As the time to move in to the new Weatherly borough municipal building draws near, Weatherly Borough Council met in a special meeting on Monday to get business done ahead of the moving of furniture and boxes. This meeting was part in-person, distanced, and part via telephone, with all members and borough staff attending.

During the meeting, a discussion on trick-or-treat night led to a plan to hold a “drive-thru Halloween night” in the Eurana Park parking lot. Door-to-door trick-or-treating will be discouraged.

The lease agreement with Carbon County for the District Magistrate’s office and court, to be housed in the new municipal building, was approved. The lease is for 20 years, starting at $2,562 per month, with an increase of 1% per year. It begins in October.

Council approved the additional land development plan for the new municipal building. The plan adds more parking, and features the site of the new police department garage. On a related matter, at the suggestion of borough manager Harold Pudliner, when the paving company comes to do the expanded parking lot around the borough building, council also agreed to put a base coat of paving on the mostly gravel and dirt lot beside the American Legion Post building. The added cost for this is $8,000. That property is also owned by the borough.

Council is considering locking the basketball and volleyball courts during school hours on school days. Council also discussed the park concession stand, which will be open after Labor Day this year.

In other business, council was unanimous in their approvals of a reverse subdivision for the Mengle Coal and Oil property on Spring Street; to pay the minimum municipal obligations for both the police pension fund and the nonuniform pension fund; to pay August’s bills, and to preapprove manager Pudliner to pay September’s.

Council agreed to skip the scheduled September meeting, since it would be mid-move. Unless there is a need for a special meeting, the next council meeting will be in the new council chambers on Oct. 19.