• The City of Butler is the county seat for Butler County, PA. Our historic City Building was constructed in 1909.

 


 


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Garbage Collection Service-Vogel

Vogel Schedule 2026 to 2028

Residents will be billed every three months in advance of the service period.  This service provides weekly solid waste collection for up to seven (7) 42-gallon containers or seven (7) 42 gallon plastic bags, every other week recycling collection, and one bulky waste item to be picked up in the first week of each month. Service is per individual residential unit for material generated from within the service address.  Each container or plastic bag cannot exceed 42 gallons in size or 40 pounds in weight.  Place your solid waste and recyclables at the curb after 6 pm the night before your scheduled collection day.  Recycling is mandatory in the City of Butler.


Reporting Street Light and other electric outages

If you notice a streetlight or outdoor area light is out, please use the link below or call 1-888-544-4877  to let us know about the problem. Thank you for helping to keep our community safe. https://www.firstenergycorp.com/service_requests/report-lighting-problem.html

Report outages by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877), texting OUT to LIGHTS (544487) or clicking the “Outages” link on firstenergycorp.com.

FirstEnergy, customers can sign up to receive email and text message alert notifications for updates after they’ve reported a power outage. Customers can also use two-way text messaging to report outages, request updates on restoration efforts and make other inquiries about their electric accounts. More information about these communication tools is available at firstenergycorp.com/connect.

Customers should assume all downed or low-hanging power lines are energized and dangerous. Stay at least 30 feet away and use extra caution where downed lines are tangled in trees or other debris.  Report downed lines ASAP by calling 911.

For updated information on the company’s current outages, the company’s storm restoration process and tips for staying safe, visit FirstEnergy’s 24/7 Power Center.


PA One Call – Utility Notification & Information Center

Pennsylvania 811 Safe Digging Month is observed every April.  Call before you dig!  Dial 811.


The City of Butler is a great place to live, work, and relax!

Named by Smithsonian Magazine in the top ten best small towns in America; The City of Butler, PA, is home to 14,000 residents. For more than 200 years, the City of Butler has been home to industry, family owned businesses and marking its place in history. Butler County has been an industrial center since the early 1800’s to the birthplace of the Bantam Jeep in 1940. From oil refining roots to the present-day Marcellus Shale boom, from railroad car manufacturing in the past, to the headquarters of Westinghouse Nuclear today, Butler County is the industrial hub of the area. Our downtown shopping and restaurant district is a thriving, nationally accredited Main Street community. As the county seat, the City of Butler is also the hub of government and commercial activity. Conveniently close to the city of Pittsburgh and its world-class education medicine, arts and sports, the City of Butler truly provides residents with metropolitan living and small town convenience.


The City of Butler owns a 1909 Huselton and a 1941 Bantam Jeep built in Butler, PA.  The Butler Old Stone House maintains our Huselton and Jeep.


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Butler Downtown is a grassroots revitalization initiative involving local citizens and people from business, education, government and community organizations throughout the region.

Butler, PA was named one of the Best 20 Small Towns in America by Smithsonian Magazine.

Did you know the jeep was born here? Butler also hosts the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, which in 2011 broke the Guinness World Record for most jeeps in a parade.