Immediately following the Pledge of Allegiance, Lowhill supervisors met privately Aug. 3 for an executive session they said was to discuss employee matters.

Upon their return, Township Administrator Brian Carl discussed the letter received from the Environmental Protection Agency requesting Lowhill, as well as 30 other Lehigh Valley municipalities, improve their management of stormwater runoff.

The federal EPA announced June 24, some 85 municipalities in north central and northeast Pennsylvania need to "correct deficiencies with their respective Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) programs and to come into compliance with their Clean Water Act stormwater discharge permits."

Chairman Richard Hughes made a motion to accept a resolution to work with the EPA to bring the township into compliance with the Clean Water Act. Vice Chairman George Wessner Jr. seconded.

In other matters, Roadmaster Carl Kressley told supervisors there are two gravel driveways needing to be dealth with regarding stormwater runoff.

One is a single dwelling driveway at the intersection of Orchard and Farrier roads, Orefield.

Zoner Jim Kuhns, however, said the property owner cleans up any debris at the end of his driveway whenever it rains.

A shared driveway on Wertman Road in Fogelsville is also causing problems with debris being carried into the road by runoff.

Supervisors agreed to send letters to the property owners telling them they need to address the stormwater runoff and maintain the condition of the road connected to the driveways.

Solicitor Charles Waters said he did not see any reason to fine the property owners when they could be using the money to do repairs.

Kressley also showed supervisors photographs of a pothole and tire ruts on Schierer's Road, one of the access roads used for the Dirty Girl 5K Mud Run.

Some 2,500 vehicles were expected to navigate Schierer's and Browning roads for the two-day event in July.

Kressley said the damage wasn't bad given the number of vehicles using the road. He will have road crews fix the road and then tally a bill to be deducted from the organization's $5,000 escrow account.

Line painting and some oil and chipping are all that need to be done to complete the summer's road improvement projects.

Kressley is waiting to hear back from contractors with bids for the six miles of line painting on Hollenbach, Lowhill, Jordan and Ruheton roads.

So far, Kressley said he has only heard from A-1 Traffic Control Products of Douglassville with a bid of $2,098.72.

If he does not get bids from any other contractors, Hughes gave him permission to accept the lone bid to complete the project.

Township Tax Collector Carol Betz asked supervisors for $300 to $500 so she and Phyllis Breininger can attend the annual Pennsylvania State Tax Collector Convention on Oct. 10 and 11.

Hughes gave Betz permission for the funding as long as it does not exceed $500.