Being more, and less, accessible as a borough were subjects covered at Tuesday's Bowmanstown Borough Council meeting.

During public comment, Bowmanstown Area Residents Connected secretary Jenell Meltz said she was there to ask permission to look into a free local library kiosk, hopefully on borough property.She said it would have books that could be checked in and out independently, work on an honor system and perhaps only be locked at night.Mayor William Ravert expressed concern that BARC might be going in too many directions, noting it had at first wanted to begin a "block watch" that never came to fruition, plus had garnered funds for that purpose.Meltz said she was confident the people now in BARC are, essentially, go-getters and that all prior funds can be accounted for.Later, per property and specialty, president pro tem for the night, Rob Moyer, said there was a need to secure the left side of the borough building "so there is some sort of barrier between the general public and the people there."Moyer said he would like to find out what exactly everyone wants to do and where council will get the money to do it. He noted that various options have been discussed in the past, such as putting in an ante room with windows so paperwork can be passed through but no physical contact is possible.Moyer said the topic is under consideration because of a "situation" with someone at the office recently and that the committee needs to finalize some things about it this month.For instance, he noted that because borough hall is a historic building, it must be determined that whatever modifications are chosen will not jeopardize its historical status. Moyer also suggested council may want to involve its engineer, "just to be safe, to know that we're doing things the proper way, no issues as far as code or anything of that nature."Moyer also said he hopes council can soon come up with recommendations, get input from the engineer and input from budget as to "what we might be able to spend to make this happen."In other news, council discussed whether or not double yellow line painting on certain streets is necessary or if a single yellow line will suffice.Members seemed to agree it likely depends on the speed limit on those streets and whether or not they are zoned primarily residential.