Trash Collection on Holidays

According to the current 2022 Bern Township Trash Collection Contract the only holidays observed by the Trash District collector are:
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

Twp Office Holiday Hours

Just to let you know, we will close Thursday, December 23 at noon. The office will be closed all day on Friday, December 24 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

We will do the same thing the following week – closing at noon on Thursday, December 30 and will be closed all day on Friday, December 31 in observance of the New Year Holiday.

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BTMA Bills & Payments

Getting Your Bill
BTMA bills are printed on postcards, then mailed to you via the U. S. Postal Service. Would you rather get your BTMA bill by email instead?Just click the green PDF link below and download the application form, fill it in, sign and return it to the BTMA office then we’ll set it up for you.
E-Mail My Bill Request Form

Several Ways to Pay Your Bill
Pay Your Bill AUTOMATICALLY
BTMA offers an ACH Automatic Cash Transfer payment option: Your bill is automatically paid around the 22nd to the 25th each month using a bank account that you have selected. To apply fill in the PDF application form below, sign it and send it to the BTMA office. The ACH auto payment option has been described in the Bern Township Newsletter and has been available to our customers for about 2 years, at no charge to our consumers. Automatic Cash Transfer ACH Application Form
Pay Your Bill at VIST BANK on Rt 183
BTMA customers can also make their payments in person at the VIST Bank branch on Rt 183 at West Leesport Road, but to make your payment there you MUST have your BTMA bill, or a copy of it. 
Put your check in the Drop Box At Township Building
A drop box has been installed outside the building on the wall next to the front door of the Bern Twp. Municipal Building, but please pay by check, not cash if you use the drop box.

The BTMA Board is committed to keeping user fees steady for our 900+ customers so we try to keep our running costs low. (Rates for sewer customers went down just over a year ago.) We have two part-time employees who are always willing to answer questions for you.

Flushable to FATBERG

Urgent Request!

Are you cleaning up after cats or kids?
Please do not throw “flushable” cat litter or disposable wet wipes into your toilet. These items may look “flushable” but they do not dissolve or disintegrate.
They cause blockages and other problems in sewer systems, and these problems are very expensive to fix, which will cause the cost of your sewer rates to increase.
So please be considerate and throw the “flushables” into the trash, or these items will wind up costing you and other sewer users a lot of money.
Thank you.

For more information see two links: Flushable to FATBERG and Trash NOT Toilet

Don’t risk a sewer BACKUP!

SEWER BACKUP
Are you using wipes and paper towels to clean or disinfect? Toilet paper is made to disintegrate. Wipes and paper towels should go in the trash, because they are NOT “flushable.” They won’t breakdown. They will tangle into a big lump and block your sewer lines. If a pipe in your neighborhood is blocked, sewage could back up into your house which means a very expensive $$$ mess for you.