A Lansford homeowner on West Snyder Avenue questioned the borough about “no parking” lines in front of homes on her block.

Victoria Benack lives on the even-side numbered stretch of the 200 block of West Snyder and said the borough recently painted no parking lines on that side of the street.

The other side of street is lined with garages.

The borough painted the no parking lines because people with garages on the odd side of the street needed room to maneuver in and out of their garages.

Benack said because of the no parking lines, no one can park in front of their homes on the block.

“I would suggest that council evaluate the process in which no parking lines are assessed and approved for painting,” Benack said. “For example, on West Snyder Avenue, the distance between the garage doors and where the no parking lines are painted is 24 feet. On East Kline Street, the distance between the garage doors and the curb is 22 feet. If vehicle owners can maneuver about on East Kline Street (without the no parking lines), they certainly should be able to park effectively on West Snyder Avenue.”

Councilman William Chuma said the lines were painted because a resident on the odd side of the street complained that he was having difficulty getting in and out of his property with cars parked on the other side.

Council said it will look into the issue. No action was taken on the parking situation.

In another matter, a motion was made to have the municipal administration committee, made up of council members Bruce Markovich, Gwyneth Collevechio and Marlin Ditsky, meet with representatives of M & T Bank to arrange a settlement on a 30-year note the borough has with M & T. The note was from a sewer separation project.

Markovich said on Dec. 27 the note’s interest rate will adjust to 12 percent, meaning the monthly payment will jump from $16,000 to $24,000.

Markovich said the borough has two options.

“One is to do nothing, and it will reset to 120 basis point above prime rate, and we have to pay the higher rate,” he said. “The other option is to try to negotiate a settlement to pay it off.”

It’s in the contract that the borough cannot do that, but Markovich said, “We have to ask. All we can do is ask. I showed this note to several other banks in town, and they said that this was one of the worst contracts they had ever seen.”

There was a discrepancy in the balance of the note. The bank has it at $1.2 million, but council records show it to be just above $300,000. Council said it will discuss that with the bank.