It might just get a little tougher for people convicted of using or selling drugs in rental housing in Coaldale, if borough council follows through with changes to its landlord licensing ordinance.

Council this week asked solicitor Michael Greek to draft changes to the ordinance based on those being considered in Allentown.Now, the borough's ordinance includes a "three strikes" rule, calling for the eviction of renters who rack up three citations for misbehavior. Council wants to toughen those rules to include evictions for those tenants who are convicted of selling or using drugs in their rental housing.Landlords who fail to comply would face the loss of their licenses.In other matters Tuesday, council:• Learned it would cost about $43,680 to fix a section of Moser Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets. Council also agreed that a section of Phillips Street will be fixed starting Monday. The job is expected to cost between $3,000 and $5,000, said Councilman Tom Keerans.• Accepted the resignation of Community Emergency Management Agency coordinator Daniel Urban, who wrote that he could not continue the job because of employment demands. Council also affirmed its Sept. 13 choice of Tommy Polischak to replace Urban.• Agreed, at the request of Councilman Andrew Girard, to use $564 from the community improvement fund to buy equipment for the Seek playground. Borough workers will install the equipment.• Agreed to take down the American flag that flies at the Seek Memorial because it is not illuminated at night. The flag will be flown only on special occasions until lighting possibly solar to save money is arranged.• Discussed in executive session a grievance filed by borough workers over recent work done for a couple of non-governmental organizations.• Discussed proposed changes to a lease with the Radocha company for borough land it has been using. Council agreed to hire a surveyor to define the boundaries of Radocha's property.• Greek said he would write a more-strongly worded letter to Municipal Energy Managers of Moscow, Lackawanna County. The firm, which the borough contracted to save Coaldale thousands of dollars in street lighting costs through purchasing them rather than leasing them from PPL, has not responded to numerous letters sent by borough secretary Louise Lill about faulty lights. It also has not responded to a previous letter sent by Greek.Lill finally contacted PPL, which fixed the lights.Several local municipalities have banded together to file a formal complaint with the state Public Utility Commission against MEM for failing to fulfill its promises.• Decided to apply for a grant through Schuylkill County for Legislative Initiative Funding. Council also learned that president Sue Solt has been taking classes in grant writing at Lehigh Carbon Community College's Tamaqua campus.• Learned that borough Code Enforcement Officer Mark Richards plans Oct. 17 as a low-cost neutering day for cats, including those with homes and those that are strays or feral. Greek advised council that Richards' request to use a borough vehicle for transporting the cats to local clinics is fine, as long as it is an unmarked vehicle.