SLIPPERY ROCK — Borough council discussed the possible widening of a street and implementing a pension board at its meeting Tuesday night.

Discussion centered on Midway Street being widened by 2 feet on either side to accommodate a change from a one-way to a two-way street.

Shawn Pugh, borough manager, said Police Chief Terry Fedokovitz and the borough’s code officer raised the issue of not being able erect signs to enforce the one-way traffic.

“There’s no place to put one-way signs, and people don’t want them on their property,” Pugh said.

Councilman Ron Steele was opposed to the widening. He said money to widen the street could be used to pave roads that need it.

“Why do I want to spend the extra money in widening it? The list (of streets to be paved) I gave is more important than two-way (traffic) on Midway,” he said.

Council President Jeff Campbell suggested a meeting be set up with the parties bringing the issue forward as well as the streets committee and borough manager.

Pugh suggested that council vote next meeting on his proposed implementation of a three-person pension board which would research options for changing pension plans for uniformed and nonuniformed borough employees.

“The board would consist of myself, someone uniformed, so police, and some from the street department to decide on where we want to invest our pension money in the future,” he said.

Pugh also brought up the need for future purchases of a new code officer vehicle and Tasers for the police department. Those two investments could cost greater or equal to $20,000, but a decision need not be made until later in the year.

Council members discussed a desire to go paperless during future meetings, even proposing the purchase of iPads for a council member needing to view agendas and packets. Members agreed to economize paper in the future, but decided against purchasing iPads.

Tom McPherson of Slippery Rock Development addressed the board about the vacant lot for sale by the Main Street intersection. He said their past bid of $75,000 was rejected, but Slippery Rock Development would like to purchase the land.

“It’s important to many for it to remain a green space. Development will be starting a campaign to put in a new bid. We hope to come up with a fair and honest price,” he said.

The campaign letter given to council stated that an anonymous donor agreed to match all gifts for the effort up to $100,000. Bids will be accepted until May 3.

Council will vote on discussed topics at its March 8 meeting.