Editing Centralia, Pennsylvania (section)

==Public services==
The Centralia Municipal Building still stands, along with its attached [[fire station]] garage. By the early 2010s, the building had fallen into disrepair, but new siding was installed in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Centralia PA Municipal Building|url=https://www.centraliapa.org/centralia-pa-municipal-building/|website=centralitapa.org|date=September 16, 2014|access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref> The building hosts the annual Centralia Cleanup Day, when volunteers collect illegally dumped trash in the area. Although past cleanup days avoided fire-impacted areas,<ref>{{cite web|title=Reminder: Centralia Cleanup Day on September 24th, 2016|url=https://www.centraliapa.org/reminder-centralia-cleanup-day-september-24th/|website=centralitapa.org|date=September 21, 2016|access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref> the 2018 cleanup included areas around the landfill and the abandoned section of [[Pennsylvania Route 61|PA Route 61]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Help Cleanup Centralia! 5th Annual Cleanup Day: October 20, 2018|url=https://www.centraliapa.org/help-cleanup-centralia-5th-annual-cleanup-day-october-20-2018/|website=centralitapa.org|date=August 21, 2018|access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref> Volunteers planted 250 apple trees around Centralia to restore the town's ecosystem and wildlife habitats in April 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reminder: Apple trees, butterflies to be introduced in Centralia, Pennsylvania's abandoned coal town|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/centralia-apple-trees-butterflies-pennsylvania-graffiti-highway-pennsylvania/|website=phillyvoice.com|date=April 5, 2021|access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref>  

The borough council still had regular meetings {{as of|2011|lc=y}}. It was reported that the town's highest bill at the meeting reported on came from [[PPL Corporation|PPL Electric Utilities]] at $92 and the town's budget was "in the black."<ref>{{cite news |last=Wheary |first=Rob |title='Regular borough council' in Centralia |url=http://republicanherald.com/news/regular-borough-council-in-centralia-1.1104416 |access-date=April 24, 2012 |newspaper=Pottsville Republican |date=February 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719173417/http://republicanherald.com/news/regular-borough-council-in-centralia-1.1104416 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>