Now that the YMCA is leaving town...

How bad do people in the borough want a recreation center, since the YMCA on East Chestnut Street is leaving? That's what borough officials may soon find out.

This Tuesday, during a combined work and voting session, Borough Council is going to consider selecting a firm, Kimmel Bogrette Architecture, to complete a feasibility study for a recreation center. If council approves this idea, the firm will conduct surveys and gather information to determine if residents want a borough-owned rec center and if they are willing to pay for it through their taxes. What has been discussed at the committee level and what may come up Tuesday night is how to pay for the study. Overall, it would cost the borough about $57,700 to allow Kimmel to complete both phases of a study. The first phase would cost about $17, 900.

The council meeting is at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall.