A basketball court in Summit Hill which in the past few years had a major makeover could potentially be closed.

It’s all up to the people using it.

Summit Hill Chief of Police Joseph Fittos Jr. said there are trash cans at the basketball court across from the borough hall but the people playing there instead toss their trash onto the ground. This results in the borough workers being forced to pick it up.

Although the council didn’t take any action, Fittos said he will request that the nets be removed if the littering continues.

Fittos said he will talk to the people using the courts and warn them of the action that could be taken if the messy situation continues.

“It should be common sense that they shouldn’t be littering,” he said.

Council member Karen Ruzicka suggested that a police officer might watch the court and then fine anyone seen littering.

She also pointed out that anyone seeing people littering can report them to the police.

Borough workforce supervisor Ronald Yuricheck said this isn’t the first issue he’s had at the courts. He said two years ago, padding was ripped off poles and used for seating.

“You give them something to do and they keep trashing everything,” he said.

In other business

• Council member Debra Ranck was given permission to look into splitting the electric feed of the Community Center and the adjoining Diligence Hose Company into separate lines.

She said one of the main reasons is because a generator wouldn’t be capable of serving both facilities. The split of the electric service would be needed if the Community Center were to be utilized as an emergency shelter.

Another reason she would like the split is to find out how much electricity the Community Center is using so that rates for renting the facility can be adjusted to cover operating costs.

• Ranck will also check with contractors to see if improvements can be done to the heating system at the borough buildings.

• David Wargo, a councilman, said the Emergency Services Committee did a walking tour of the town to check on quality of life violations. He said the committee found 28 properties with violations. He said the committee was acting with permission of the borough council. Complaints were filed with the borough on those 28 property owners, and they will be notified.

• Wargo also said the economic committee came up with two immediate recommendations for helping to keep the town looking good.

One is that plowed or hauled snow no longer gets dumped on the sidewalks or walkways of Ludlow Park or at the entrance of Ginder Park.

The other is that street sweeping occur on Ludlow Street every four to six weeks.

• The council agreed to purchase a Husqvarna Zero Turn mower from M&S Hardware in the amount of $7,599.96.

• Yuricheck was given permission to bid on a truck at a PennDOT online auction. He can bid up to $15,000.

• The council agreed to sell a 1991 Ford L9000 dump truck via bid. It is to be sold as is.

• Barbara Winkler-Scott was reappointed to the borough’s Recreation Commission for another two-year term.

• Gabrielle Moss was granted to use the Ginder pavilion on May 18, from noon to 6:30 p.m. for a birthday party and baby shower.

• The Summit Hill Shade Tree Commission will be holding its annual tree-planting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Ginder field.