Walnutport Borough Council has made a change to its solid waste committee.

On a 4-0 vote at its workshop on Thursday, council agreed to remove Councilwoman Patrice Hunsicker from the solid waste committee.

Hunsicker, who served as chairwoman of the committee, was not in attendance. Councilmen Harold Greene was also absent and David Stankovic arrived after the vote.

Voting in favor of the motion were Councilman Michael Gaston, Councilwomen Jennifer Wentz and Joan Rehrig, and council President William Turk.

After the meeting, Turk — who as president of council sets who is on what committee — explained what prompted the decision to remove Hunsicker from that post.

“There’s been a lot of discretion with her as far as remarks she makes,” Turk said. “That’s just something I will not tolerate.”

Turk cited a prior incident where there was a situation with one of the garbage trucks leaking fuel in which Hunsicker questioned as an example.

“This is part of an ongoing affair with her,” he said. “I felt that it’s more important to end this kind of problem with her and the garbage hauler than to keep it ongoing.”

In response to the situation, Hunsicker said Friday afternoon that she planned to discuss the matter with Turk since nobody had actually talked to her regarding a reason why the action was taken.

“At this point in time, I am not going to comment on what had happened on Thursday night’s meeting,” Hunsicker said. “I’m going to say no comment at this time.”

In light of its decision, council agreed to send a copy of a letter to Larry Wittig, president of Tamaqua Transfer & Recycling Inc. Tamaqua, to notify him of the change.

The letter states that effective immediately, Wittig’s point of contact in relation to garbage hauling within the borough will be the borough secretary. That will include, but not be limited to, any complaints, contract issues, late notice in service, missed pickups and so on.

In addition, council agreed that any legal matters related to garbage hauling within the borough will go through the borough’s attorney.

Council expressed in the letter to Wittig that if he has any questions on the decision, to feel free to attend its next council meeting to discuss the matter.

Council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Council met with Wittig in September after fielding various complaints from residents on trash pickup.

At that time, Wittig told council he’s more involved with their municipality than any of the others his company serves.

Wittig previously said he doesn’t believe he’s been appreciated for going above and beyond what’s stated in the contract the borough has with his company.

Further, Wittig said he’s taken offense to some of the comments and snide remarks he’s heard in the past.

Several members of council expressed their support of Wittig and the contract.

Councilman David Stankovic said he understood Wittig’s situation.

Hunsicker said some residents have asked the borough to get out of the contract with Tamaqua Transfer.

The borough has been plagued with complaints from the community concerning garbage and recycling pickup for months.

Council hired Tamaqua Transfer last year to save money and improve customer service for residents.

Due to the change in companies, collection day was changed from Wednesday to Monday morning with every other Monday slated for recycling pickup.