Four Jim Thorpe borough departments will fall under one umbrella after its governing body tabbed a longtime borough employee as "public service supervisor" Thursday night.

Already manager of Jim Thorpe's water department, Vince Yaich will also oversee the streets, sewer and sanitation departments, although individual department heads will remain the same."It gives us one person as the contact point for these departments," said council President Greg Strubinger. "This really came out of a discussion we had when we were searching for our borough manager. The discussion centered around the best use out of our equipment and personnel and how to tie that all together with one person."While he will start the position on Monday, council said Thursday they were still putting the finishing touches on a job description.One of Yaich's duties will be making the call when a snow event goes into place in the borough, signaling residents to move their vehicle to one side of the road or another, per the snow ordinance, allowing for plows to operate."Vince has been with the borough for 30 years and is a high-ranking official in our fire department," councilman John McGuire said. "I can't think of a more dedicated person for the position."Yaich previously made just over $54,000. His salary will increase to $68,000 with the added duties.According to council, the majority of the salary will come from the borough water account, with the increase divided up between sanitation, streets and sewer accounts.Yaich's benefit package will remain the same. He will report to borough manager Maureen Sterner.Traffic plan changesIn other action Thursday, council took the first steps in changing traffic flow on the east side of town.Unanimous approval was given for EnTech Engineering to draw up plans that would route traffic one way on Front Street from North to Center Street when both lanes would be active again down to the Jim Thorpe Market.Second Street would also become one way from Center to North Street.Mayor Michael Sofranko said the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation would pay for the signage and line painting as part of the Route 903 bridge project.Memorial Hall billsCouncil once again paid almost $8,000 from its sanitation fund to cover Memorial Hall costs over the past month.Councilwoman Joanne Klitsch said $81,000 was borrowed from the borough's general and sanitation funds in 2015 to support the hall."We own the loan for the building," McGuire said. "Any time the hall's operations can't cover the cost of the mortgage, we have to pay the bill. We have no choice."When asked about the future of the building last year, council said it was not for sale."It's a decision everyone is gearing toward," McGuire said Thursday night. "We have to stop our sentimental thinking of we have to keep it because it's the hall."McGuire said he hoped discussions with Sterner and Jim McHugh, who runs the hall, would help the borough come to a consensus on the future of the building.