City of Easton Municipal Enewsletter
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Welcome to the new municipal enewsletter from the City of Easton.
Each month we will provide updates and changes to municipal services at City Hall to help inform
city residents, workers, business owners, nonprofit organizations, and community volunteers.
We hope you find the information helpful, and we welcome your feedback.
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City of Easton Emergency Resolution
On Wednesday, March 25, the members of Easton City Council ratified Mayor Sal Panto Jr.'s March 12 emergency declaration for the city's ongoing COVID-19 response.
Highlights include but are not limited to:
- Extension of filing local Earned Income Tax forms and payments until July 15, 2020
- Extension of filing and payment of Business Privilege Tax until August 1, 2020
- 2020 City of Easton Real Estate taxes are extended to August 1, 2020 without penalty
- Use of two-way technology to allow the public to participate in City Council meetings.
- Public meetings of all Authorities, Boards and Commissions be canceled unless important deadlines must be met or for specific business that can’t wait. If a meeting must be held the meetings must be remote during this pandemic and follow all PA Sunshine Law provisions.
- Authorizes the Mayor to cancel City Council unless important actions need to be taken.
- Delay in the start of street cleaning from April 1 to June 1.
- Daily rates in both City parking garages be waived through April 30.
- All City sponsored sports events, practices and special events or festivals at City facilities or in city right of way (streets) are canceled through April 30, 2020. This will be re-assessed at that time to determine any extensions to this Declaration.
- Waive the enforcement of all traffic violations by the local Parking Enforcement Officers and or Police Officers and direct that they only give tickets that present a safety hazard, such as parking into an intersection, blocking a private driveway, etc. This waiver will extend though the month of April and include expired registrations and inspections.
We encourage you to read the Mayor's full remarks via the button below. Watch Mayor Panto's address to City Council and city residents at the council meeting on our YouTube channel
HERE
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Easton City Hall is closed to visitors but open for business
Easton City Hall is now inaccessible to visitors, but city associates are still available via phone and email to assist residents with questions. All city business can be transacted via telephone, email, online, or mail. All pertinent contact information for city staff and departments can be found on the city web site. We thank you for your patience and cooperation at this time.
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The City of Easton Department of Community and Economic Development has compiled resources to help local business owners during this difficult time. The COVID-19 Business Assistance Toolkit is being updated regularly as new information is announced. The toolkit contains:
Financing, Workforce and Technical Support
Resources and related programs that are currently available to assist businesses. Online access to these resources is provided where applicable.
Events to Inform
Listings of events, workshops & roundtables that are forthcoming or have taken place, with access to digital media, to assist businesses during this time.
Best Practices Resources and Business Strategies
Articles and related documents to assist businesses in considering new strategies & new opportunities.
Relevant News
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Yard Waste & Bulk Item Collection Temporarily Suspended
During this unprecedented time, where residents are forced to remain home, there is an increase in residential waste placed out for weekly pickup. This has resulted in trucks filling faster, and because yard waste and bulk collection pull resources away from the residential routes, the collection of yard waste and bulk items is temporarily suspended.
All bulk items
must remain indoors
during this time, until normal operations resume. As soon as regular schedules resume, we will work to increase bulk pickup to make up for this temporary inconvenience. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Please Support Easton businesses
Thank you to Greater Easton Development Partnership for putting together the #SupportEaston web site, highlighting small businesses that have online stores you can shop at or are offering curbside pickup or delivery.
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Sign up for the new EastonAlert mass notification system
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If you have not yet done so, please sign up for our new mass notification messaging system called EastonAlert. (It replaces Nixle, which is being phased out.)
EastonAlert puts YOU in control of the types of messages you want to receive from the city, and the ways in which you want to receive them (email, text, and/or phone).
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Connect with us on social media
We will continue providing daily updates from the city on our official Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Please follow us! (See linked buttons below.)
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For ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 updates, please go to the Pennsylvania Department of Health web site
HERE.
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For national updates from the federal government on coronavirus COVID-19, please reference the web site for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
HERE.
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Thank you for reading the new City of Easton monthly municipal enewsletter
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Tell them to sign up for it on our the homepage of our web site
HERE
. Thanks!
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