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Carmichaels replacing borough maintenance truck

By Antonia L. Cekada for Heraldstandard.Com 2 min read

CARMICHAELS — Carmichaels Borough Council voted Wednesday to buy a used maintenance truck at a cost of $13, 755.

Borough secretary Brandi Streit said the borough was able to get a tax-free loan with an interest rate of 1.95 percent for five years. The loan for the 2008 Ford 350 1-ton truck is through Community Bank.

The old maintenance truck will not pass state inspection. Councilman Charles Walker said the frames are rotted and the doors cannot be opened from the inside.

Jim Petrone, the borough’s only maintenance employee, has been using his own truck for the past two weeks.

In another matter, Walker said the state Department of Transportation came to inspect the town square to find ways to make the traffic circle safer for vehicles.

“The first parking space should be no less than 20 feet away from a crosswalk,” said Walker.

To abide by the restriction, council agreed to eliminate the first parking space on each side of East George Street in front of the borough building.

By doing so, it will be easier for drivers to see oncoming traffic as they yield into the traffic circle, he said.

In an unrelated matter, council asked that chairs be kept out of the streets until the morning of the annual 59th Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Festival parade, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. The antique car show will begin at 3:50 p.m.

There will be no parking in the streets after 2 p.m. until the end of the parade. All parked vehicles may be towed.

Following the regular meeting, Dave Mirkovich, director of the Greene County Redevelopment Authority, advised council members on how to handle problems in the borough dealing with blight, such as uncut grass, uncollected garbage.

He offered council suggestions on how the borough can take control.

The redevelopment authority has been in place for about three years, and Mirkovich was hired as director in May.

As part of his job description, he looks at problem properties to be developed or redeveloped, and offers different approaches to remedy the problems.

The next regular council meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 12.

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