Jesse Walck, business manager for Panther Valley School District, attended Lansford’s meeting Wednesday night to ask for help in fixing the parking lot for the school.

Coaldale agreed to assist Panther Valley at Tuesday’s meeting.

After the board discussed street plans, such as removing manholes at the intersection on Bertsch, Walck said the parking lot situation at the school is “as bad or worse than any streets you’ll find in any of the boroughs.”

Walck proposed a shared service agreement in which Lansford would provide a few days of manpower to help with the road reparation project while the school got them access to a paver for their use.

Board member William Chuma said he was concerned that the project would not be finished in just a few days. He said they would have to dig it out and put base on it, which would take more time than Walck and Panther Valley projected.

Walck said that Panther Valley custodians will be cleaning up the parking lot for days before they call Summit Hill, Lansford and Coaldale to the site.

The board decided to make a motion to help Panther Valley, and President Bruce Markovich said Chuma will have final say on how long Lansford provides manpower when it comes time.

In other business

• A letter from the Police Civil Service Commission advised council to make Matthew Hauser a permanent full-time officer. A motion was created and carried to grant Hauser full-time employment with the Lansford Police Department.

• Mayor Michele Bartek brought to the attention of council the age of the sewer lines in town and stated they’ve been around for 85-100 years. She said she is aware that some people in the community wouldn’t be able to afford new sewer lines nor the costs for inspection, but she said if it was possible for the town to do a study or find recent engineering study results that it could help the town.

Bartek said she found federal funding that she believes would be available to Lansford due to their low to moderate income residents.

They said the funding would replace all laterals but not all mains.

• Secretary Jill Seigendall said residents who have delinquent water bills will be sent a letter of notice this week and the water shut-off date is Sept. 15.

• A motion was passed to create a free yard sale day for Aug. 29-30.