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Chalfant Newsletter Jan 24

Chalfant Newsletter Fall/Winter Supplement

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Ordinance 439:

Attention Landlords and Non-Owner Occupied Unit Property Owners:

Below is a link to Ordinance 439, providing the registration and inspection of non-owner occupied (including vacant) units:

2023 Landlord Tenant Registration Form:

https://chalfantborough-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/Landlord-Tenant-Registration-Form.pdf

2024 Holiday Garbage Collection:

Memorial Day: collection delayed until Saturday, June 1st 

Independence Day: collection delayed until Saturday, July 6th.

Labor Day: collection delayed until Saturday, September 7th.

Thanksgiving: collection delayed until Saturday, November 30th.

Christmas: collection delayed until Saturday, December 28th.

New Year’s Day: collection delayed until Saturday, January 4th.

Chalfant Borough Newsletter 2023, Vol. 2:

https://chalfantborough-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/Chalfant-Borough-Newsletter-2023-Vol.-2.pdf

AGENDA

THE BOROUGH OF CHALFANT
COUNCIL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.

Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes:

● February 14, 2024

Approval of Bank Balances

Approval of Payment for Bills for the Month After Being Properly Countersigned

Approval of the Tax Collection Report as Read
Reports:

Mayor
Solicitor
Finance and Administration

● Motion to transfer $38,000.00 from the GF MM
account to the GF Checking account to cover the
cost of the March invoices.

Permits and Ordinances:

● Motion to advertise Ordinance 442, an ordinance to
authorize the tax collector to distrain on rent due
from a tenant to a landlord to collect delinquent real
estate taxes on the subject property. The ordinance
establishes the authority to pursue enforcement
and provides for civil penalties.

Roads and Public Works
Public Safety
WHEMS

Health and Sanitation
Parks and Recreation/Borough Property:

● Motion to sign the 2024 rental contract with Mr.
John. The monthly service charge is $125 with a
$10 environmental fee and there is a $15 stake
down fee and a $60 transportation fee that will be
included on the first bill.
● Per Borough Engineer, Robert Zischkau, motion
to accept Air Systems Mechanical Contractors,
Inc.’s proposal for the Community Center HVAC
replacement for the total bid price of $33,637.00.
Funding for the project will be reimbursed from the
Commonwealth Financing Authority grant.

Crime Watch
Tax Collector

Citizen Participation
Old Business
New Business

● Motion to make a civic contribution supporting the WHHS
Performing Arts Department’s 2024 production of Wonderland.
The borough will purchase a half-page ad in the production’s
program from Chalfant resident, Grace Moon, at a cost of $80.00.

Adjournment

TAX PAYMENT REMINDERS:

REMINDER TO CHALFANT PROPERTY TAXPAYERS:

Chalfant residents and property owners,

March is a busy tax month! You have all received your Allegheny County Real Estate tax which is due at Discount on March 31, 2024. You should have received your Chalfant Borough 2024 Real Estate tax bill which was mailed on March, 1, 2024. If you have not received your bill to date, please contact me. This pertains only to taxpayers who have no mortgage. And finally, all 3rd installments of the Woodland Hills School 2023 tax year are due no later than March 31, 2024. All payments must be postmarked no later than 3/31/2024. You may drop off your payment at the Borough Office at 144 Lynnwood Avenue, on or before 3/31/2024.

Wishing all a Happy Easter and Spring.
Thank you,
Carol Donahue—Chalfant Borough Tax Collector
412-824-3283

The Tax Collector (Carol Donahue) can be reached between 9-4 daily at 412-824-3283. If I am unavailable, please leave a message and it will be returned within 24 hours. Any messages left on the weekend will be returned on the following Monday.
All tax payments are accepted at the Borough Office at 144 Lynnwood Avenue, either by mail or dropped off. If you must pay in person, other than the scheduled office hours for Discount payments, please call or email me (cadon4946@hotmail.com) to make an appointment at the office. At no time will payments be received at my home.

The 2024 Chalfant Borough Taxes have been mailed. If you have not received your tax bill (this is for those who do not have a mortgage holder responsible for paying your tax) please contact me at 412-824-3283.

Residents are Advised to Check Tax Statement Address

Notice to all Homeowners in Chalfant Borough.

It has been brought to my attention, with the mailing of the 2023 Chalfant Borough Tax Statements, that there are many incorrect mailing addresses for these statements. We do our best to record new owners and addresses provided by Allegheny County, but even on their site information isn’t always correct.

With the high number of Mortgages being sold and people refinancing, the County and the Chalfant tax collector don’t always get the new information quickly enough. It is the responsibility of all homeowners to advise the County and the local tax collector of any changes in the mailing address of tax statements. If you or your mortgage company don’t receive a tax statement, that does not excuse you from paying. A lot of these mailings do not get returned to me because they are deliverable, but that person may not live there any longer or that mortgage company may no longer hold your mortgage.

Chalfant Borough Tax Statements are mailed on March 1st of the year, Allegheny County Tax Statements are mailed on March 1st of the year and the Woodland Hills School District Tax Statements are mailed on July 1st of the year.

If you do not receive these, it is the Homeowner’s responsibility to advise the taxing agencies immediately. In doing so, the homeowner avoids the unpaid tax being turned over to Jordan Tax Services as a delinquent account.

Always remember to report the following: New Mortgage Company and mailing address(due to refinancing or mortgage being sold to another mortgage holder) Tax Statements to be mailed to a different branch or locations of the mortgage holder. The payoff of the mortgage, need to advise of new mailing address of Tax Statements. Homeowners renting a property, need to advise of your (property owner) new mailing address for Tax Statements.

In reporting all these things to the taxing agency, it can help keep you, the homeowner, receiving your tax statements and therefore not having your account go delinquent. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please call me at 412-824-3283 or email me at cadon4946@hotmail.com. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Carol A Donahue/ Chalfant Tax Collector

 

INFORMATION ABOUT INVASIVE SPECIES

https://chalfantborough-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/Invasive-Native-Plants-2022.pdf

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