Anticipating that Council Borough Council would appoint a new mayor at its Feb. 9 meeting, council took action at its workshop session Feb. 2 to clean up unfinished business, so the new mayor could have a clean slate.

Council President Louis Bodish made appointments to committee positions formerly held by Joseph Bundra. The safety committee, initially established by Bundra, was turned over to public works Director Paul Boyle. Council appointed George Prebula to an open position on the civil service commission.

An opening will exist on the health board. Christine Mann submitted her resignation.

At the regular meeting scheduled for Feb. 9, council was expected to establish a new lease agreement with Commitment to Family and Community (CFC). Borough Secretary Sandra Gyecsek indicated that the terms and conditions, including the rental rate, are proposed to be the same.

Council also planned to sign a lease with Coplay Sports and Legion Baseball to allow the sports organizations to continue to use Sammy Balliet Stadium.

In other news, Barry Kibler asked council and police Chief Vincent Genovese to investigate his neighbor’s use of cameras.

“He has seven cameras on the property. They monitor my front door and back door. If I want cameras, I would install my own,” he said.

Kibler considers it an invasion of his privacy.

Genovese has limited authority to order changes, but he will check to see if a line-of-sight violation exists. Kibler contends that his neighbor refuses to address Kibler’s concerns.

Residents Dolph Wechsler and Paul Bren praised the public works department for the effort they made in clearing the snow. Public works had garbage collection on schedule despite the storm.

As part of her year-end review, Gyeseck noted there remains $28,000 in unpaid garbage collection fees.

“The number is down from previous year, where it was generally in the $30,000 range,” she said.

The borough is taking action to collect the fees.

According to Bodish, the problem is becoming more manageable. The unpaid fees are recent rather than stretching over several years as some bills in prior periods.