Slatington's Borough Council moved one step closer Monday toward hiring a borough manager.

Following an opening executive session lasting an hour and 15 minutes, council returned to say it had been discussing matters of personnel.However, before the meeting's close, a motion was made to ask solicitor Ed Healy to "allow the solicitor to propose an offer letter to the candidate revealed to the solicitor for the manager position to take the position upon accepting the offer and to start employment upon accepting the offer."The motion carried unanimously, and Healy said he would try to get the letter out within the next day or two.No name was provided as to whom the offer was being made.Council also unanimously approved a motion to appoint new Councilwoman Amanda Trelease, who was brought onto council after former President Daniel Stevens resigned his position on June 1, as chairwoman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Public Safety and Human/Community Services committees.After the motion passed, resident George Moyer stood up in the audience and asked why Vice President Gwyneth Neff had not first resigned her position as chairwoman of the Finance Committee before they appointed Trelease.After some discussion, it was determined "it was understood" that by appointing Trelease, Neff was no longer acting as the finance chair.In addition, Mayor Walter Niedermeyer asked if the position of council president should be filled that evening, to which Councilman Jon Rinker then made a motion to appoint Neff council president. The motion failed for lack of a second.In other news, council said it had received two quotes for roof work on the Vigilant Fire Company, Spring Side, and borough hall. However, one company gave a price for a rubber roof while the other did not; therefore, Neff tabled the subject until an upcoming committee meeting.Also, Human/Community Services Chairman Dave Schnaars announced that Slatington's recently proclaimed sister city, Fair Haven, Vermont, had sent down laser-etched slate coasters as gifts for each of the council members in honor of Slatington's 150th anniversary this year.While the sesquicentennial was being discussed, Schnaars publicly thanked Rinker, who spearheaded the start of the sesquicentennial planning committee; Trelease, who is the treasurer and events chairwoman of it; and the committee in general for all of its efforts.Also in regard to the anniversary, a motion was unanimously approved earlier in the evening to accept back an antique printing press from the Lehigh County Historical Society that was once used by the long-defunct Slatington News.