Lansford Borough Council on Wednesday awarded the job of replacing rain gutters and downspouts at the police station to The Service Team, which bid $1,433.

The downspouts needed to be replaced because storm water was running onto the sidewalk, creating hazardous conditions in cold weather.Council also approved draft plans and to seek bids to replace the sidewalk next to the station, which is on the ground floor of the community center at 1 W. Ridge Street.Councilman Lenny Kovach gave council members copies of draft blueprints of the project, which will comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, to study. Kovach said he would provide detailed plans and firm costs within two weeks so the borough can seek the bids.Time is of the essence; council wants to get the work done before winter.Council also heard from Charmagne West of 12 E. Kline St., a single mother of four who complained that she was ill-treated by code enforcement officer Katheryn Labosky. West said she went to the code enforcement office to talk to Labosky after her landlord received a letter reminding him of the borough three-strikes law. The law gives the borough the right to evict tenants who have been cited three times by police.West said she had arguments with her boyfriend that resulted in her calling the police and her neighbors calling the police.According to a police report, the incident happened on Sept. 25. An affidavit of probable cause stated that OfficerJeffrey Ohl and Joshua Tom were dispatched to the home for a report of an unwanted person. Upon their arrival, they spoke with West, who said she had gotten into an altercation with her boyfriend, Ken Gosnell, 39, of 3920 Catasauqua Road, Whitehall Township.West told police Gosnell does not live at her house and asked that he be removed. Police told Gosnell he was not permitted to be at the house any more and was removed from the property and advised not to return.But at 5:22 a.m., Ohl received a telephone call at the police station from West, who said he heard a noise downstairs and saw that a window fan had been removed from the kitchen window. West said she then found Gosnell asleep on a couch in the basement. Ohl went to the house and arrested Gosnell, who was charged with criminal trespass and defiant trespass.Council said the Gaughan and council vice-president Mary Kruczek would meet with West within days to discuss the matter.In other matters Wednesday, council:• Approved a policy governing work orders on private property;• Told resident George Dennis the borough has nothing in its laws that governs alternative energy. Dennis wants to install solar panels on his roof, and wanted to know if that was OK. Council president Robert Gaughan said that as long as the panels didn't hang over the edge of the roof and were properly installed and inspected.Dennis also thanked borough police for helping to find the thief who stole his tools. The tools, he said, had been sold in Philadelphia, but he was glad the thief had been caught.• Agreed to send a letter supporting the recertification of Carbon County Correctional facility to house illegal immigrants;• Agreed to send a letter to the Panther Valley School District to ask what it intends to do with the former Verta building next to the football stadium. The building is in bad shape, and contains barrels of chemicals from a planned soap manufacturing endeavor. The state Department of Environmental Protection will be removing the barrels.Mayor Ron Hood was concerned about exactly what was in the barrels and whether the chemicals are hazardous.• Set Trick of Treat night for 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31, in line with the other Panther Valley communities of Summit Hill, Nesquehoning and Coaldale;• Opened bids for the demolition of properties at 112 and 614 East Patterson Street. Council expects to award the jobs when it meets next at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10. The bids, from four contractors, ranged from $20,000 to $28,999 for the 614 E. Patterson Street property and from $15,998 to $24,998 for the 112 E. Patterson Street property.