News and Events for North Catasauqua Borough, Small Town USA.

VOTING LOCATION CHANGE - PLEASE READ BELOW AND SHARE

The Northampton County Elections Office has made the decision to change the voting location for WARD 2 in North Catasauqua.

ALL Voting (WARD 1 and WARD 2) will take place at the North Catasauqua Borough Office located at 1066 4th Street.

Direction will be given at the site on the day of voting as to where you should proceed.

Please share this information with those not on social media. Please note that the County did mail updated voter registration cards to all of those impacted.

Thanks.

Refuse, Riffraff, Compost Piles and Crows

We have received a number of complaints recently, such as:

  • trash and recycle cans left out at the curb all the time - not just put out for trash day

  • trash not put in trash cans with lids (sometimes not even in bags) - which leads to crows picking through and making a mess, trash blowing all over the neighborhood

  • compost piles with no coverings - which leads to crows picking out items and dropping in other yards

ATTACHED is an information sheet on how to help limit the crows from getting into your trash and/or compost piles. Please read and share.

In addition, we will be asking local code enforcement and operations to review specific issues as complaints are received. Please review Ordinance #441 in detail.

Some areas to specifically be aware of in the ordinance are:(summarized)

Definitions:

  • refuse - garbage, rubbish and riffraff

  • riffraff - all waste material other than garbage

  • Section 102 - 8: NO waste and recyclables may be set out more than 24 hours prior to pickup

  • Section 103 - all households shall provide individual containers with tightly fitting covers and all municipal waste shall be bagged

  • Section 104 - Nor shall municipal waste and recyclables be permitted to accumulate on any private property, but shall be disposed of through municipal collection as not to be a menace or nuisance to public health, sanitation, cleanliness or safety

  • Section 107 - Prohibited acts - is shall be unlawful for any person to allow any accumulation of refuse on any premises in the borough, any unauthorized accumulation of refuse on any premised is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited. Failure to remove unauthorized accumulations of refuse within 7 days of notification will be deemed a violation

  • Section 108 - Penalties - any person who violates, upon conviction can be sentenced to pay a fine of anywhere from $25 to $600, or subject to imprisonment. Each day that the violation exists constitutes a separate offense.

Our goal is to keep our town clean and sanitary. We are proud of North Catasauqua and hope you will help us continue to be a great place to live!

Thanks!!

2025 Real Estate Taxes - UPDATE - REVISED BILLS TO BE MAILED

**UPDATE AS OF 3/6/2025 - BILLS ARE BEING MAILED TODAY, RESIDENTS SHOULD RECEIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU AND SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

****Update as of 2/28/25: we are still waiting for BerkOne to finish the reprint for us - we are hoping to mail by Monday 3/3/25. Discount period has been extended to 5/4/25.

Please be advised the tax bills that were mailed out last week were incorrectly printed with last year’s millage rate on them. Revised bills will be mailed and should be received by the end of next week. Please disregard the bill dated 2/1/2025 - and pay the amount listed on the REVISED BILL.

The tax rate for 2025 is 17.0 mills v.s. 16.5 mills in 2024.

The tax collector will update mortgage companies with the correct amounts due.

If you have paid already, you will be responsible to pay the difference. Payments can be made at the address on the bill or you can drop in the secure drop box at Boro Hall or bring in to the office. *Please note we are unable to provide a receipt at the Boro Office.

Any questions, please contact the Donna Schifko - tax collector at 610-266-1165 or the office at 610-264-1504.

We apologize for the mistake, and any confusion this causes and thank you for your understanding.

**EXAMPLE ONLY:

Assessment value: $60k (*this amount can be found on your current bill or on Northampton County property records site under assessed value. There is no average tax amount, as this is very specific based on your property)

2024 taxes at 16.5 mills for every $1k assessed value = $990.00 base rate 2024

2025 taxes at 17.0 mills for every $1k assessed value = $1020.00 base rate 2025