Earl Township to Vote on Rolling Hills Landfill Contract

The Earl Township Board of Supervisors meets Monday, September 21, 2026, at the township building, 19 Schoolhouse Road, Boyertown. The agenda's headline item is a vote on a change to the contract that governs the Rolling Hills Landfill, the regional landfill inside the township's borders. This is the first Earl Township meeting Berks Beat has covered.

The landfill contract

The agenda names the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority (DCSWA), the public agency, based in Delaware County, that owns and operates the Rolling Hills Landfill here in Earl Township. Because the landfill sits in the township, the two sides have a host community agreement: a contract that spells out what the landfill may accept and what the township gets in return, such as fees.

Tonight the supervisors will take up a motion to approve an amendment to that agreement, described on the agenda only as "sludge derivative synthetic soil." The phrase generally describes soil-like material processed from treated sewage sludge, though the agenda does not define it. The posted agenda states no tonnage, no dollar figures, and none of the amendment's conditions. Those terms are not in the document, so residents who want the details will need to ask at the meeting or wait for the amended agreement and the minutes.

This is the second month in a row the same agreement has been before the board. Earl's August 17 agenda carried a separate amendment to the same DCSWA host agreement, over accepting Delaware County municipal waste, and advertised a three-year township trash-collection bid to be opened October 19. The township has not posted minutes from that August meeting, so how the board acted is not yet on the record. How Berks County government works explains the difference between a motion, an ordinance, and the records that follow a vote.

A cable franchise, with a hearing tonight

The board will also act on a franchise ordinance for Service Electric. A franchise lets a cable or telecom company use the township's rights-of-way, the public strips of land along roads, to run its lines. The agenda sets three steps in order: ratify that the ordinance was advertised, hold a public hearing on it tonight, and then vote on the ordinance. The public hearing is the point where residents can speak before the vote. The agenda does not state the length of the franchise or its terms.

Also on the agenda

Supervisors will vote on two pension resolutions, 2026-8 and 2026-9, setting the township's Minimum Municipal Obligation for its defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans, the yearly amount it must pay into employee pensions. Those payments come out of the township budget, funded in part by local taxes; our guide to Berks County property tax covers how that funding works. The board will also weigh asking its solicitor to place a lien on 31 Park Road over unpaid sewer bills, and hear an update on the Hill Road project.

How to attend or comment

The meeting is open to the public at 19 Schoolhouse Road, Boyertown, with time for public comment from the floor along with the Service Electric public hearing. Earl's regular supervisor meetings fall on the third Monday of the month; residents can confirm the start time and the public-comment process with the township office at 610-367-9673. Earl Township does not post minutes quickly, so a full account of tonight's votes may depend on records released later. The next regular meeting is October 19. For when other local boards meet, see our Berks County meeting schedule.