Board of Supervisor’s Workshop Meeting scheduled for Friday, September 9th has been cancelled.
The next scheduled meeting is Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:00pm.
Board of Supervisor’s Workshop Meeting scheduled for Friday, September 9th has been cancelled.
The next scheduled meeting is Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:00pm.
Tilden Township has an open position for a full-time Assistant Secretary. Applicants must be proficient with Microsoft Office and excellent communication skills. Duties include but are not limited to answering phones, assisting residents and Zoning Officer with permits, monitoring sewer and septic (a complete list of duties is available by contacting the Manager). Salary is based on qualifying experience.
Please apply in person, with application and resume, to Township Manager, Monica Flower at 874 Hex Highway, Hamburg, PA by Monday, September 19, 2022.
If interested, please contact our office Monday-Thursday, between the hours of 9 am and 3 pm.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 31, 2022
Map included
DEP Declares Drought Watch for 36 Counties, Asks for Voluntary Water Conservation
Harrisburg, PA –The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the Commonwealth Drought Task Force has declared a drought watch for 36 counties and asks for voluntary water conservation in those counties.
“A few counties have experienced very dry conditions over the summer, and a number of others have inched into increasingly dry conditions in recent weeks. We’re asking Pennsylvanians in all of these counties to use water wisely and follow simple water conservation tips to ease the demand for water,” said DEP Acting Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.
The following counties are on drought watch: Berks, Bucks, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Dauphin, Delaware, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, and Wyoming. For a map of drought declarations that’s updated daily, see the DEP drought web page.
Residents on drought watch are asked to reduce their individual water use by 5 to 10%, or a reduction of three to six gallons of water per day.
DEP is notifying all water suppliers in these counties of the need to monitor their supplies and be prepared by updating their drought contingency plans as necessary. Varying localized conditions may lead water suppliers or municipalities to ask residents for more stringent conservation actions.
At this time, two public water suppliers are requiring residents to reduce their water use: Galeton Borough Water Authority in Potter County and Waterville Water Association in Lycoming County.
Six suppliers are asking residents to voluntarily reduce their water use:
Ways to Conserve Water at Home
There are many ways to conserve water at home, including:
Find more tips at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
How DEP Determines Drought Conditions
To determine drought conditions, DEP assesses information on public water supply levels and data on four indicators: precipitation, surface water (stream and river) flow, groundwater level, and soil moisture. Declarations aren’t based on one indicator alone, such as precipitation.
The DEP Drought Coordinator monitors the indicators in close partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which maintains gauges in streams and wells in many locations across Pennsylvania.
There are normal ranges for all four indicators. DEP makes drought status recommendations after assessing departures from these ranges for all indicators for periods of 3-12 months. For a map that’s updated daily to show the status of all four indicators for each county, see the USGS Pennsylvania drought condition monitoring website.
DEP shares these data and its recommendations with the state and federal agencies and other organizations that make up the Commonwealth Drought Task Force. Drought watch and warning declarations are determined by DEP, with the concurrence of the task force.
Drought emergency declarations follow the same process, with final approval by the governor. No county is in drought warning or emergency status at this time.
For more information on how DEP monitors conditions and makes drought status declarations, see the drought management fact sheet.
The next Commonwealth Drought Task Force meeting will be on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 1:00 PM.
MEDIA CONTACT: Deb Klenotic, 717-783-9954
This message is to inform Tilden Township residents that the Supervisors’ workshop meeting scheduled for Friday, August 5th, 2022 at 9am has been canceled. Thank you.
TILDEN TOWNSHIP
BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
INTERMUNICIPAL LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Supervisors of Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Tilden Township Municipal Building, 874 Hex Highway, Hamburg, Pennsylvania 19526, to consider the request for approval of an intermunicipal transfer of a liquor license made by CBOCS Pennsylvania, LLC which is owned and operated by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (“Cracker Barrel”). Cracker Barrel is seeking approval for the transfer of Pennsylvania Restaurant Liquor License No. R 16224 currently owned by Shanesville Tavern, Inc. in Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, for use at the property located at 21 Industrial Drive, Hamburg, Pennsylvania 19526, Property ID No. 84448504710354, pursuant to Section 461(b.3) of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code, 47 P.S. §4-461(b.3).
The Township Board of Supervisors may render a decision regarding this matter at its regular meeting commencing immediately following this public hearing, or at a subsequent public meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
All interested parties and all citizens with standing who appear will have an opportunity to be heard at the time of the hearing. If you require special accommodations in order to attend, please call Tilden Township at 610-562-7410. The Township will make every reasonable effort to accommodate you.
Joan E. London, Esquire
Solicitor, Tilden Township
Berks County, Pennsylvania
The Board of Supervisors of Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, will consider and vote upon the adoption of an ordinance at its regular meeting on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, commencing at 7:00 p.m., at the Tilden Township Municipal Building, 874 Hex Highway, Hamburg, Pennsylvania 19526. A summary of the proposed ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF TILDEN TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING AND RESTATING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER XVI, ENTITLED “IMPACT FEES”, OF THE TOWNSHIP OF TILDEN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO: IMPOSE TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IMPACT FEES UPON NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO ENSURE THE TOWNSHIP’S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE AND ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT NEW GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; ESTABLISH A TITLE, PURPOSE, GENERAL FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS, AND DEFINITIONS; ESTABLISH USES, EXEMPTIONS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF IMPACT FEES; PROVIDE FOR CREDITS AND REFUNDS OF IMPACT FEES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; ESTABLISH THAT IMPACT FEES ARE AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OR FEES IMPOSED BY THE TOWNSHIP ON LAND DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE; AND REPEAL AND REPLACE ANY ORDINANCE INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING ORDINANCE NO. 180 – 2007.
Copies of the full text of the ordinance may be examined without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof at the Tilden Township Municipal Building, 874 Hex Highway, Hamburg, Pennsylvania 19526, at the Berks County Law Library, Berks County Courthouse, 633 Court Street, 10th Floor, Reading, Pennsylvania 19601, and at the Reading Eagle Company, 345 Penn Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19601.
Joan E. London, Solicitor
Tilden Township
Berks County, Pennsylvania