Tamaqua Borough Council members took their meeting on the roadlast night and met at the pavilion at the Owl Creek Reservoir, instead of their chambers at BoroughHall.

"We can have our meeting anywhere, except a cruise ship," President Micah Gursky said.He explained that council wanted to draw attention to one of the true jewels of the Tamaqua area.Borough manager Kevin Steigerwalt highlighted some of the "marvelous" resources that the reservoir offers including two bodies of water that are ideal for fishing and passive water crafting, trails, and several out buildings, including the pavilion, that have been donated by members of the community, the Morgan Foundation and the Owl Creek Reservoir Commission.Steigerwalt, who is also a Boy Scout leader, said that he had recently camped at the reservoir with his Scout troop."It's ideal for that," he said, and also explained that the Scouts worked on clearing an area that will soon be home to a 16-foot by 16-foot cabin that has been donated to the reservoir by a church camp.The borough's water department is also constructing a new boat launch in the lower reservoir that will enable trailers to back right down to the reservoir to unload.The reservoirs underwent restoration in 2013 to the tune of $6 million, and both the upper and lower reservoirs are finally full.Steigerwalt said that the reservoir is being stocked, currently with large mouth bass and bait fish, but eventually will also contain other panfish."Some fish even managed to survive the draining and construction," he said.Later in the meeting, council approved a request from the Boy Scouts, Black Rock District, to hold the annual Camporee at the facility.Citing the area as "the best place in Schuylkill County to hold this event," the letter requested permission to hold a three-day event in September that will draw Scouts from the entire district.The request was approved.Eastern Schuylkill Recreation Commission executive director John Mariarchi attended the meeting and said that a project is under way to create a two-page brochure to help advertise and share the information about the Reservoir.Gursky and Steigerwalt both thanked the volunteers, particularly the Owl Creek Reservoir Commission for its hard work and dedication to keeping the area pristine and inviting."They're out here, day in and day out, cutting the grass, keeping things up, whatever needs to be done," Steigerwalt said.