A Nesquehoning councilman is urging his colleagues to look at all the facts before agreeing to allow the second phase of a solar park to move forward.

On Wednesday, Councilman Frank Jacobs said that he spoke with borough solicitor Robert Yurchak regarding the performance bond that Con Edison Development Inc. wants to use for phase II of the PA Solar Park project, located on land owned by the Kovatch family and Boca Holdings behind the Hauto Valley Estates portion of the borough.Jacobs said that the performance bond in question has Johnson Controls, the company hired to install the panels during phase I, as the owner of the bond and not Con Edison.He said that Con Edison representatives have said they want to use that bond for phase II as well."How could they," Jacobs asked.Yurchak said he agreed with Jacobs' thoughts, saying that because the company is doing two phases, they should have two development agreements and two performance bonds.He added that the company changed plans, calling for the construction of a visitors center in phase I that has not yet been started, and now wants to use the land earmarked for the center for staging for phase II.Council said there is a lot to look at and take into consideration before decisions can be made.The solar park project will be going before the borough planning commission a second time on Tuesday and the zoning hearing board on Friday. The project went before both boards over the past two months, but was tabled so officials could take a closer look at the plans.The plans also went before the Carbon County Planning Commission twice, and both times, the county recommended conditional plan rejection until problems were resolved.Phase II of the PA Solar Park calls for constructing a 10-megawatt park next to the company's existing 10-megawatt solar park. The electricity created by the park is then sold to PPL Electric.In other energy matters, council again discussed the streetlights in the borough.Councilwoman Mary Fox reported that the borough received a quote from PPL to relocate one street light from within the borough limits to the intersection of Route 54 and Tippets Road.To do this, it would cost $715 because a transformer and extra cable on the pole is needed to complete the installation. Borough chose not to act on the matter at this time.Jacobs also said that he and Fox met with representatives of PPL and officials asked that the borough bundle their decisions regarding which street lights to remove, which to relocate and which to change the light bulb wattage, to make it easier for crews.Nesquehoning currently has 418 street lights illuminating the borough streets at a cost of $80,000 a year.Over the last few months, council has been discussing cutting out some of the lights that are excessive to help cut down costs.