PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Council made a presentation to the participants in the Clean Communities program with a certificate of appreciation at its meeting of Tuesday, August 18.
Each year, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township receives grant money through the New Jersey Clean Communities program. Parsippany received a grant of $111,553.58 of the total distribution for fiscal year 2015 of $18,494,161.22. (Click here to review full report)
The young people were an enthusiastic group who seemed truly appreciative of being able to perform duties for the Township; they were paid through the Clean Communities grant, and they were very happy to have summer jobs.
The program is designed to support municipalities in their effort to educate citizens and abate littered areas.
They did a great job assisting the Road Department with repair of catch basins, picking up garbage along the roadside, helping out the water department and performing tasks to show how proud Parsippany can be.
The Clean Communities Program was created in 1986 with funding from taxes levied on the sale of litter generating products. In 2002, the Clean Communities Fund was reauthorized. Twenty-one counties and five hundred fifty-nine municipalities are eligible to receive funding.
