The Summit Hill Borough Council agreed on Monday to purchase new microphones to be used in the council room of the borough hall.

On the recommendation of council member Karen Ruzicka, it was agreed by a 5-1 vote to purchase the mics from Amazon at a cost of $1,089. The only councilman opposed was David Wargo. Council member Michael Alabovitz was absent.

Ruzicka has been pushing for a microphone system in the borough hall for several months. She received support from Gino DeGiosio, who said it sometimes is difficult to hear conversations during council meetings.

DeGiosio said he favors making the purchase from Amazon because they have “a liberal return policy.”

In other business

• The council unanimously approved granting two parking spaces along the unit block of West Ludlow Street to Karissa Smith for her business, Salon Essence. The business is located in the building also housing Vermillion Dental Office.

The matter has been discussed for the past few months, but council agreed to the request when property owner Richard Vermillion sent a letter to the borough giving permission to use the spaces.

The two spaces are in front of a lot on which a Switchback coal car replica has been placed.

• Ruzicka said yoga classes sponsored by the Recreation Commission in the Hilltop Community Center each Wednesday are well-attended. She said there will be no class on the last week of June because of a scheduling conflict at the center.

• The borough’s community yard sale in Summit Hill will be held July 9. Any resident wanting to have their location placed on a map should contact the borough secretary at the borough hall and pay a $5 fee.

• Wargo said a Community Development Committee meeting will be held June 27 in the borough hall. The meetings are open to the public, he said.

• The council gave permission for St. Joseph’s Parish of the Panther Valley to hold their annual parish festival July 15-17 on the church grounds, to obtain a liquor license to serve alcoholic beverages and to have fireworks.

• Serenity in the Mountains Area of Narcotics Anonymous was granted permission to use Ginder Field on June 25 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for a kickball tournament.

• Permission was granted to the borough’s fire police to assist with traffic control on Route 902 during a Back the Blue motorcycle ride on July 30. The request was made by Barry Frey, fire police captain of the Lehigh Township Fire Company.

• Chief of Police Todd Woodward thanked the council for its support since promoting him to police chief last August.

• In his monthly report, Woodward said there were 507 calls handled.

There were seven criminal arrests, one juvenile criminal arrest, 22 traffic citations issues, 13 nontraffic citations issued and nine quality of life tickets issued.

• Police Officer Kodie Pituch, who completed a use of force training seminar at Wilkes University earlier this year, will get certified to train the course to the other officers in the department. The course at Wilkes was conducted by the FBI at no cost to the borough.

Pituch will attend a one-day training seminar on Aug. 11 at the Bucks County Training Center to complete training he needs to be an instructor. There is no cost to the borough.

• Pituch was also given permission to attend laser training in September, which will enable him to become an instructor in this field. The cost to the borough will be no more than $300.