Lansford council will seek another round of bids for the job of replacing the oil burner in the borough hall, this time casting a wider net.

The new bids are needed because council believed the sole $80,000 bid submitted from the last solicitation was too high. Council will follow the recommendation of borough engineer Eric Snyder and publish the bid solicitations in a wider area. "This is a pretty specialized thing. There are not a lot of companies that do this," he said.The bid, submitted by Bognet Inc., Hazleton, was opened at council's regular public meeting on Feb. 9 and considered at a special meeting held Tuesday."$80,000 is rather steep for that project," Snyder said.Snyder spoke at the Tuesday meeting, attended by Mary Kruczek, Rose Mary Cannon, Lenny Kovach, Danielle Smith and president Adam Webber.Bognet's bid included a $38,706 alternate bid. That bid excluded providing heat to the borough hall for the three to five days it will take to install the new oil burner; obtaining a building permit and provide access for combustion air make up to the boiler room and asbestos removal, if required. If council had accepted the alternate bid, it would have had to provide those things.However, council did not accept the alternate bid because it was not included in the specifications.Council agreed to rent a generator to provide power for electric heaters to warm the building during the replacement work; Kovach was on his cell scouting for one as the special meeting continued. Borough work crews will keep an eye on the generator, he said.Secretary-treasurer Renee Slakoper said she has been in touch with the borough''s insurance provider, which ordered the borough to replace the burner. Originally, the provider wanted the oil burner replaced within 30 days. Slakoper said the company is willing to work with the borough on additional time.In other matters Tuesday, council agreed to move a $154,325.09 certificate of deposit from First Niagara to Jim Thorpe National Bank, which offers a better interest rate.Council will also be researching banks to find the best interest rates for all of its accounts.Also, locks on the fire house complex, in the borough hall building at 26 E. Patterson St., are being changed. The old keys are being replaced, and council was allotted four new keys. Extra keys are $10 each; Webber and Kovach said they would pay for their own keys.Each key holder will sign paperwork to be kept in the fire company office. The locks were changed after a burglary last year.