Nesquehoning Borough Council, during its monthly meeting last week, discussed or acted on the following items:

• Council reminded residents that there will be an electronics recycling event from 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday at 50 E. Locust St. Electronics will be taken until the truck is full.

• Council plans to notify owners of multiunit dwellings and commercial facilities that the borough has an ordinance regarding refuse screening.

The ordinance states that the owner shall provide a screening for storage of any solid waste and that the storage area is not visible from any adjoining street or road. This may include hedges, shrubs or fencing that cannot be seen through but can be a movable structure. Screening should not exceed 48 inches in height and be maintained by the owner or renter.

The borough has been receiving complaints about renters having trash visible from the street on nontrash days.

• Approved waiving building fees from the borough for the Nesquehoning VFW’s plan to construct a pavilion on a piece of land the VFW owns.

• Councilwoman Rosemary Porembo clarified the part-time police salary that the pay tiers is MPOETC certified is $18 and stand-alone certified is $22, because the officer will have weapon certification by then. There was an issue with the original wording with the pay tiers.

• The public safety committee will look at winter parking and make any changes at its September meeting.

• Porembo also discussed what the borough is looking at doing for this year’s Trunk or Treat event. This year, the organizer would like to have tickets so the event would be for Nesquehoning children only because of the pandemic. More information is being gathered and will be released at a later time.

• Council renewed the agreement with Water Mechanics for consultant services with the sewer department.

• Councilman Frank Jacobs asked if something could be done about a home on Seventh Avenue in the Hauto Valley Estates, because it is creating a display that is asking for money but is in a residential area. The owner of the house, which is currently decorated for Halloween, has a YouTube channel documenting the decorations.

Jacobs said he was wondering if having the channel is monetizing the display and asked if there is anything that can be done. Council asked the borough solicitor and zoning officer to see if the use of the property is acceptable in the condition it currently is in.