Lehighton Borough Council recently took the following action:

• Hired Livengood Excavators to install six storm sewer inlet tops on Twelfth Street in the amount of $10,405, and to purchase all necessary materials for the job at a cost of $8,702 from Monarch precast.

• Approved the Shade Tree Commission recommendations to retroactively approve the 13 trees installed along the Sgt. Stanley Hoffman Boulevard during the traffic, calming and pedestrian safety project; the 14 native species of trees being planted in the borough parking lot that was just recently paved with Community Development Block Grant funding; the trees that will be installed in the center of the Lehighton Downtown Initiative’s five planter cells along Sgt. Stanley Hoffman Boulevard; and to allocate funding from the shade tree commission budget to pay for any topsoil required to complete the tree plantings for that parking lot.

• On a 5-1 vote, approved an application from the Lehighton Downtown Initiative for use of Baer Memorial Park for the Wine on the River event to be held May 2 and 3. Councilwoman Autumn Abelovsky was opposed.

• Contract with Frasier on a five-year contract for just over $200 a month for printing services at the police department, which is less than the current rate. It will see a small increase yearly over the duration of the contract.

• Adopted the fats, oils, and grease trap ordinance.

• Tabled action on an ordinance to update Penn Avenue.

• Approved a resolution concerning funds received from municipal state aid.

• Appointed Tim Tkach to fill a vacancy on the Lehighton Water Authority.

• Approved the request to hold a Snowflake 5K Walk/Run for Dylan and Gavin’s Rainbow on Dec. 7.

— Terry Ahner