Lansford residents weren’t happy about the borough’s snow removal efforts following last week’s snowfall.

The borough plows curb to curb following a snowfall of 4 inches or more, and Councilman Joseph Butrie, who chairs the public works department, said the borough only received 3 inches of snow.

Residents disputed the official amount and complained about the lack of snow removal on borough sidewalks, handicapped parking areas and streets in general.

Resident Tommy Vadyak, who uses a walker, said that he couldn’t attend a Christmas tree lighting in Kennedy Park on Sunday because of the conditions.

His wife, Alberta, pointed out that a disabled man fell because a handicapped space in the business district wasn’t cleared.

Another man, Jim Hadesty, took the borough to task for not clearing streets, and pointed out that parked vehicles shouldn’t be an excuse when the borough can tow violators.

“Put up ‘no parking’ signs to clear those areas to get them done, not sit there and use the excuse, ‘It’s because of parked cars,’ ” he said. “That is lame. It’s extremely lame.”

There are plenty of towing companies that want the business and would charge violators on top of what the police department gave out in fines, Hadesty said.

“Your police officers would have been able to put one on every one of those cars,” he said. “So, where’s the accountability?”

Hadesty called out Butrie, who said he can only post the streets but can’t have vehicles towed. He then called out the mayor and police department to ensure that officers are out ticketing vehicles.

Mayor Hugh Vrablic said that they often have only one officer on duty, but Hadesty wasn’t buying it — saying that unless they’re involved in a pursuit, they should be out doing their job.

“You’re talking revenue,” Hadesty said. “You need revenue. You ticket those cars. You got revenue coming in.”

Vrablic later, when giving the police report, which lists activity for the month, pointed out that police do write tickets. He listed 33 parking ordinance and violation tickets.

“So, they do write tickets, just so you know,” Vrablic said. “They write them.”

Hadesty responded, saying that they write one ticket a day, and then Vrablic screamed, “They write them!”

Hadesty also complained about dealings he had with the office staff and council president on other matters. He wanted a copy of the zoning ordinance and contact information for council members to resolve issues.

Hadesty suggested they get a petition together to have the state’s attorney general investigate borough council, which was met with applause.

Council President Bruce Markovich told him to bring in the petition, and he’d be the first to sign it.