Weissport officials voiced their concerns over flooding after a recent round of storms.

“With those storms that we had,” Weissport Borough Council Member Brenda Leiby told the Council, “there was still one heck of a lake in front of the ice cream shop (Chantilly’s). The water was all the way up to the building. From Doyle Heffley’s place all the way to the ice cream shop and into the street, it was one big pond. It was such a hard rain, that I don’t think the drains could take it fast enough.”

According to Councilman Arland Moyer, the drain pipe is only a four inch pipe. Borough Council will look further into the issue.

Levee

Weissport Solicitor Greg Mousseau advised Borough Council that he received emails from council President Tom Ketchledge, who was not at the June 5 meeting, that Ketchledge received emails from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking for copies of four deeds from the Courthouse, and whether or not there was any kind of agreement between Weissport and Thomas W. McEvilly concerning the levee.

While the levee belongs to the Borough, McEvilly owns the property along the levee north of Bridge Street. The Army Corps would need to access the levee via McEvilly’s property.

The Army Corps of Engineers needs those documents to proceed with the project to make repairs to the levee system following past storms that created some damage and erosion to sections of the levee.

Other actions

• Hired Public Works employee Brian Person as of May 22 at $12/hour, not to exceed 15 hours per week.

• Moyer advised that the borough received an application for part-time summer help in the Public Works Dept.

• Weissport Police Chief Matthew Williams said during the month of May, he responded to 21 calls, including one criminal arrest, one false identification to Law Enforcement, three traffic violations, three expired inspections, one disorderly conduct, and one parking ticket.

• Moyer reported that for the month of May, $3,765.53 was collected in garbage fees. Taxes collected for May were $17,235.26.

• Council will begin updating ordinances and will see about putting the ordinances online.