A Lehighton official is disturbed by the homeless situation in the borough.

Borough Councilwoman Autumn Abelovsky said at Tuesday’s borough council meeting that she was concerned with “situations regarding tent city and the homeless situation.”

Abelovsky referenced the Carbon County Action Committee for Human Services in the borough, whom she said provides emergency housing and serves the homeless population in the county.

She then noted the county’s “Unsheltered Homeless” Point-in-Time count, which is spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development each year through its local Continuums of Care.

The count measures and monitors trends and changes in homelessness on local and national levels, and helps communities (including states) understand what resources are needed and strategize the best ways to use them to end homelessness.

Last month, borough resident Jack Finnegan volunteered to be part of a coalition to assist the homeless in the borough.

Finnegan, who serves on the Carbon-Monroe-Pike Drug and Alcohol Commission, told council at that time he was interested in the homeless folks at Dunbar Beach.