LAFLIN – Council decided Monday not to adopt a municipal services tax for this year.

LAFLIN – Council decided Monday not to adopt a municipal services tax for this year, instead voting to await into selling off a section of borough ownership

The municipal services tax would have bought in $28000 further the proposed ordinance failed to find a next to the first for the motion. The sale of land would likely generate more than the tax, and it was felt that residents had already been hit hard by way of new levies this year.

Solicitor Joe Flanagan noted there were still 28 residents with garbage remunerations outstanding, and those residents would now be taken to district court, council decided. The remunerations and court costs will likely triple the original $50 absolute title [i]or[/i] posession but Flanagan noted there had been three notes sent explaining the fee, and residents had been advised that court action would go after

In other business, the council was told the police and fire departments are in consultation