The Nov. 30 meeting of the Alburtis Borough Council began with the order to sell the borough’s 2010 Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser.

There were two people who bid on the car; Merideth Lemke and Jeff Briglia. Lemke bid $800 for the car, while Briglia bid $2,500. Borough Council decided unanimously to accept the highest bidder’s offer and sell Briglia the car.

The borough council members next discussed purchasing new recycling totes for the borough. Council debated whether to only purchase the totes they can afford with grant money received or if the borough should buy enough totes for everyone in the borough.

If the decision was to buy additional totes, the borough would get the extra money from a surcharge for waste management services. The surcharge would either be $4 every quarter or $16 each year.

The borough council decided to arrange a pick-up day where residents could come and pick up recycling totes if they want a new one.

The borough would keep track of people picking up totes based on a list of addresses to make sure residents do not take more than one.

Council decided to buy the totes with the grant money and see if there is a lot of interest.

In other meeting business, a maintenance request from the borough also was discussed. The request was for a tamper from Sander Power Equipment.

The borough decided to purchase either a two-cycle Wacker BS50-2 Rammer or a 4-cycle Honda Wacker BS50-4 Rammer, each of which cost $1,450.

Borough council members talked about funds Alburtis was given from the Federal Emergency Managemen Agency after Winter Storm Jonas hit the Lehigh Valley. The funds were used to lay salt and clear roads and other public areas.

Council members also discussed the process of getting a Costco membership for the borough. The business membership would cost $55. The problem is there can only be two names on the membership.

Council debated switching the names on the membership card from year to year.

It was decided the membership card would be left at the borough offices along with borough credit cards, instead of them belonging to people who work for the borough.

Meeting discussion closed with a talk about Penn Bid. Penn Bid is a service that posts projects online and allows qualified professionals to bid on them. The service is free, but it takes a small percentage of the money from a bid. Penn Bid helps get projects out to the right people. Council voted unanimously to join Penn Bid.

The next council meeting will be Dec. 14.

Alburtis Borough Council meets the second and last Wednesdays of each month. Meetings are held 7 p.m. in the Alburtis Borough Hall.