Tamaqua light project continues

Tamaqua’s streetlights replacements are underway.

Borough Manager Kevin Steigerwalt said that the project is being done by model number.

“You may have noticed that it seems like they’re skipping lights. That’s not the case,” he said. He explained that all the lights of a particular model will be replaced at one time and then they will move to the next model.

“It is deliberate,” he said.

The borough handled several appointments this month, including Robert C. Orbin Jr. to the police pension fund commission; Kathy Kunkel, reappointed to a six-year term for civil service commission; Mary Linkevich, reappointed to a three-year term on the Eastern Schuylkill Recreation Commission; and James Frye to the Board of Health.

Council has received two applications to fill the vacancy that will be created with the resignation of Dan Evans at the end of the year.

The borough is going to proceed with plans to demolish property at 241 Lafayette St. The project has been submitted to the county for approval and will hopefully be going out for bid soon.

The borough approved two bids for repairs to doors at the street department garage and the salt garage, one in the amount of $463 and one for $1,600.

Earlier this month, the borough also approved a handicap parking space for 209 Pine St. They also issued certificates of appropriateness for 235 High St., 254 E. Broad St., and 27 Pine St., as recommended by the Historical and Architectural Review Commission.

The borough’s heating oil contract was awarded to Fegley Oil Company at a fixed price of $2.50.

The borough also approved the placement of a Giving Tree at Depot Square Park from Nov. 16 to March 1 by the Salvation Army and Safer Streets.