Nesquehoning officials want to stress that moving snow and piling it on borough streets, sidewalks or other people's property is prohibited, but using private plows or other machinery to clear personal driveways or in front of curbside mailboxes is OK if snow is moved onto the homeowner's property.

During council's meeting on Wednesday, Councilman Don DeMarco and Council President David Hawk discussed the town's current snow ordinance, which prohibits private snowplows from clearing borough streets.DeMarco said there were a few piles of snow in front of businesses and on street corners that were created by private entities. He said he spoke with those people and asked that the snow be moved or a citation would be filed. Most complied within a day.He stressed that pushing snow and piling it on borough streets is not allowed and people will be cited if it continues happening.Hawk said council needs to look at the way the ordinance is enforced in some of the town's outlying areas, such as the Hauto Valley Estates, where homeowners have curbside mailboxes and driveways.In those cases, people who use plows or quads to clear the property and mailbox areas are OK to continue doing so as long as they are doing it responsibly, Hawk said."As long as they are not depositing the snow back on the street or sidewalk or someone else's property, then we have to take that into consideration," he said, noting that some people, like the elderly, have to hire private plows to clear, or they may be stuck all winter.In other matters, Councilman Mark Stromelo wants to remind residents about trash pickup regulations.Under the current contract, trash collectors are required to put trash cans back properly on the curb, and if there is a problem to call the borough.He said residents can only put six trash cans out a week for pickup and stressed that large bulk items are only picked up the first week of the month.Councilman Frank Jacobs asked about holding another electronics recycling event for residents.Holding another event will be looked into, as last year, officials were told it would now cost the borough a fee.