Lehighton Council

Lehighton Borough Council, on a 6-0 vote, with Councilman Joe Flickinger absent, took the following action on Monday:

• Approved a change order for the Community Development Block Grant Stedman Avenue project that reduces the project costs by $9,599.

• Approved police standard operating procedures for mobile video and bodycams.

• Agreed to advertise for part-time public works laborers.

• Adopted a resolution pertaining to state aid in which the bulk of it will go into the police pension, with the balance going to the nonuniform plan.

• Approved Regina Marzen, Tori Kunkle and Robin Rimbey as part-time employees for the winter season.

• Approved the logistics of the request to host the Schuylkill River Runners Half-Marathon April 14.

• Appointed council President Grant Hunsicker as a member of the Mid-Eastern Counties Association of Boroughs.

• Approved a license agreement with Troy Faust, and to authorize Hunsicker to sign the agreement.

• Approved the lease with the Lehighton Boys Basketball Booster Club for the use of the annex gymnasium.

• Approved the request from the Jim Thorpe Lions for fire police help at the Jim Thorpe Halloween Parade.

• Approved the 2019 pool pass rates.

• Announced that borough council will hold budget meetings in mid to late November.

— Terry Ahner