Summit Hill Borough Council finally found a computer information technology firm to service its computer network.

For months, it has been seeking someone to serve in an IT capacity but without success.

Borough Secretary-Treasurer Kira Steber told the council on Tuesday she contacted five firms for the work and only one expressed interest in working with a contract.

The borough hired Keystone Technology of Slatington at a rate of $80 per hour.

Not only did Keystone Technology provide a quote to the borough, but presented a detailed description of work needed to improve the computer system and make it more secure.

Steber said a representative of Keystone did a review of the computer system and already has some recommendations.

For example, Keystone told the borough in a letter, “The hardware for the borough server is shared between the police, borough and water authority. This should be considered for separation.”

The letter said, “The entities should be kept separate for data integrity issues.”

Andrew Gildner, founder and owner, wrote the letter and recommended a three-to-five year system development and replacement plan be implemented.

“This would provide the borough with budgetary numbers for system replacements and upgrades,” the letter said.

He also suggested individual email accounts be created for all borough employees and council members, as well as the police department staff.

In another computer-related issue, Chief of Police Todd Woodward said the scan capabilities of his copier stopped working.

Steber was given permission to look at leasing a new copier for the police department at a rate not to exceed $200 per month.