When it rains, it pours.

With less than four months to go in 2014, and council members just scheduling their first meeting to work on the 2015 budget, unanticipated costs keep making unwelcome appearances in Coaldale.During a meeting Tuesday, council members learned that roof repairs to the Coaldale Complex, which the borough owns, are estimated to cost $190,000. Pathstone, which administers the Carbon County Headstart Program, has leased the building from Coaldale since 1980. The borough currently has about $12,000 in the Complex fund.The Coaldale complex is the former Coaldale High School, located on Sixth and Phillips streets, and built in 1922. The borough acquired it in 1974 after Panther Valley School District was formed and the high school closed. The roof, which is flat and covered with a rubber membrane, was repaired about 15 years ago.During the meeting, Councilman Tom Keerans also pointed out that additional repairs are needed to the Moser Avenue sewer line, which is located at the western end of Phillips Street. Emergency repairs to the line had been done by the Coaldale-Lansford-Summit Hill Sewer Authority, but the additional repairs must be handled by Coaldale."The sewer authority is responsible for the trunk lines, but we are responsible for the lateral lines," Keerans said. "There's more work to be done and we're going to have to get someone to complete the project."Keerans didn't have a price tag for the project, but that's another cost council members must work into the 2015 budget. They hope to pursue grant monies to help with the Coaldale Complex roof repair. Councilwoman Linda Miller said that there may also be a wiring problem in one section of the complex. Keerans made a motion to have secretary Andrea Davis get estimates and have the problem repaired; the vote was unanimous.The first budget meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at the borough building.Several members of the Coaldale Fire Company, including Chief Steve Polischak, came to the meeting on the request of council President Angela Krapf, who had questions about their activities at the fire station. Krapf said that she had heard a complaint that members of the fire company were making repairs to their personal vehicles inside the building.Polischak said that such activities had been going on for a long time. He pointed out that although the borough pays the workers compensation costs for the firefighters, the Coaldale Fire Company pays the insurance on its building. Krapf thanked them for coming and clearing up the complaint.Several borough residents questioned code enforcement activities and asked if anyone on borough council was following up on problems. They said that they believe criminal activity may be going on in some of the abandoned properties, such as removing wiring and plumbing pipes to be swapped for cash at scrap yards. Krapf advised them to call police to report suspicious activity.