Mars Borough Council has approved Mars Youth Football’s request for police coverage at games on Marburger Field.

“It’s the local organization that uses the field, and they have it for both practices and for playing games,” said Mayor Gregg Hartung. “So we’ve been talking to them about eventually having to have police participation.”

Hartung said that, while the borough always has an officer on duty, the resolution would provide a dedicated officer for games.

“So we’re talking about an additional officer, besides the one that’s on duty at the police department, to be available for the games,” Hartung said. “Not that there’s any issue; it’s just a matter of the size of the crowd and the parking situation. We need to have more support.”

The resolution sets an event rate for the dedicated officer at the games, according to Hartung, but some small details of the agreement had to be reworked in its approval.

“In general, it was approved,” Hartung said. “In terms of the final details, I think (secretary and treasurer Bonnie Forsythe) had to go back and make some adjustments.”

During its meeting Monday, March 6, council also opened discussion about a stream restoration project along Pittsburgh Street.

“This is something we’ve worked on with Chatham University for a while,” Hartung said. “It’s part of the stormwater, and it’s also part of the Breakneck Creek watershed conservation.”

The project to restore the stream, which runs in front of Penn Mar Plaza and St. John Specialty Care Center, will be done in cooperation with the Butler County Conservation District, according to Hartung.

“The two property owners where the streams go across and the borough are going to meet with the conservation district and detail what’s going to actually happen there,” Hartung said.

The meeting, he said, should be within the next two weeks.

“After our first meeting, we’ll have more information,” Hartung said.

Following up on the successful Blast Off Dinner last month, the borough gave approval for the Mars New Year Festival to be held this summer.

The event celebrating the red planet’s new year is scheduled for June 9 and 10 around the borough’s landmark flying saucer.

And that is not the only event the county has to look forward to in June.

“They also passed a resolution for the Brew Fest to be held on June 17,” Hartung said, “in downtown Mars.”

According to Mars New Year’s website, Brew Fest will feature “brews from Butler County and beyond” from 5 to 8 p.m.