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NUANGOLA — Borough council voted this week to warn the owner of a property at the intersection of Vandermark Street and Lake Avenue that he is in violation of borough code.
Councilman Michael Johnson said the site is home to junk cars and parts.
Johnson and council president Joseph Tucker directed Barry Jacobs, code and zoning enforcement officer, to issue a violation notice.
Tucker said he also received a number of citizen complaints about activities at the property.
This action follows on the heels of blighted property complaints filed in May in Luzerne County Court against five other borough residents.
In other recent business:
• After lengthy deliberations, council approved a deal with County Waste Inc. for the collection of refuse and recyclables over a two-and-a-half-year period. It was explained that County Waste, which has an office in Mountain Top but is headquartered in Clifton, N.Y., has assumed a contract which was negotiated with the former Gittens Disposal Service.
Gittens’ business was purchased by County Waste in May.
Collection days and service fees will remain the same. The exception is that County Waste is offering curbside recycling. In the past, Nuangola has conducted its own recycling program. Council’s Tucker said that will continue, but residents will also have the option of utilizing County Waste.
It was added that collection during the first week of July will be on Wednesday, July 5. The change is due to the July 4th holiday.
• Through two checks amounting to $30,233 presented by Councilman Johnson on behalf of the sewer authority, council accepted a settlement for damage on borough streets during a sewer-system project.
• Councilman Mark Gandzyk, who is also an officer in the volunteer fire company, cautioned that because volunteerism and donations to the company are down, its future is in peril. Gandzyk said donations this year are “down 50 percent.”
• The five council members present voted unanimously to contribute $100 to Rice Township to offset the cost of Independence Day fireworks.