Apr 16, 2003 By Jackie Beranek 2 min read

VANDERBILT – Council agreed Tuesday to crack down on abandoned and uninspected vehicles cluttering up the streets of the borough. Mayor John Addis Jr. said he would have code-enforcement officer Rich Keffer drive through town and tag vehicles that are unlicensed and unregistered. In a related matter, Councilman Sam Guariglia said there are too many vehicles speeding through town. Council discussed hiring a police officer for a couple of days a week.

In other unrelated business, council:

– Agreed to move the May meeting date of May 20 to May 19 because of the May primary election. Council will meet at the borough building at 7 p.m. that day.

– Agreed that secretary Mary Jane Winterhalter should check into reimbursement for snow removal for the Feb. 17 snowstorm. Winterhalter said money is available for boroughs, cities and townships that spent more than $1,000 for the cleanup.

– Agreed to have Keffer talk to a number of youths who are using councilman Dennis Lowe’s yard as a bike-launching pad. Lowe said he has talked to the boys, ages 8 through 12, a couple of times and warned them of the hazard involved in landing on Route 201. “I’m afraid that one of these boys is really going to get hurt,” said Lowe.

– Granted permission for Guariglia to have the borough maintenance personnel sweep the streets. Guariglia said salt and ashes remain on borough roads from the winter.

– Agreed to have Winterhalter purchase decorative lights and a decorative clock with a $5,000 grant for the town.

Addis said residents of the borough will be allowed to burn every day except Sunday from April 16 through May 29.

Winterhalter said the garbage collector, Fayette Waste of Waltersburg, would pick up one large item weekly from now through May 29 in an effort to help residents clean up the town.