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AVOCA &#8212; Borough council members approved the motion to submit a request for a Luzerne County Recreation and Conservation Grant at their monthly meeting on Thursday.The Luzerne County Council will decide how to distribute the $65,000 grant by judging the projects it will be used for.Council members say they will use the grant to spruce up parks by planting trees, repairing a pavilion rooftop at the Plane Street Park, installing new fences at the Avoca Dupont Little League Field and acquiring a new scoreboard for the little league field at West Avoca Park.The announcement for the grant will be made sometime in December.In other business council:&#8226; Announced that repairs to the traffic light on the intersection of Main and Hawthorne streets is almost completed. The light was damaged several months ago after it was struck by a tractor-trailer.&#8226; Approved a renewal quote for the Avoca Volunteer Fire Department Insurance Premium at an annual premium of $10, 471 which is a $280 increase from last the previous policy. The new policy will be in effect from Dec. 12, 2015 until Dec. 12, 2016.&#8226; Approved the TruGreen Renewal Quote of $1,072 to guarantee maintenance for all Avoca parks, which includes lawn service, grub control, fertilizers, weed control and crabgrass control from late spring into early fall of 2016.&#8226; Hired Michael Volch as a new full time employee with the street department at an hourly rate of $12.25 per hour.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Jimmy Fisherjfisher@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Jimmy Fisher at 570-704-3972 or on Twitter @SD_JimmyFisher</shirttailMeta></div>

Avoca Borough Council applying for grant to spruce up its parks