Weissport’s mayor and one councilman can write parking tickets during snowstorms.

At the council meeting Monday, borough secretary/treasurer Cheryl Miller asked if the mayor would be authorized to ticket residents who fail to clear sidewalks of snow and ice properly.

Solicitor Greg Mousseau read a portion of the Quality of Life Ordinance, which confirms police or public officers who have been authorized can ticket people.

Currently, Mayor Jodi Sonon and Councilman Bill Hartzell can both write parking tickets.

“We did write 17 parking tickets over the weekend due to the storms; seven on Saturday and 10 on Sunday,” Hartzell reported.

Following the discussion, council voted to enable both to write tickets for quality of life issues, which includes clearing sidewalks of snow and ice.

Hartzell thanked Weissport residents for their cooperation in these situations.

“I would like to recognize and thank the citizens of Weissport,” Hartzell said. “Despite back-to-back snowstorms, a large number of residents moved their vehicles promptly, allowing Public Works to clean streets more efficiently. Their cooperation is greatly appreciated.”

The current snow emergency protocol is that if 4 or more inches of snow is predicted, on an even date day, residents must move their vehicles to the even side of the street so that the odd side of the street can be cleared first.

On an odd day, residents must move their vehicles to the odd side so that the even side can be cleared.

Out for bids

Weissport is ready to send out the White Street repair project to bid, borough engineer Mike Muffley said at the council meeting. The project is budgeted for $100,000.

“We have to go through PennDOT approval, then the project will be advertised, and we decided at the last meeting to use PennBid,” Muffley said.

The project is broken down into three sections of White Street. Depending on how much the bids are, that will determine which of the three sections to repair; one, two, or all three segments.

Regarding the levee repairs that are to be done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Muffley stated has not had any communication regarding job meetings.

Ongoing training

Weissport Emergency Management Coordinator Joe Flickinger reported that he will be taking several courses as part of his ongoing training.

“One is through the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, Working with the Media and Duties & Responsibilities through PEMA,” he said. “Then in the first two weeks in February I will be taking several courses: Leverage Tools for Conducting Damage Assessments; Hazardous Materials Operations Refresher; and a two-day statewide training through PEMA totaling 30 hours.”