Freytown Road will be paved tomorrow 11/19 through Wednesday 11/20. Some areas of the road may not be accessible to passing vehicles during the hours between 7 AM to 3 PM, aside from emergency vehicles. If you have any questions, please call the municipal office at 570-842-8336.
Lackawanna County will be hosting a Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Event at the PNC Field, 235 Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, PA. Pre-Registration is REQUIRED. Please see the flyer below for further details:
The board of supervisors will be accepting bids for a black 2020, or newer, AWD sedan with a police pursuit package. Vehicle must have a V-8 engine and less than 15,000 miles. Sealed bids will be accepted until noon on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. Please mail bids to Covington Township, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444. Bids will be opened at the regular meeting of the board of supervisors on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Municipal Office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444.
The board of supervisors are proposing the 2025 budget which includes no tax increase for the year 2025. The proposed budget can be viewed below or at the municipal office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 during normal business hours. If there are no objections to the proposed budget for 2025, the board of supervisors will adopt the proposed budget at their monthly meeting to be held on Tuesday evening, December 3, 2024 at 7:00pm at the municipal office.
The Municipal office will be closed on Friday, November 8th and Monday, November 11th. The office will re-open for normal business hours on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 8:00 am. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Please be advised there is a BURN BAN in effect until FURTHER NOTICE for ALL of Covington Township. Due to the lack of rain coupled with the dry conditions please refrain from burning until further notice.
The planning commission will be holding its monthly work session on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Municipal Office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444. The work session is open to the public. The agenda for this work session can be found under the Meeting Documents, 2024 Meeting Agendas tab.
The Board of Supervisors will be holding their monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Municipal Office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444. The agenda for this meeting can be found under the Meeting Documents, 2024 Meeting agendas tab.
The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider adopting Ordinance #2024-03, an Ordinance amending Ordinance #2023-05 (which adopted the 2021 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code) to provide for civil penalties or summary fines for enforcement proceedings for violations of the code and adopt the boarding standards of appendix A of the Code. A draft copy of the proposed ordinance can be found below. The public hearing will be held at the Municipal office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 at 6:30pm on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. The agenda for this public hearing can be found under the meeting documents tab, 2024 hearing documents.
The Board of Supervisors will hold their monthly work session on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at the municipal office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 at 7:00 pm. The agenda for the work session can be found under the meeting documents tab, 2024 meeting agendas.