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PLYMOUTH — Borough council Vice President Frank Coughlin said he’s tired of seeing trash put out on the curbs when it’s not trash day.
“There’s no reason to see trash on Friday, Saturday or Sunday morning,” Coughlin said at Tuesday’s work meeting. “It’s a disgrace, and we have to start enforcing the ordinance and citing (the violators).”
Coughlin also said some utility companies have caused a dangerous situation in several areas around the town by leaving gaping holes in the ground after relocating telephone poles farther back from the curb and leaving the upper part of the old poles dangling from the wires above.
“We should have the police arrest them,” Coughlin said. “It’s not only ugly, it’s a safety issue. One of these days, someone’s going to get hurt.”
He said someone could also break their leg in the square holes left in the sidewalks.
“There are organizations in town that have been trying to spruce things up, and we don’t want utilities coming here making this town look like a dump,” he said.
In the regular meeting that followed, council voted to hire Michael Lehman and Ryan Zielinski as part-time police officers pending clearances. They will be paid $14 per hour and will not receive benefits. Eighteen-year-old Zielinski, who lives in Mountain Top, said he is “proud to serve the borough.” Lehman was not present at the meeting.
Council also voted to accept the resignation of Elizabeth Regan as police secretary. Regan was hired last month, but was forced to resign because of a conflict of interest with another position she held.
“We just hired Elizabeth,” said Coughlin. “But without us knowing, she works for a magistrate’s office. We lost a very capable person who was going to help us a lot.”
Council also voted to accept a proposal from Crossin Insurance Agency to provide liability insurance to the borough from Glatfelter Public Practice and to issue a yearly premium payment in the amount of $37,528; a savings of over $13,000 from last year.