Catasauqua Mayor Bill Molchany Jr. said 44 children were fingerprinted by the borough police department at the Oct. 9 North Catasauqua Autumnfest event at the North Catasauqua William J. Albert Memorial Park.

A number of council members commented on the annual event, held for the 10th year in a row.

The fundraising event is sponsored by the North Catasauqua Betterment Committee.

“We lucked out; the rain didn’t put us away,” Councilman Bill Nothstein said. “It was nice to see the betterment committee, We Sing, the fire company, the police department, the rec committee and everybody coming together to put on a really nice event.”

He also said it was nice to see the number of free activities, events and entertainment open to families.

A record number of cars - 255 - participated in the car show, despite a forecast of possible rain.

“The betterment committee did a great job,” council President Peter Paone said, praising Councilman Joe Keglovits and his family for their leadership in planning and executing the day’s activities.

Keglovits expressed gratitude to the borough’s public works department for their assistance at the event.

Also at the council meeting, borough Solicitor Steven Goudsouzian distributed documents to council members for review on three issues. At the Sept. 27 council meeting, the council had asked him to review the law and report back to them on these topics.

One issue is the use of all-terrain vehicles on public streets. The council requested information on this topic, so it can consider creating a policy allowing the borough fire department to travel on streets with an ATV it recently purchased.

Another issue he gathered information on is how fire department physicals are handled by other fire departments.

He also made suggestions for a revision of the Civil Service Commission rules, updating them to conform with current state law. Council members will review his information and suggestions and discuss them at the Oct. 25 council meeting.

The council also voted to approve a new employee manual for the public works department. The revision included updating the old document to match borough health care and retirement benefits and outlined a new hours of work policy allowing workers to begin and end the workday earlier during hot weather.

In other business, Dan Snyder, a newly appointed member of the borough planning committee, requested approval to attend a training session on subdivision and land development issues.

Council voted 5-0 to approve reimbursing Snyder for the cost of the class, with Cherie Gebhart and John Yanek absent.

Borough Secretary Nancy Knecht reported the part-time North Catasauqua police officer who was injured while apprehending a Catasauqua robbery suspect Oct. 5 received worker’s compensation benefits and was under the care of a doctor. He was expected to return to work Oct. 13.