Lehighton Borough Council voted Tuesday to hire two people for clerk positions.

Christine Green, of Mahoning Township, would be hired for borough secretary at a rate of $51,000 per year on a one-year contract, and Patricia Wentz, of Palmerton, for borough utility billing clerk at a rate of $22.73 per hour per union contract.

The borough is awaiting acceptance from both.

The borough secretary is a full-time in-office employee position which provides reception duties and clerical support to borough staff and residents.

The borough utility billing clerk is a full-time in-office position which provides reception duties and clerical support to residents.

Borough Manager Dane DeWire said the borough received a lot of resumes for both its open secretary and utility billing clerk positions.