Carnegie will have sufficient funds to pay its 2009 bills, borough Manager Whitney Brady announced Monday night. "The year's ending on a good note," she said.

Council continued its monthly voting session until 6 p.m. Dec. 28, when it is expected to approve the 2010 general fund, liquid fuels fund and sewer fund budgets. The proposed $4.4 million spending plan would hold the property tax rate at 7.2 mills.

Ms. Brady also reported that Carnegie has collected about half of the outstanding amount owed on delinquent sewer accounts. The borough estimated in October that about $300,000 was past due.

Those accounts that have not been cleared in full have been placed on four-month installment payment plans, Ms. Brady added.

Officials emphasized that these payments are for past-due amounts and that residents also must pay current charges to avoid the threat of losing water service.

Sewer charges are included with bills from Pennsylvania-American Water Co.

Also on Monday, council approved a $1 million tax anticipation loan from PNC Bank for 2010 and a $429,275 contract with Mongiovi & Son to repair sewer lines.

The E-Lane condominium complex on Washington Avenue gained council's approval as a planned unit development with nine 1,100-square-foot dwellings on a one-acre site.

Council also named James L. Bennett a part-time school crossing guard and approved advertising an ordinance that would prohibit parking on the south side of Diamond Alley between Fourth and Fifth streets.

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