Last year, the Mt. Carmel City Council voted to move forward with a Pennsylvania company’s plans to construct a solar energy system on city property at the waste water treatment plant. But now, Mayor Joe Judge says it’s a good idea for the city to explore the option of owning the system…

 At Monday’s City Council meeting, commissioners heard from Brad Morton of Morton Solar on ways the city council could benefit by taking ownership of the energy system. At the top of that list are the various incentives offered at the state and federal levels that could offset the vast majority of the costs. City attorney Derek McCullough said there are various aspects of the proposed contract with Keystone Energy that could prove problematic for the city in the future should incentives and tax breaks go away.