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Fire chief gives report on company

Weisenberg Volunteer Fire Company Chief Scott Freeman was the first person heard at the Weisenberg Township supervisors meeting.

He asked to give the fire company report first so he could attend another meeting that night.

Pictures of the new fire truck are on the website for viewing.

Firefighters will have a car wash 8:30-11:30 a.m. Aug. 16 at the fire station. A meat pie sale is currently under way.

Choices include 9-inch or 6-inch chicken, sausage or beef pies. Orders must be in by Aug. 25 with pickup Sept. 11 at the fire station 4:30-6 p.m. An order form is available at the township office.

Hunt Meadows Estates lot line adjustment was the only subdivision on the agenda. After studying the plan, the board gave its approval.

A garage, constructed on one of the properties, was built too close to the property line.

The plan was represented by William Beitler, surveyor, and concerned the properties at 2912 and 2920 Musket Road.

The speed study results were in and the conclusion was there should be a speed limit on Mohr Lane between Apple and Wertman roads and also on Bausch Road.

The speed limit on Mohr Lane will be set at 35 mph to make it consistent with the rest of the road. Likewise, the speed limit will be set on Bausch Road at 30 mph to be consistent with the speed in Lynn Township.

The ordinances will be advertised for adoption at the next meeting.

A discussion was held on the collection of delinquent real estate taxes.

The Northwestern Lehigh School District uses Portenoff Law Associates and has been very successful. The solicitor was asked to review the agreement designating Portenoff as collector for Weisenberg for next month's meeting.

Matt Ehrig, representing Palram, brought to the board a problem with a utility easement. It seems recently planted trees in the easement are hindering the access to utility poles by Met Ed.

The easement is on the Palram side of the property line between Waste Management and Palram.

They need a drive in easement whereby they can service and access the poles if needed in the future.

Twenty-two pine trees, approximately 10 feet to 12 feet in height, were planted.

The board will take some of the trees and plant them on the recreation field.

Roadmaster Tony Werley and Administrator Brian Carl will check for locations to place the trees.

Werley told the board they have received the new zero turn mower and are currently learning how to use the machine.

The crew is helping with Night in the Country, Aug. 16 at the Northwestern Recreation Commission Community Park.

Supervisor Linda Gehringer was contacted by Greenwich Township representatives about the condition of Old Route 22.

PennDOT has not given any indication as to what it will do with the road.

Greenwich was wondering if Weisenberg Township would be interested in going along with having a study done on the road and note the condition for future reference.

She suggested Penn-DOT's word is not reliable and any damage which occurs from detouring traffic from I-78 should be documented.

The board agreed to this, conditioned upon the cost.

Administrator Brian Carl said the weed problem from last month on Hailey Court was taken care of as well as another one on Bleiler Hill Road.

Zoning classes and subdivision and land development classes are proposed and Carl will attend each of them.

A draft copy of the ordinance codification has been received and will be checked to ascertain accuracy of the book.