Nesquehoning officials had mixed emotions on approving a time extension for a proposed waste treatment facility in the borough.

On Wednesday, borough council narrowly approved the time extension from Carbon Engineering Inc., for Bio-Haz Solutions Inc., 23 Tonoli Road, in a 4-3 vote, which was broken by Mayor Sam Kitchko. The extension pushes back the decision for the final land development plan for the project.Councilmen Don DeMarco, David DeMelfi and George Sabol cast "no" votes, while Council members Frank Jacobs, Mary Fox and President David Hawk cast "yes" votes. Councilwoman Rosemary Porembo was absent.If the extension was not approved, the deadline for a decision would have been Friday.Bio-Haz operates as a medical waste transportation company out of the Tonoli Road site and has been working to add a processing facility at the location as well.It serves approximately 4,000 customers in Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland and Virginia and employs 15 people, who pick up medical waste from doctors offices, nursing homes, hospitals, veterinarian offices and other medical facilities.DeMarco said he had some major concerns, citing technical deficiencies in a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regarding Bio-Haz Solution's permit application.Hawk said that the letter is standard for permit applications, and isn't how the company is currently operating.Last December, the project went before officials from DEP to discuss the proposal.During that meeting, owner David Henritzy said if the plans go through, the company will expand to approximately 30 jobs at the site and operate 16 hours a day, five days a week.Henritzy said he chose the Nesquehoning site because it met the company's needs, which included three-phase electricity, water and sewage.The proposed plans for the site call for building a 50-by-54-foot addition onto the existing building for the installation of two medical waste treatment units, improving access and paved parking areas.Haas said that the building would house Clean Waste Systems OMW-1000 machines to process and purify the medical waste before transporting it to a municipal landfill for disposal. Other mattersNesquehoning Borough Council also discussed or acted on the following items:• The police report from July 1 to Aug. 31 was total money received, $3,874; 59 citations issued; 904 incidents reported and a total of 6,189 miles driven while on patrol.• Borough crews will work on fixing a 100-foot-long by 21-foot-wide section of Tippets Road. The cost of road materials and black top totals $5,752, with the borough needing a roller, with Bob Stempa coming in at $475.• Council awarded Stempa a manhole replacement project for his lowest quote of $1,645.• The company Russell Reid of New Jersey received the borough's sludge hauling contract for their low bid of $0.797 per gallon.