Slatington Borough has a new part-time police officer. Brandon Gianopulos was made official at Monday night's monthly borough meeting.

Councilman David Schnaars had questions for Police Chief David Rachman about the amount of times the borough force was called to the elementary school."Why were we up at the elementary school five times last month? Seems like a lot," Schnaars said."The alarm is faulty; it has been for years. They partner with us on a lot of things so I don't want to be too heavy-handed with them. I'm going to mention it to them though. They need to get on it; it's been going on for years," Rachman said.Just like many other towns in the area counties, road repair and maintenance is an ongoing issue for Slatington. The agenda for Monday's monthly meeting contained a motion to release money owed for road work on Center and East Washington streets. Council President Gwyneth Jones objected to paying for the job at East Washington Street."East Washington is not right. I don't believe the company should get the rest of the money. The neighbors across the street have issues, too. I want to hold out to see the first snow. It's going to be an issue. It's going to be a slippery mess," she said.Councilman Bryon Reed suggested getting the street retested."There's a hump in the middle of the street. They had to re-blacktop it. I've lived there for 18 years and now that they altered the street, rain comes up over the sidewalk. It never did that before," Jones said.Though the borough consensus was that payment could not be withheld until first snow, there was an agreement to have the street retested before payment will be released.The borough intends to use an estimated $20,000 from liquid fuels money to patch streets in need of repair. Councilman Galen Freed told the council that patches will be limited to what can be done in a one-week time period.The company AMS, used by the borough for crack sealing, will spray a water-based emulsifier over the bad areas, followed by shoveled stone onto the liquid solution to form a skin patch. The emulsifier to be used is typically used to seal seams along curbs. The borough will use in-house workers for the labor. The project will have to be started sooner rather than later as weather and temperature will affect the process of laying the new patches.Councilman Jon Rinker suggested streets for the repair work."Chestnut Street doesn't look too good," he said.A road list was not given, but councilman Reed told the board that streets will be prioritized within the borough.Borough engineer Larry Turoscy asked the board to authorize an informal public meeting to discuss ideas and concerns about the Main Street sidewalk project for next year with Slatington residents. The board agreed with a date to be determined.Roads were not the only item on the agenda regarding repair. The Victory Park pavilion is desperately in need of a new roof. President Jones told the board that according to W & S construction, the six support beams are "shot. If we don't do it before winter we will lose it," she said. The cost will come in at $7,920 for labor and materials.Schnaars said the money had been budgeted for the project at the beginning of the year. Only one quote for the roof has been received by the borough."We have the money, we need to take care of it," Jones said.