Lansford Borough Council moved through a lengthy agenda Wednesday night, taking action on these items:

• Advertising an amended sewer ordinance to address multiunit buildings on one sewer line.

• Approving a special event request for the Lansford Friends of Recreation tree decorating and lighting event, extending the dates to include Nov. 25-27, 29-30 and Dec. 1 from noon to 5 p.m.

• Approving a request from Lansford Alive to decorate the vintage lamppost in the downtown with garland and lights for the Christmas season. The decorations must be down by Jan. 15.

• Seeking quotes for handicapped accessible doors on the borough building.

•Tabling the purchase of “No Parking” signs for snow removal to consider additional language on the sign about towing after solicitor Bob Yurchak reviewed the borough’s ordinances regarding towing.

He pointed out that the borough’s ordinance does cover towing, and compared it to Summit Hill’s, finding it’s almost word for word alike. Vehicles can be towed for violations of any borough ordinance, he said.

• Advertising council meetings as follows: 5 p.m. Nov. 19, budget; Nov. 20, special meeting to adopt the tentative budget; 5 p.m. Dec. 3, committee meeting with a guest speaker; 11:30 a.m., code and ordinance meeting with a guest speaker.

• Tabling a motion to remove a handicapped parking sign due to a death, as an administrative duty; and tabled a request for a handicapped parking request for review.

• Approving the installation of a workstation backup to the cloud for the office’s QuickBooks computer at a cost of $350 a year.

• Approving the creation of an interest bearing account with Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank, establishing the Building Development Capital Fund. The borough would use the fund for the proceeds of any sale of borough property.

The funds could be used for future matching grants, Council President Bruce Markovich said. Council also moved $25,700 from the sale of land on Dock Street to the account.

• Tabling action on changing the borough’s security bundle package for council members, except for the council president, to save money.

• Tabling action on changing Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans to one of two options to save money. Markovich said the unions must agree to sit down and discuss the changes.

• Approving a $100 payment to the Carbon County Council of Governments for 2025 membership.

• Approving the Hometown Press to publish a borough newsletter at no cost to the borough.

• Refunding Kim Reccek a $1,000 deposit for street excavation at 333 W. Abbott St.

• Authorizing Yurchak to draft an exotic animal ordinance, or amend the current animal ordinance. The borough’s current ordinance deals with dogs, cats and pigs only, he said.

• Amending Grace Community Church’s Community Center project grant to shift the $252,466 in funding to work on the outside of the former English Congregational Church. Councilman Joe Butrie was opposed.

• Applying for a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant in the amount of $50,000 for the purchase of a new dump truck.

• Amending the police pension ordinance to include overtime in the pension monthly average salary calculation.