Summit Hill has officially enacted a $100 annual sewage transmission fee.

During its monthly meeting, the council unanimously approved the fee to be due on June 1. A late fee will be charged if not paid by that date.

Council President David Wargo said the sewage transmission fee is necessary to create a reserve fund that can be used for future improvements to the borough’s central sewage system.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has a moratorium on new connections to the sewage system because of needed improvements.

Wargo said the borough is looking to eventually coating the sewer pipes with a substance to reduce infiltration, which will be less expensive than replacing the sewage system.

In other business:

• Dana Digilio was hired as a part-time records clerk to handle the newly enacted Rentals Inspection Program, providing she passes background checks.

She will be asked to work 20 hours per week (four hours a day) at the pay rate of $12 during her 60-day probation period; $13 per hour for three months after that; and then $14 per hour until the end of the year.

Five individuals had applied for the position.

• Darryl Cunfer was reappointed to the borough’s zoning hearing board. He has served as a member for 10 years.

• Borough resident Tina Middleton appealed to the council to renew her handicapped parking space.

The council said the deadline to apply for renewal was Jan. 14 and she missed that date. Middleton said her doctor only returned necessary paperwork on the day of the meeting.

Middleton also said she didn’t realize there was a deadline for application.

Councilman Joseph Weber urged that since the rules for handicapped parking are newly enacted, that possibly the council could give a one-time leeway to Middleton and one other applicant who had just missed the deadline.

The council agreed by a 6-1 vote to table the matter until next month. The only opposing vote was from council member Marlene Basiago, who said she feels the application should be denied because it wasn’t filed on time.

• Wargo said a total of $3,779.85 was collected in delinquent taxes by Portnoff & Associates. He said since Portnoff has been hired by the borough, a total of $134,482.92 in delinquencies was collected.

• Basiago said some contractors are not repairing streets after doing construction work. She said Hazard Street has “numerous, numerous holes because the work wasn’t done right.”

Wayne Gryzik, a member of the Summit Hill Water Authority, said the authority had done work on Hazard Street but all repairs were inspected and approved by an engineer.

“If the engineer says (the road meets) specs, that’s all we have to do,” he said.

Council agreed to review the ordinance pertaining to street work.

• Council said next month’s meeting will be held on Feb. 12 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Panther Valley Blueprint Community will make a presentation.