Fewer tickets issued during snowstorm
Mayor Christopher Olivia said there were only 77 tickets written for parking issues in this last snowstorm. This is a big reduction compared with what it was two years ago. Back then, there were 200 tickets.
Costenbader said the roads crew "did one excellent job in cleaning the streets around here. By Monday, it looked like it didn't snow on Delaware Avenue."All of the council members agreed with him.Sell said she did hear some concerns from residents over the parking policy during snowstorms and whether the policy was still in effect.The current parking policy requires that residents alternate the side of the street they are parking on each night. Rodger Danielson said the parking policy only goes into effect when the borough gets 2 inches of snow or more. On odd-numbered days of the week, people have to park their cars on the odd-numbered side of the street. Then between 7 and 8 p.m., they have to move their cars to the even side of the street, because the next day is an even-numbered day."It works," Danielson said. "When it's your time to move, you have to move. They have to start plowing according to a certain schedule.""Four inches you can drive over," Sell said. "But 21 inches, you couldn't go over it."The parking policy lasted three days due to the large accumulation of snow in the recent storm. Sell said some residents were confused about whether or not the snow policy was in effect."I think in this day of technology, we have to have something that people can see to be clear," she said.Sell wants it to be easy for people to get important information from the borough. She suggested putting it on the borough website.Danielson said the website is not easy to change. It is controlled by a company that maintains it for them.Council member Jeremy Barbosa suggested a Facebook page. It's easy to change, and he has seen other municipalities have a Facebook page. No decision was made to create a Facebook page.