December 13, 2005 (9:30am)
Aston Senior Citizens General Monthly Meeting
Aston Community Center

December 21, 2005 (7pm)
Commissioners Board Meeting
Aston Township Municipal Building

December 25, 2005
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 27, 2005 (7:30pm)
Zoning Board Meeting
Aston Township Municipal Building

December 28, 2005 (7pm)
Planning Commission Meeting
Aston Township Municipal Building

Employee of the Month

   Congratulations to James Persing, our very first  employee of the month!  Jim has been employed with our township for 20 years and is the supervisor of our community center.  We appreciate Jim’s dedication and willingness to assist others whenever the need arises.  On behalf of our township officials, residents, and board of commissioners, we thank you.  Congratulations, Jim!   

From the Desk of Dick Lehr 

   Township offices will be closed on Friday, December 23; Monday, December 26; and Monday, January 2. Regularly scheduled trash collection for December 22 and December 23 will be picked up on Thursday, December 22; December 26 and December 27 trash will be collected on Tuesday, December 27; and January 2 and January 3 trash will be collected on Tuesday, January 3.    If you have any questions, please contact our township office at 610-494-1636.  Thank you.   

Notes from Public Works Department 

   Once snow begins to fall the public works department crew begins to spread layers of salt and cinders on township roads.  If the snow accumulates to an inch or more our crew begins plowing and continues until the snow fall stops.  Plowed snow by our public works crew is placed as close to the curb line as possible.  The first roads to be cleared are intersections and then residential streets. During times of snow fall, residents are encouraged to shovel and place snow on the downside of their driveways AFTER our crew is finished with clearing the streets.  Homeowners who wait for

street plowing to be completed by the public works department will only have to clear the end of their driveways one time.  Also, please be aware that it is unlawful to shovel snow from a property back into a street that was already cleared by public works staff.  In doing so, road accidents are more likely to occur.Thank you for your support and helping us to better serve you!

-Russ Palmore, Public Works  -  Road Foreman     

Professional Profiles  

   Aston resident Russ Palmore has been employed by Aston Township for over 15 years.  Russ began working as a part-time sanitation employee in January 1990 and was promoted to road foreman in September 2000.  Including the community center, sanitation and highway departments, Russ supervises 20 

employees and is responsible for creating and maintaining township road signage, leaf removal, trash collection, maintenance of our 12 park locations and numerous storm sewers, street sweeping and snow plowing totaling 56 miles of roads in our township.  “When I first starting working for the township I wanted to learn as much as I could about every area in the public works department.  Dick Lehr is a great person and a great boss,” says Russ.  Currently,

Russ is working with Dick Lehr on revising trash routes that will better serve the residents of our township that is scheduled for implementation during the month of January 2006.  Russ is proud of his dedicated staff and states, “When I need something done, my employees are always there, willing and ready to do whatever needs to be done.  I’m really proud of the work that we do for our township.”      

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