Several changes and requests for change were made regarding the Summit Hill Police Department and the Summit Hill Borough at the Borough Council meeting Monday evening.

Joseph Fittos Jr., Summit Hill Chief of Police, said in his report that the police department is currently looking to buy a new vehicle to replace one that is becoming unreliable."The 2007 Crown Vic has a lot of mileage on it, it's burning oil, and it's really not safe to drive," Fittos said.The department is looking to get into a rotation of purchasing police vehicles to ensure long-term consistency. "We don't need something brand-new, just a reliable vehicle," Fittos said. A decision on the vehicles will be made at the next borough meeting.The police chief also discussed the need for upgraded computers following an audit from the state police. The current computers are seven years old and run on Windows XP, which poses a security threat.Fittos said he received an estimate saying all four computers could be replaced for $2,950, and two at a time could be replaced for $1,550. The borough council decided to wait until the next meeting to make a decision on the computers.The Summit Hill Police Department received three new part-time police officers at the meeting. Stephen DeVore, Kyle Oliver and Jason Harrison were the three candidates interviewed for the positions. The borough council voted to hire all three.The council also unanimously voted to raise the wage for Summit Hill part-time police upon discovering that the town has much lower pay than surrounding towns. Part-time police will now receive a starting pay of $17 and can move to $18 if they work a full year without missing a shift. The wage change will go into effect on July 1.The council members made the decision to spend an estimated $9,000 to repair the borough's 2004 Ford F-550 dump truck instead of replacing it. As of late, the truck has been sporadically inoperable, followed by periods where it runs normally."These are issues that everyone who bought these trucks had when they first came out. The only difference is other people noticed early on because their trucks were being heavily used. We're only seeing the problem now after 10 years," borough Vice President John O'Gurek said. The motion to repair the truck was passed by a 4-2 vote.