The streets of Jim Thorpe borough and buildings owned by the municipality are going under the microscope.

Borough council unanimously tabbed Spillman Farmer Architects this month to perform a needs analysis on Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall, the borough garage and the borough office, which also houses the police department.The study will cost $6,900.There is so much building work that needs to be done that we need to take a look at this," Councilman John McGuire said.Borough manager Maureen Sterner said with all three buildings close to one another, it makes sense to look at them all in one shot as opposed to doing two now and another one later.McGuire said he's particularly concerned about safety of both police officers and borough employees who work in the East 10th Street office."I've seen people come in to the office screaming," he said. "They're not here to give our staff a hug."The borough opened the office in 2009.Adjacent to the office is Memorial Hall, which has been the subject of debate at council meetings dating back several years.The top floor of the building houses a banquet hall while the basement features a skating rink.Councilwoman Joanne Klitsch said $81,000 was borrowed from the borough's general and sanitation funds in 2015 to support the hall.The borough owns the mortgage on the hall, built in 1983.According to previous council discussion, the hall lost $31,000 in 2014 and the annual mortgage costs around $40,000.An option discussed at a Feb. 4 council workshop was to gauge Lehigh Carbon Community College's interest in using the building as a Carbon County campus.LCCC moved its Carbon campus from Nesquehoning to Jim Thorpe High School in 2014."I will tell you they're not going to wait around on us," Klitsch said. "They have other locations they're looking at."McGuire, however, said since the borough is already paying for the building, it may be best to get it on the tax roll.The borough maintenance garage, located behind Memorial Hall, is still functional, McGuire said, but has issues that need addressed."The siding is shot, the roof has issues and these things keep adding up," he explained.Sterner said the company said it can start on the feasibility study right away."In my past experience with them, it hasn't taken very long," she added.Traffic studyMayor Michael Sofranko said the borough will be combining with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on a traffic study to examine flows and patterns in Jim Thorpe with the opening of the Route 903 bridge later this year."I think it's going to result in some recommendations that will be hard to swallow for some people," Sofranko said. "If the changes were made, traffic would flow better, but it would be different from what we're used to seeing."One example could be on Packer Hill, which council discussed making a one-way street going up the hill from Route 209.With upcoming construction planned at the Asa Packer Mansion, Councilman Thomas Highland said making the hill one way only during snow events may be a better option."I know when I deliver up there, I can't make that left turn into the driveway," Highland, who owns Highland Beverage, said. "If there are lumber trucks and cement mixers that need to get in there, it isn't going to happen."Council opted to wait for the traffic study to make a final decision on Packer Hill.