With uncertainty surrounding who has keys to the Coplay Public Library, the borough will rekey the building.

At last week's workshop meeting, Councilman David Royer reported the library board asked if the borough has a list of who has keys to the library.

He reported this week the door locks had all been changed no more than two years ago. Keys were given to employees and one key each was given to public works and the police department.

"They are going to put a procedure in place to have these keys inventoried," Royer said.

"I'll rekey the locks," said Council President Lou Bodish.

The borough will have to buy blanks to make the new keys. The library will then keep a list of who has keys and make sure they are turned in when required.

"That's what we want," said Councilman Charles Sodl, who is also on the library board.

"To start fresh," said Bodish.

Royer also said he confirmed the patron who wants to install a bench in memory of her sister does not intend to get a bench with a cushion.

Last week, council members questioned whether the proposed bench, which would be located outside, would have a cushion as shown in an illustration.

Royer said the cushion is an option which the patron will not choose.

He also said the borough could find no records indicating the existing bench is a memorial. He recommended refinishing it and moving it either to another location on library grounds or to the adjacent tot lot playground.

In another library matter, Councilman Bill Leiner Jr. said Girl Scouts held a sign-up event at the library Sept. 7 and, as a result, the library was crowded.

He said it was "a good way" to use the library.

"They can't raise money just to pay their bills," he said. "They've got to have a plan and they've got to get the place connected with other people."

Leiner suggested the library partner with other organizations, even allowing other groups to meet at the library after hours.

"Don't let them complain about the electric bill because the lights are on after 7 [p.m.]," he said.

Leiner, who volunteers at the library, also said he is not going to go behind the counter to attempt to run software for checking out patrons because he does not want to risk hitting the wrong button and wiping out important information.

"I want to be remembered as this nice guy who helped out, not the jerk who erased all the information," he said, calling the library software system "complicated."

"I would challenge that and I'm the worst at computers," Sodl said.

The current board has to change some of the "old, antiquated thinking that goes on with some of those employees," Sodl said.

"If they don?t change, they will be changed."