Weatherly Borough Council approved revisions to one ordinance, but tabled another Monday night.

The first ordinance is the fire department ordinance, which borough Manager Harold Pudliner explained was outdated.

“Some of these ordinances were from 1913,” he said, suggesting removing some of the language and replacing it with language recognizing the Citizens Fire Co. No. 1 of Weatherly as the official fire department for the borough.

“We don’t need all the other parts of the ordinance anymore,” Pudliner said.

Councilman Norman Richie said he believed language in Chapter 33, Article 10, covering firefighters when they are outside of the borough, should remain.

Solicitor James Nanovic agreed that the specific language could remain, but other language, as referenced by Pudliner, was antiquated, he said.

Both the language recognizing the fire company as the official fire department and authorizing the fire company to go outside for other things could remain, Nanovic said.

“The other ones are really not necessary,” he said.

Mayor Paul J. Hadzick said that they would then be keeping Chapter 33-9, Response to Borough Fires; and Chapter 33-10, Authorized Activities Outside the Borough.

Councilman Vincent Cuddeford II asked if the revisions change the support that the fire company receives, and Pudliner said no.

Cuddeford also wanted to know why the changes to this ordinance are coming up now, and Nanovic said his guess was that it had something to do with their dealings with neighboring Packer Township.

“We had to look at who recognizes what fire company, whereas Packer doesn’t recognize a fire company, Weatherly does,” Nanovic said. “In recognizing them, there is an automatic contribution that goes along with it.”

Nanovic said he’s not even sure who brought this ordinance up, or why they’re discussing it.

“There were some things in here that don’t even apply. That’s why,” Pudliner responded. “So why even have it on the books?”

Council approved the changes to the ordinance on a 6-1 vote with Cuddeford voting no.

Fishing

Council also discussed a fishing ordinance along with rules and fees associated with using the lake at Eurana Park for paid recreational fishing.

Richie question the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and wondered who would be collecting fees in the morning. Pudliner said they would have to hire two people and council could change the hours.

“I disagree with the fishing fee,” Councilman Jeffery Miller said. “Twenty-five dollars a day is quite a bit of money.”

Miller said he looked at other facilities with paid fishing, and their fees were $14 and $12 a day and less for senior citizens. One site also charged $7.50 per pound after two pounds for the fish that were caught, he said.

Miller contended the proposed fees were steep for seniors.

“It’s not just for senior citizens,” Hadzick said. “It’s going to benefit a lot of the youth that are going to fish with mom or dad.”

Miller asked if they would be charged $25 a day.

“Somebody will be, I guess,” Hadzick replied. “This is open for discussion.”

Pudliner pointed out the fees were just a recommendation to cover the costs of the fish and the people hired to run it.

Twenty-five dollars is a lot of money to spend on an afternoon, Miller said, and didn’t believe they would have a great turnout.

Council opted to table the ordinance, and Pudliner would take recommendation from council members in the coming weeks on options moving forward.

Agreement

In other business, council approved a resolution for the pool agreement with American Municipal Power Inc.

Pudliner explained that this was an update to an agreement dating to 2011, in which AMP pays charges through Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection for the borough.