The Tamaqua Community Ambulance Inc. plans to develop its property at 98 N. Railroad St. in Tamaqua.

To do so, the association asked Tamaqua Borough Council to terminate a reverter right it had held with the borough in its deed for the property.

It also asked the council to agree to waive all future permit fees and related fees to the development on North Railroad.

While the motions approved, Councilwoman Kathy Kunkel voted against both.

“Has this property been appraised?” she asked.

Council President Brian Connely said he wasn’t aware of the value.

“So we are going to give up our reverter right for a quarter million dollar piece of property - or somewhere around there probably - with nothing stopping the ambulance association from selling that property in the future?” Kunkel asked.

Connely explained that the ambulance plans to expand.

“I think if they are going through this measure to expand, I don’t know if we will see them move out of there anytime soon - hopefully,” Connely said.

Also during the meeting, council approved an agreement for the association to relinquish its ownership rights to an aerial garage at 35-37 Mauch Chunk St. to the American Hose Fire Co. No. 1, 39 Mauch Chunk St.

The ambulance, borough and fire company shared ownership of the building.

Councilman Ron Bowman asked whether the borough had turned over its ownership because of a previous agreement it had with the fire company.

“If I’m not mistaken, the borough relinquished its portion of this building in exchange for property that American Hose had purchased previously,” Bowman said.

Through that agreement, the fire company agreed to turn over the property to the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership for a new borough police headquarters and community center at the former Moose building, 133 E. Broad St.

“The American Hose has two properties the partnership needs for this project - that was part of the swap; that we would work with the partnership and get that all hammered out,” Connely said.