions:

*The Borough Office is open to customers, using social distancing and masks for in person transactions or meetings.

*Customers who do not participate in the automatic payment system are still being asked to either mail utility payments or to drop their utility payments into the box located in the entry to the Municipal Building if at all possible.

*Residents are encouraged to practice social distancing and other recommended precautions. More COVID-19 information is available at www.health.pa.gov.

We appreciate your patience as we all work to navigate these uncharted waters. We will continue to provide updates for our services on our website as we obtain more information from the State and Federal Governments.

Mifflinburg Borough Recycling Center will reopen with limitations beginning Saturday, June 6, 2020.

As Lycoming County Resource Management Services begins to restart its recycling services,Mifflinburg Borough will reopen its Municipal Recycling Center with a limited schedule and restrictions to protect employees and the public effective Saturday, June 6, 2020.

The Recycling center will be open the first and third Saturdays of June from 8:00 AM-11:00 AM. The recycling center will be closed on July 4, 2020, and resume operations July 18, 2020.

Mifflinburg Borough will limit the number of vehicles admitted into the Recycling Center at one time to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Please be patient if you experience some delays while waiting to access to the Center.

Borough staff will not be available to assist with the unloading of recycling materials. Borough staff has been directed not to touch recycling materials.

The wearing of face masks and social distancing requirements will be enforced while the Center is open. You will not be admitted into the Recycling Center without a face mask. After you drop off your recycling materials, please exit the Recycling Center immediately.

Once a material bin fills, it will be closed and no more of that material type will be accepted until the container is emptied by LCRMS. We expect a high volume of materials during the initial reopening. Please understand if our containers are full and we cannot accept your materials that day.

If a member of your household has tested positive for COVID-19 or is suspected of having COVID-19, please do not recycle your materials. The materials should be disposed of in the refuse.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Mifflinburg Borough Office at 570-966-1013.

We know that everyone is practicing extra sanitizing during the COVID-19 pandemic as recommended. We applaud those actions, however we cannot express enough that you should not flush any wipes! These wipe do not dissolve as they say they will and they can bind up pumps and equipment which will ultimately disrupt sewer services. So as indicated in the title NO WIPES DOWN THE PIPES!!!
We appreciate your cooperation!

 

Coronavirus COVID-19 Union County Press Release

Atlantic Broadband has notified the Borough that they will be performing some much needed upgrades on their facilities in Mifflinburg. Some of these upgrades may require brief service outages and street closures. FCC requires night time work (between midnight and 6:00 AM) for any service outages. This work will take place as weather permits.

Please be patient as they work to improve service to our area.

In the event a snow emergency is declared the following is a list of snow emergency routes:

• Borough Line Road
• Chestnut Street
• East Walnut Street
• Fifth Street
• Klingler Street
• Line Street
• Maple Street
• Market Street
• Old Orchard Lane
• Quarry Road
• Second Street
• Tenth Street
• Third Street
• Walnut Street

After a snow emergency is declared it shall be unlawful at any time during the continuance of the emergency for any person to park a motor vehicle anywhere on the snow emergency route and to drive any motor vehicle on the snow emergency route unless that vehicle is equipped with snow tires, four-wheeled drive or chains.

Mifflinburg Borough Council has adopted a sewer lateral inspection Ordinance.  This takes effect immediately and requires that prior to the transfer of ownership of any property in the Borough, the property owner must have the sewer lateral inspected (using a camera) as well as down spouts, floor drains and sump pump connections. This work is to be completed by a contractor with a Borough representative present to determine if there are any failing pipes or illegal connections. If any deficiencies are noted they must be repaired and then the property must be re-inspected before an Evidence of Compliance Certificate can be issued. The Ordinance and the inspection forms are available on the Borough’s website.

This Ordinance was enacted to help us eliminate some of our inflow and infiltration issues which contribute to our hydraulic overloads, which have caused our system to experience violations and to be placed under a connection prohibition by PA DEP.

For more information please contact the Borough Office – (570) 966-1013.

Thank you for your cooperation.