Five Town Regional Dial-A-Ride will be celebrating 40 years of providing safe and reliable transportation to our senior & disabled residents. On Tuesday, April 25th from 11am - 2pm. join them for a "40th Anniversary Health & Human Services Fair" featuring Local and County Agencies that deliver a variety of public services.  Please come and bring your family members to learn and collect information about Home Energy Programs, Transportation Services, Rehabilitation Centers in our area, Respite and In Home Care Agencies, Senior Social Clubs and Adult Day Programs, Fixed Income Housing, Nutrition and Adult Vaccine Programs, just to name a few. The event will take place at the Senior House, 530 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains. Food and Refreshments will be enjoyed.  Please RSVP 973-870-0296.

 
2017 Household Hazardous Waste
&
Computer/T.V. Drop-Off Events
 
When:      Saturday, June 3, 2017
Where:     Morris County Public Safety Training Academy
                 500 West Hanover Avenue, Parsippany
 
When:      Saturday, September 23, 2017
Where:     Morris County Public Safety Training Academy
                 500 West Hanover Avenue, Parsippany
 
When:     Saturday, October 28, 2017
                Pequannock Valley Park
                Marvin Road, Pequannock
 
Time:      9:00 a.m. to 2:00
               Rain or Shine
 
Questions?
 
Call: 973-829-8006
 

 
 
Mark Your Calendars 
 


Saturday, June 3, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Pequannock Township Municipal Building, Front Parking Lot

Bring your personal and confidential paper documents and watch them be shredded for recycling.  No need to remove staples and paper clips.

Open to Pequannock Township residents only (no businesses please)

Pequannock Receives $4,568,863.00 FEMA Grant
The Township of Pequannock received notification that FEMA released the FY 2015 Flood
Mitigation Assistant grant funding to elevate 26 dwellings. A total of $4,568,863.00 was obligated
as of February 1, 2017. FEMA is developing the Grantee/Sub-grantee Agreement for execution
by FEMA and the Township. Project commencement is anticipated this spring immediately after
both parties sign the agreement.
The journey began in May 2015 when the Pequannock Flood Control Advisory Committee first
learned of the potential grant opportunity. Having researched successes in other states, the
Committee was confident the program was ideal for Pequannock. The Township contracted with
Tetra Tech Inc. to evaluate qualifying properties insured by the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP); and to prepare an application with the highest probability for success.
A detailed spatial inventory of qualifying structures was developed and prioritized into an
Elevation Action Plan based on the five FEMA priority scoring conditions. This is the point where
the Flood Advisory Committee went into action! Armed with various fact sheets and knowledge
of the grant requirements, the Committee went door-to-door to ensure the selected property owners
understood the individual requirements to get a portion of the grant. Of the 50 or so eligible
properties, 26 property owners volunteered to participate.
Those 26 property owners now have the opportunity to receive assistance elevating their home
above flood elevation. The grant covers a percentage of the overall cost including architectural
drawings, permitting and temporary lodging based on each property history of damage.
Residences classified as severe repetitive loss (SRL) properties will receive a 100%
reimbursement; Repetitive loss (RL) properties 90%, with any other voluntary participant
maintaining continuous NFIP coverage receiving a 75% reimbursement. In total, these 26
properties will share the 4.5 million dollars awarded Pequannock.
Looking ahead, Pequannock's application for 2016 funding was approved by New Jersey and
advanced to FEMA for final approval. The total grant anticipated for the 2016 cycle will be
$4,322,362.00 shared among 22 participants. The Flood Advisory Committee anticipates open
applications for FY 2017 will begin within the next couple months. At that time, the next highest qualifying neighborhood will be contacted for participation.

 
Vegetative Waste Pick-Up Resumes Monday, April 3, 2017
 
All grass, leaves, and brush will be collected every Monday starting April 3, 2017 through the end of December.  Material MUST be prepared and placed at curbside in the following manner or it will not be collected. Place all material in either unlined garbage pails, NOT TO EXCEED 40 POUNDS IN WEIGHT, or in BIODEGRADABLE paper bags. Plastic bags (even those labeled "biodegradable") are not acceptable. NOTE: LANDSCAPING BARRELS MAY NOT BE USED FOR CURBSIDE DISPOSAL. Brush (no longer than four inches in diameter) may also be bundled and tied, not to exceed four feet in length, forty pounds in weight, or two feet in diameter so as to be picked up and handled by one person.

Township of Pequannock
530 Newark Pompton Turnpike
Pompton Plains, New Jersey  07444
973-835-5700