Ivyland Borough

From the Mayor's Desk: JOIN US IN THE IVYLAND FOOD DRIVE TO HELP THOSE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. DETAILS IN THE TWO PHOTOS. COLLECTION DATE IS BY NOON ON DECEMBER 16

PARENTS: There is a Santa's Mailbox at Ivyland Commons Park next to the fire house on Wilson Avenue. Ivyland kids can write a letter to Santa asking for what they want for Christmas. Make sure your address is on the envelope along with your child's name. All they have to do is then wait for his reply. Special thanks go out to Rylee Fanelli and Gianna Simpson for working with Santa to set this up!

Once again, we will be having the Christmas card exchange in the borough by agreement with the Post Office. If you would like to send a card to a neighbor in Ivyland Borough there will be drop off containers at the Borough Office in a basket on the porch, the Judice house at 85 Lincoln Avenue, the Cantore house at 1 Valentine and at the DiPaolo house at 48 Chase Avenue. Just write the name and address of your neighbor on the envelope. We will collect cards and distribute them before Christmas. Please drop off your cards by Monday evening, December 21. Please place a box or basket on your front porch for cards.

The 2020 Bonfire and hayride have been cancelled.The 2020 Bonfire and hayride have been cancelled.

Hopefully many of you ordered luminaria this year. Thanks have to go out to Bonnie Rowe who organizes this whole project. Carter Rowe was instrumental in getting them out to be distributed and Pat and Phil Klein for organizing the paperwork. I have the Lincoln Avenue candles and will be sorting them out this week. The sand will be delivered to the fire house soon.

Go to the Ivyland Borough website at www.ivylandborough.org to view the proposed Ivyland Borough Budget for 2021. The file includes the Fire tax and Liquid Fuels. The 2021 budget once again contains no tax increase in the tax millage. The proposed budget will be voted on at the December Borough Council meeting which will be held on December 9 at 7:30pm. Check updates to see if the meeting will be held at the Borough Meeting Hall or will be a virtual meeting livestreamed to the Ivyland Borough Facebook page.

Bucks County Dept. of Health guidelines for Halloween 2020.

IVYLAND RESIDENTS If you are voting by mail, it’s critical that you use the secrecy envelope when returning your ballot. Follow these steps to make sure your vote counts: 1. Complete your entire ballot in blue or black ink. 2. Seal the ballot in the smaller secrecy envelope, then place that in the larger return envelope.... 3. Sign and complete the voter declaration on the back of the larger return envelope. 4. Mail your ballot or return it in person to your county election office or another official dropoff location today. Check iwillvote.com/pa to find out where you can drop off your ballot See more

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK INFORMATION Residents should receive information in the mail from the Ivyland Volunteer Fire Department. Look over both documents. One is a fire safety document and one is the rules for this year's Fire Prevention Event and Giveaway.

Unfortunately, we have been unsuccessful in our attempts to livetream the September borough council meeting. The meeting is being recorded. When the livestream issue is resolved, the video will be posted. The.comment section will be checked and any comment will entered into the public record.

WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE LIVESTREAM FROM ZOOM TO FACEBOOK. WHEN AND IF IT RESOLVED, WE WILL BEGIN THE BROADCAST

The September Ivyland Borough Council meeting will once again be livestreamed to Facebook on the Ivyland Borough Facebook Page. The meeting will begin at 7:30PM, Wednesday, September 9. Public comment relating to borough business is limited to borough residents and may be made by typing a comment on the livestream posting. You must include your name. All comments are part of the public record. Appropriate comments will be read into the meeting at the "public comment" section of the agenda.

A limited number of the police support signs have come in. If you would like to order one, you can do so now. Any questions and you can call Nancy Pietrowski or Maria Alden. I will PM you the phone numbers if you want to call them. You can order using the order form that was posted here and on the website.

Sample of the police support sign

The Ivyland Heritage Association will be offering, for sale, yard signs to show support for our Ivyland Police Department. Prepaid orders will be taken. The cost is $15.00. Cash or checks payable to: Ivyland Heritage Association. Orders with payment can be dropped off or mailed to: Ivyland Borough Hall - Due to the pandemic, the office staff will be working Monday-Friday 10:00 AM 2 PM, however the building will not be open to the public. Please put your order in the ...box attached to the outside of the borough building, by the office door. Mail to: Ivyland Borough Hall 991 Pennsylvania Ave. Drop off or mail to: Maria Alden 49 Wilson Ave or Nancy Pietrowski 980 Jacksonville Rd. The order form was emailed to those on the mayor's email list.

Thanks to the borough residents who joined us in the livestreamed borough council meeting. All of the comments in the public comment section were read into the record and were very much appreciated. The issues addressed will be followed up.

The August Ivyland Borough Council meeting will once again be livestreamed to Facebook on the Ivyland Borough Facebook Page. The meeting will begin at 7:30PM, Wednesday, August 12. Public comment relating to borough business is limited to borough residents and may be made by typing a comment on the livestream posting. You must include your name. All comments are part of the public record. Appropriate comments will be read into the meeting.

Residents are asked to please bundle up any branches or brush that they put out with their trash. The Waste Management employees are not supposed to pick up loose brush but they do on most occasions just to help out. Please use twine to bundle it up. Thank you