Lansford Borough’s code enforcement officer will be moving from part-time to full-time status.

Borough council on Wednesday approved Shane Monk as a full-time employee at a rate of $25 an hour.

Council did not discuss a benefits package, but Council President Bruce Markovich said it should be in line with the borough’s secretaries.

Monk will split his time between the rental license program, which will pay for 30 hours a week of his salary, and code enforcement.

The borough brought the rental license program back in-house this year, after allowing ARRO Engineering to handle it last year.

Last month, the borough approved advertising for a part-time code enforcement official, with Monk shifting some of his duties.

Other business

In other business, council:

• Adopted the police pension ordinance amendment, which allows for overtime to be included in the pension calculation. Councilman Jack Soberick, who is appealing a judge’s decision regarding an arbitration award for his pension calculation as a former police chief, abstained.

• Tabled discussion of the dumpster, towing, residential rental, animal control and amusement device ordinances. Solicitor Bob Yurchak said that he gave them to council for review, and expected changes. Council plans to have another meeting to discuss these ordinances, as well as a polygraph policy and draft policy regarding sale of EDUs, equivalent dwelling units, for its sewer system.

• Approved Yurchak to investigate the use of the logo used on the borough’s website and town signs by an outside source on social media.

Council members also objected to the Facebook site, Straight-Talk Lansford Borough, using the word “borough” in its title, as it is not associated with the borough.

Yurchak asked Erin Soberick, the administrator of the social media site, if she would agree to the change, and she said she would not discuss it during the meeting, which she was livestreaming.

Councilman Soberick abstained, as Erin Soberick is his sister-in-law, and Councilwoman Gwyneth Collevechio voted against.

• Approved having the condemnation orders on properties filed with the county Recorder of Deeds office, by Monk under guidance from the solicitor.

• Tabled a handicap parking request from Annette White at 127 W. Ridge St.

• Tabled a motion to set the salary of water authority members to $30 a month, until the solicitor could research the matter.

• Rejected all the bids for the salt shed, and tabled a motion to purchase a portable salt shed for $8,500. Councilman Joe Butrie expressed concern about the building where the salt is currently stored. Markovich said they may be able to store salt in the current borough garage.

• Approved borough employees to use ADP Timekeeping Plus for borough payroll at a cost of $57 a payroll.

• Approved the borough secretary to take notes at workshop and committee meetings.

• Awarded a contract for the first phase of the Train Station Project to Mazella Enterprises of Jim Thorpe for the base bid of $69,000 and all alternatives, which totaled $22,000. The borough received a grant of $96,000 for the work, and has about $84,000 remaining, Markovich said.

• Approved a lease with BET Enterprises (coal company) for the parking area along Dock Street for oversized vehicles at a cost of $250 for 2025.

• Approved a proposal for Biros Plumbing to camera-inspect a sewer tunnel under West Patterson Street (Route 209) from Springgarden Street to Sharpe Street at a cost not to exceed $7,200.