Already short on council members, Weissport now finds itself without a secretary/treasurer.

Aimee Shank, who had served as secretary/treasurer, was hired earlier this month by Carbon County Commissioners as a secretary at the district judge office in Jim Thorpe.

Borough council once again did not meet on Monday because it remains with only two sitting members, therefore it cannot conduct any business.

Last month, council members Brenda Leiby and Joe Foster resigned, citing personal and medical reasons.

In February, Thomas Ketchledge, then-president of council, resigned his post citing personal reasons.

With the resignations, only two members, Arland Moyer Sr. and Bill Hartzell, remain. The council must have three members to have a quorum.

Borough solicitor Greg Mousseau addressed the group last month with regard to the dates of the resignations of the three council members. The first gave a verbal resignation at the Feb. 17 meeting. The second council member who resigned did not have a date on the letter, so council will go by the date it was received, March 4. The letter for the third council member who resigned was dated March 11.

Mousseau said last month that none of the resignations had been accepted by council.

Borough code states that “a resignation that is not accepted by a quorum of borough council shall be deemed acceptable after 45 days.”

As for filling the vacancy, the Borough Code states that borough council can fill the vacancy within 30 days. However, since council does not have a quorum, they cannot fill the vacancies.

Another section of the code suggested that vacancy board for the borough could fill the vacancies; however, Weissport does not have a vacancy board.

For the last option, “a petition with the Court of Common Pleas to fill the vacancy can be made by a registered electoral of the borough” after the 45 days have passed. A judge would then make the necessary appointment to fill the seats needed in order to conduct business in the borough.

According to Mousseau, one of the remaining council members may serve as the electorate and file the petition with the court as of April 25, 45 days after the date of the last resignation.

If one of the council members who resigned changes their mind, or would have come to Monday’s meeting and allowed the council to have a quorum, then the council could have filled the vacancies itself. There were two people who had expressed interest in filling vacancies on the board. If not, then council cannot conduct any business or hold meetings until a judge fills enough seats on council to create a quorum.

The next general meeting of the Weissport Borough Council is scheduled for May 19.