Schuylkill Township residents will be paying $15 more for garbage collection in 2025.

Meeting Wednesday night, the supervisors decided to raise the $200 annual garbage tax — which is payable in June — to $215, on the recommendation of Dana Brubaker, the township treasurer, who told the supervisors there won’t be enough left in the garbage fund at the end of the year to carry over into 2026.

Supervisors Chairman Charles Fayash did some math, and felt there would be about $90,000 left in the fund — based on the 533 township residents who pay the garbage fee.

“We have never had $90,000 at the end of the year in the garbage fund,” said Ann Marie Miller, the township secretary.

Miller said the township is owed about $25,000 in garbage taxes that residents have not paid. Brubaker said that represents about 8% of the township’s eligible garbage customers. Miller said some who owe have owed for years.

Meanwhile, the supervisors are preparing bid specifications for the 2026 garbage collection contract.

Those specifications include no recycling — which means it goes in with the regular trash — and yard waste is picked up.

Seven locations can put out a can or bag — the two U.S. Post Offices, two parks, two fire companies and the municipal building.

In other business, at the last meeting, the supervisors asked Marc Buccieri, the township’s road foreman, to suggest some roads that could be paved in 2025. Buccieri suggested the end of Coal Street in Tuscarora; Cemetery Road in Brockton; Old Route 209, Forest Road in Mary D, and the parking lot of the municipal building. Just because the roads were suggested does not mean they will be done, Buccieri said,

There are also a number of dirt roads in the township, he noted. He also said the shingles on the roof of the municipal building need to be replaced.

If a township resident makes one written complaint, it will be addressed, the supervisors said.

It had been two, and Fayash said that stemmed from neighbors fighting with one another. But now just one will be addressed.

The supervisors voted to advertise an ECode ordinance, which will act like a codification of all township ordinances. All ordinances will be online for residents to see, and will be instantly updated electronically.

Supervisor Gary Feathers praised Miller for getting rid of old township records dating back to the 1960s. Miller said she has spent only $95 so far getting rid of the records. She will continue the process, she said,

The supervisors decided to pursue a PA250 grant to purchase American flags. The PA250 grant is in commemoration of the country’s 250th anniversary in 2026, and the grants are being made available for historic and patriotic purposes.

The supervisors are still advertising for a police officer to replace the two officers lost recently.