The developer looking to bring a medical facility to Lansford was back before borough council Wednesday looking to use the borough's land as a dump site.

But with confusion over lost deeds and property lines, council once again said that they couldn't offer a place to dispose of debris from the demolition of the old brick building, the former Palace Theater.It reiterated the decision council made last month, when they agreed to tell developer Joseph Bennett that they couldn't provide a dump site, something they previously agreed to do.On Wednesday, Bennett was back before council to ask if there was any way the borough could assist him - by either providing their land, or using their land to access land owned by a mining company.This time, council said no - or at least that they didn't have the information to make a decision.Between January and March, council approved, then rescinded, approval for Bennett to use land they thought they owned to dump the fill from the site. But Bennett says that he needs a dump site in the borough to make the project cost effective."Your (property), can I dump on that land?" he said. "If it's clean fill, and it's certified by DEP?"After a long back and forth, council's attorney Michael Greek explained why council couldn't offer up the land.Greek said council made its decision in March after learning there's no property record that shows that the borough owns any land on Snyder Avenue, where they agreed to allow Bennett to dump. That area is actually owned by BET Lehigh Real Estate LLC, the coal company. However, some believe that the previous owner of BET's land, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., actually gave some of the land to the borough."We have to search all our records to find out if we received property from LC&N, or if there was an unrecorded deed, or we have to do a full title search," Greek said.The borough found a deed for 27 acres located further east, not far from Panther Valley High School. But Greek said there's no map showing the property lines on that parcel."That was the original borough dump years and years ago, which was closed by DEP, and there's a chance, just like Jim Thorpe, we could have to remediate, which costs millions of dollars," she said.Bennett also used the opportunity to express his frustration with the fact that he didn't hear from council last month when they had second thoughts about letting him use the land they thought they owned."I'm just the property owner, but as a property owner I rely on you for the ability to do that. If you don't have the ability, tell me."Borough council President Martin Ditsky said that Bennett deserved to be notified of council's decision before reading about it in the newspaper."I apologize as president of council that you weren't notified that day about our decision. Now we're left with egg on our face. We are not against people coming in here."Bennett said he would continue working with BET Lehigh to potentially find a dump spot to make the project happen."Well, I appreciate your time, I appreciate you speaking with me about it, and I rescind my request," he said.