The Mars Borough sign. Butler Eagle file photo.

MARS — Borough council discussed selling a plot of land on Church Street owned by the borough at its meeting Monday night.

“We really don’t use it for anything, and we don’t really have a planned use for it,” council president Mike Fleming said.

Solicitor Chris Reese explained that council would need to sell the property through a process of accepting bids or by holding a public auction, according to the state code, unless the property is sold to another government agency or certain nonprofits.

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