West Brownsville council mulls legal action
WEST BROWNSVILLE – The West Brownsville Borough Council discussed the possibility of taking action against two companies that council members say have left borough roads in unacceptable condition. President Dan Kendall, at council’s meeting this week, said that grease on the Main Street railroad track continues to be a hazard, although the council had previously contacted Norfolk Southern about the conditions and was promised that the grease would be removed.
Council instructed solicitor Cara Davis to send another letter to the company informing them that if the grease is not removed from the track area by Oct. 10, 2006, legal action will be taken.
Local resident Rose Black of 306 Middle St. questioned the council about the water line project on her street.
Pennsylvania American Water has been working to replace lines on Middle Street for several months. Davis said that a letter was sent to the company on Sept. 7 requesting that the project be completed.
The council instructed Davis to send another letter requesting completion of the project and informing the company that if it is not completed within a reasonable period of time, legal action will be taken.
In other matters, Kendall, also chairman of the Center West Joint Sewer Authority, requested that the council approve sharing the cost of a study to be conducted by engineers at California Borough to find out if it is feasible for West Brownsville, California and Centerville to share one sewer system. Kendall explained that having the borough’s sewage treated at California might be a possible option if the authority’s upcoming project of building a new sewer system comes in over budget as expected. With each of the boroughs paying one third of the cost of the study, the cost to West Brownsville is $1,000.
Councilmen Gary Bennett, Richard Black, Scott Campbell, Todd King, George Lacey and Kendall all voted in favor of sharing the cost of the study. Councilwoman Garnet Wooten voted against it because she said she could not justify using taxpayers’ money for the study before bids have been received.
In another matter, King also announced that the fire department will be hosting Light Up Night on Nov. 24, and they are requesting that residents save their gallon milk jugs to be used for luminarias for the evening. The jugs can be dropped off at the fire hall or the borough building.