Lansford borough is looking at prices for a temporary enclosure as a salt shed because the current facility is failing.

Councilman Joe Butrie said last week he got a price from Elemental Buildings for a 30-foot by 30-foot canvas cover with a back wall as a temporary shelter for salt storage until a shed can be built.

The estimate was $8,500, but he is waiting to hear more regarding specifications and installation, Butrie said.

Council rejected salt shed bids late last year, as the prices came in much higher than they anticipated.

Council President Bruce Markovich said the cost of actual building was around $40,000, but the prices came in over $100,000 — one $180,000 — because of the cost to clear the land.

The borough crew is now going to clear the land, remove trees and level the ground, he said. Markovich believes that would cost about $10,000.

Property

The borough also got an offer from Lou Albertini regarding his property on East Ridge Street, the former ambulance building and Lansford Hotel tract.

Butrie said the building will not work as a borough garage, because vehicles would have to line up nose to tail inside and not all the vehicles would fit.

“It will not benefit us for a borough garage at the present time,” he said. “I don’t know about a police station.”

The building stretches between Ridge and Patterson streets, which allows for multiple vehicles to be parked, council members and residents said.

Markovich said the property is listed at $464,000.

Handicapped doors

Councilwoman Jennifer Staines solicited estimates on handicapped accessible doors for the borough building.

People using a wheelchair or walker struggle with the current double doors into the building, she said.

Staines got a price on a four-panel door that would open like an accordion, which cost $15,535, and also a 42-inch door with smaller door or panel that doesn’t’ open at a cost of $11,850, she said.

“I think the four-panel door is going to let so much heat out of here. I think it’s going to be a problem,” Staines said.

Markovich asked about the mechanics, noting that all four panels would have to open each time, and the other option would open like a regular door with a push button control. Staines agreed.

Markovich suggested the borough consider the single door at $11,850, and noted that he may have funding available through the Panther Valley Blueprint Community, of which he is a member.

“I think I have $10,000 coming,” he said. “Let me check more on that. That might be a way to get that paid for.”