Nesquehoning is spending over $200,000 to complete work at its sewer plant.

During the monthly meeting of borough council on Wednesday, the board voted to award the headworks project contract to the lowest bidder, Derstine Company LLC of Souderton, which bid $207,000 for the project.Councilwoman Mary Fox said that the project includes work in the area where the town's main sewer line comes into the plant for treatment.She added that the project is being funded by the general sewer fund, which has a healthy balance of $309,385.13.No time frame for project has been announced.In other matters, council discussed or acted on the following items:• Announced that the borough is no longer under a burn ban, but the burn ordinance is in effect and does not allow for open pit burning.• Mayor Sam Kitchko reported that during the past month, the police collected $3,517.06 from fines, responded to a total of 371 incidents and drove 3,837 miles while on patrol.• The next Neighborhood Watch meeting will take place at 6 p.m. July 15 at the borough hall. All are welcome.• Borough fire marshal and emergency management coordinator John McArdle asked council to allow Robert Yurchak, borough solicitor, to draft a letter to Rusty Taylor, president and CEO of Lehigh Anthracite, asking that an abandoned building on the company's property, which was the victim of an intentional fire this week, be properly boarded up or demolished. The issue, McArdle believes, is people were trying to steal the copper wiring out of the structure, causing the fire.• Rejected the bids for chemicals at the sewer plant. It was determined that due to the low expenses for the year, the purchase could be handled by obtaining three quotes.• Approved the motion to start investigating prices for a new police vehicle to replace the vehicle totaled during the May crash of officer Steven Homanko. This will help move things along once the insurance claim is settled, council noted.• Approved the addition of three USAgain containers at the site of the recycling containers on Locust Street, at no cost to the borough. The containers are for clothing donations.• Councilman Mark Stromelo reported that the recent electronics recycling event held in the borough was a success, netting almost 5,000 pounds of televisions and other electronics. Council said it will probably work with Responsible Recycling Services to hold another event in the fall.