Several residents who neighbor the property of the new site of a treatment facility in Lehighton aired their concerns to borough council on Monday.

Their frustration is over the Carbon-Monroe-Pike Drug and Alcohol Commission, which opened last month at its new site at 430 S. Seventh St.

The building previously housed the former First Commonwealth Credit Union building.

Joseph Tibensky said he’s lived at his home on South Eighth Street for more than four decades.

“The lights are terrible,” Tibensky said. “I think it should be addressed.”

Scott Rehrig said he’s lived at his home on South Eighth Street for nearly as long as Tibensky.

A longtime borough councilman, Rehrig said he was against a motion listed on the agenda for the vacation of South Queen Alley.

Margaret Alberici, who resides on South Seventh Street, complained of smoking and foul language which she said has been going on.

“I would like to have a property fence put up so that I don’t have to look at this parking lot,” Alberici said. “The lighting is still really bright.”

William Kistner, who lives on South Queen Alley, shared much the same concerns.

“I do agree with what Scott and Joe were talking about with the lights,” Kistner said.

The new site is located right next to the commission’s previous office, and now has an office that includes eight outpatient staff, four case managers, three recovery support specialists and a person who handles DUI services.

Tibensky, Rehrig and Kistner revisited the matter of the unopened alley, South Queen Alley, along with the ownership, use and encroachments of the alley.

That prompted borough manager Nicole Beckett to discuss a memo she sent to council concerning the proposed vacation of South Queen Alley.

“My recommendation was to start vacating the alley that we have no use for,” said Beckett, who added the problem isn’t just South Queen Alley. “This is all over town; it’s just an ongoing problem.”

Beckett told council it should consider coming up with a program to vacate the alleys.

“We need to come up with a policy,” she said. “They (the alleys) have no purpose for us.”

Council didn’t take any action on the vacation of South Queen Alley.