Trash

An old problems continues, and is getting worse.
Some of our neighbors refuse to sign up for trash pick and deposit their trash in private dumpsters! At the Lodge, the Marina, the Golf Courses, the condos, and the Borough Office Building.
With 'back door' pick up the same price as curb-side pick up, and with the new rates, there is no excuse for this. No reason to drag your trash to the road, no concern about an empty trash barrel sitting at the road, which is illegal.
And it is illegal to put your trash in a private dumpster, and all dumpsters within the Borough are private. It is 'theft of service', and anyone caught will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Your Borough Council is determined to put a stop to this illegal practice. Several ideas are being considered, including requiring every home owner to have trash pick, billed by the Borough, just like water is. Failure to pay could result in water shut off, or none issuance of boating stickers.
Lets not let a few bad apples ruin it for all. Spread the word. If you see someone dumping their trash, report it to the Borough Police, on their non-emergency telephone number.


Follow this link to story in the Somerset Daily American:

http://www.dailyamerican.com/da-ot-indian-lake-borough-cracking-down-on-trash-rules-20110914,0,5818809.story