Editor's Note: The story has been updated to reflect that paint, propane tanks and TVs won't be accepted from residents during the township's cleanup weekend April 22-23.
While continuing to operate within its official, 2020 commitment to policies that primarily target environmental protection, Buckingham has also gained operating efficiencies directly related to those policies. Recent examples were observed at its Feb. 22 public board of supervisors meeting.
Accepting a proposal from Denny Electric Supply, of Warminster, “to upgrade all of the existing light fixtures in the township administration building to LED, energy-efficient fixtures and bulbs for $15,829,” the township will gain rebates from PECO Energy Company in the amount of $13,979. For accepting similar work by that company at the public relations garage, for $4,705, the rebates will total $18,713.
In its October 2020 resolution “setting forth goals to use 100 percent clean, renewable energy for all purposes no later than 2050,” the township noted it had already “demonstrated a commitment to reducing fossil fuel energy in its municipal operations through the installation of cost-saving LED lighting in its street lights,” and further resolved “to complete this transition in the electricity sector by 2035.”
Also at the Feb. 22 meeting, supervisors approved an efficiency-enhancing revision to their resolution “Adopting Water and Wastewater Standards,” which is continually reviewed as a guideline for environmental and other concerns in the operation and ongoing upgrading of its drinking water and sewage treatment infrastructure.
The Feb. 22 revision calls for a change in meter-reading procedure, from physical, meter tapping; to drive-by, radio frequency reading. Introducing the agenda item, Township Manager Dana S. Cozza, referred to the resolution as also serving part of the construction standards to be met by developers.
In the October, 2020 environmental resolution, the township noted the approval of a 1995 referendum establishing a land preservation program, which by mid-2020 had resulted in the “permanent protection of 6,113 acres of prime township land.” It also noted it had established the use of its treated wastewater for application in sprayfields, where it is applied on about 450 acres of working farmland, as a re-charge mechanism for groundwater.
The township’s cleanup weekend is scheduled for April 22-23 Mountain Road. Bulk items, including “computers/keyboards, Freon items, and tires, but not hazardous waste items, paint, propane tanks, and TVs” will be accepted from residents, but not businesses. Further information, including regarding shredding, yard waste, and compost, is available from the township.
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