Tamaqua borough manager Kevin Steigerwalt provided an update on the Lincoln Street wall to council this week.

The wall is falling down at two locations. Initial estimates for the engineering study and repairs to both areas are in the neighborhood of $72,000.Council had a brief discussion about how to pay for the necessary repairs, deciding against using liquid fuel money to pay for the project, since that would incur additional requirements that could double the cost of the project.Council passed two resolutions at Tuesday night's meeting based on grants from the John E. Morgan Foundation.One was the annual allotment of $60,000, which the borough receives to maintain and operate the Howard D. Buehler Memorial Pool for the season and the other was to fund the acquisition and installation of automated external defibrillator units in police vehicles in Tamaqua, Coaldale, Lansford, Nesquehoning, Summit Hill, Rush Township, Schuylkill Township, West Penn Township and Ryan Township.Steigerwalt announced the next sewer bill that residents receive will be prorated, since it covers December, January and February. The new sewer rate went into effect on Jan. 1, so residents will see the old rate reflected for December, and the new one covering January and February.Resident Herb Curvey questioned whether or not a secondary means of access should be created for the Tamaqua Elementary school. Last week, a water main break on Lombard Street blocked traffic and school had to be canceled at the facility for the day.Council also announced that a recent online auction of the borough's used equipment using the service of Municibid.com was successful and resulted in the borough making a significantly higher amount of money than originally expected.Several of the items, including four dog pens, will need to be rebid due to identical bids being submitted. The borough plans to offer more used equipment for sale on the website in the future.