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| Office Closed Office Closed Dec 30 2025 – Jan 2 2026 all-day In observance of the New Years holiday, the office will be closed. The office will re-open for normal business hours on Monday, January 5, 2026. Happy New Year! | ||||||
| Auditor annual meeting 6:00 pm Auditor annual meeting Jan 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm The board of auditors will hold their annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 6:00pm at the municipal office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444. The agenda can be found under the[...] BOS Monthly Meeting 7:00 pm BOS Monthly Meeting Jan 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm The agenda for this monthly meeting can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab. | Planning Commission Reorganization meeting 6:30 pm Planning Commission Reorganization meeting Jan 7 @ 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm The planning commission will hold their reorganization meeting immediately preceding their monthly work session on Wednesday January 7, 2026 at 6:30pm. Their monthly work session will take place at 7:00pm. Planning Commission Work Session 7:00 pm Planning Commission Work Session Jan 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm The agenda for this work session can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab, listed by date of work session. | |||||
| Recreation Committee Meeting 6:00 pm Recreation Committee Meeting Jan 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm The agenda for this meeting can be found under the Meeting Documents, Meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab. Recreation Committee reorganization meeting 6:00 pm Recreation Committee reorganization meeting Jan 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm The recreation committee will hold their reorganization meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 6:00pm. Any person interesting in joining the recreation committee are welcome to attend the meeting. | Planning Commission Meeting 7:00 pm Planning Commission Meeting Jan 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm The agenda for this meeting can be found under the meeting documents tab; meeting agendas; 2025 meeting agendas tab. | |||||
| Public Hearing 6:30 pm Public Hearing @ Covington Township Municipal Office Jan 27 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm The Covington Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 27, 2026at 6:30 pm in the municipal office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 to address the application received from[...] BOS Work Session 7:00 pm BOS Work Session Jan 27 @ 7:00 pm Agenda for this work session can be found under the Meeting Documents; Meeting Agendas; 2025 Meeting Agendas tab |
The agenda for this meeting can be found under the Meeting Documents, Meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab.
The recreation committee will hold their reorganization meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 6:00pm. Any person interesting in joining the recreation committee are welcome to attend the meeting.
The agenda for this meeting can be found under the meeting documents tab; meeting agendas; 2025 meeting agendas tab.
The Covington Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 27, 2026at 6:30 pm in the municipal office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 to address the application received from Amazon.com Services, LLC to request a change in zoning district for property located at 298 First Avenue, Covington Township, PA. The application requests zoning map amendment to return portion of property to M-1 district consistent with balance of property and existing/previously approved development. All interested parties are invited to attend. A vote on the ordinance may take place at the conclusion of the hearing.
Agenda for this work session can be found under the Meeting Documents; Meeting Agendas; 2025 Meeting Agendas tab
The agenda for this monthly meeting can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab.
The agenda for this work session can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas, 2025 meeting agendas tab, listed by date of work session.
The zoning hearing board will hold their annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:00 pm. The agenda for this meeting can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas tab.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Hearing Board of Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania at 6:45 p.m. on February 10, 2026 at the Covington Township Building, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 for the purpose of receiving evidence and hearing testimony concerning the Application for an Appeal of Zoning Officer’s Decision and in the alternative a Variance for the use of a “Bus Terminal” by the Applicant H.E. Rohrer, LLC d/b/a Rohrer Bus Services on the real property owned by the Descipio Irrevocable Trust and Anthony J. Descipio, Sr., located at 1200 Drinker Turnpike (Covington Township) Covington, PA 18444 with Tax Parcel No. 1980-402-001001. At issue are the requests for relief under the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance sections 404.4 titled “R-2-High Density Residential District”, Article III-Definitions “Bus Terminal”, “Vehicles”, “Vehicle and Equipment Sales Operation”, “Vehicle or Equipment Repair Operations”, 507.6-“Changes of Nonconforming Uses”, 507.7 “Extension of Nonconforming Uses” and 608.3-“Variances”. The property is located in a R-2-High Density Residential District of the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance
If you have any objection to said requests for relief, you should be present at said time and place as stated above to make your objection known to the Zoning Hearing Board or be represented by an attorney at that hearing.