Nesquehoning Borough Council acted on the following items during its monthly meeting recently.

• Approved the Nesquehoning Planning Commission’s recommendation to sign off on the plans for the Anthracite Little League’s grant for a proposed expansion of the baseball field on the west end of town.

It was noted that there was a plan change that included a property line readjustment with Kovatch, which owns the property next to the field.

Nesquehoning helped the league secure a $71,308 state grant in 2023 to help upgrade the sports complex, including enlarging the building, providing more room for concessions and a new maintenance garage.

The Anthracite Little League hopes to get started on the project this month because the grant deadline is approaching.

• Solicitor Robert Yurchak said state House Bill 858 is making its way through the Legislature. The bill will direct the county chief assessor to maintain a list of blighted properties, including owners who voluntarily submit their property to that list that fit under a municipal ordinance.

Yurchak noted that it has not been adopted yet.

• Ratified the burn ban in the borough, which is set to end Friday.

• Approved a motion to send a letter to the Lake Hauto Club requesting that the development’s dry hydrants be inspected.

• Authorized John McArdle to conduct the inspection of the dry hydrants at the Nesquehoning Conservation Club pond in the Hauto Valley Estates.

• Approved two resolutions approving the submission requests for reimbursement for demolition from Carbon County’s blight fund. One request was in the amount of $10,110 for the demolition of 261 E. Railroad St. The other was for $19,975 for the demolition of 1, 3 and 5 E. High St.

Council noted that this reimbursement request is for approximately 50% of the cost of demolition.

• Council said that it would reach out to the company completing the Johnson and Jacobs Memorial Park on West Railroad Street to see when workers will be back to finish the project.

“The park needs to get open,” Councilwoman Lois Kuba said, noting it has been closed to the public since the fall.