Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Lowhill supervisors met privately Sept. 4 for an executive session they said was to discuss employee matters.

Upon their return, Roadmaster Carl Kressley told supervisors crews have finished all oil and chipping projects for the township's roads.

Kressley reported six miles of line painting was completed by A-1 Traffic Control Products on Hollenbach, Lowhill, Jordan and Ruheton roads.

The ominous stump growing out of the shoulder of Bausch Road was dug out and filled in with millings.

Vice Chairman George Wessner Jr. told supervisors at July's meeting he did not think it was in the township's best interest to dump a lot of money into removing all the roots of the stump as the road is so lightly traveled.

Kressley said he will see how the patch holds up until next spring.

Other dirt roads in the township have been filled in with millings to prepare them for the upcoming winter.

Kressley also reported road crews have finished their third round of mowing, but the township's Tiger Mower is starting to get worn out.

The specialty mower is used for roadside trimming and for cutting back branches.

Chairman Richard Hughes suggested crews try using another mower not being used, but Kressley said the other mower does not have the capabilities of the Tiger Mower.

Hughes asked Kressley to see if he can get through the rest of this year with the existing mower. He said supervisors will make sure it is in the budget for next year.

Road inspections following the Dirty Girl 5K Mud Run July 12, revealed $3,175 worth of damage was done to Schierer's Road, one of the access roads used for the two-day event.

Kressley said the damage wasn't bad given the estimated 2,500 vehicles that used Schierer's and Browning roads for the event.

A $5,000 escrow account was created to pay for potential road repairs prior to the event.

Hughes made a motion to send the balance of $1,825 to Jaindl Farms as per the request of Human Movement Management, the Colorado-based event company that hosted the mud run.

Wessner seconded the motion.

Supervisors continued discussions on finding a permanent solution to the run-off caused by a shared gravel driveway on Wertman Road.

Road crews have plans to pave Wertman Road before the winter season, but there is an inland pipe in the way that will need removing before they continue.

Hughes said a permanent solution needs to be implemented in response to the debris accumulating at the base of the driveway on Wertman Road before any construction can proceed.

"It is the homeowners' responsibility to maintain the run-off," Hughes said.

Richard Smith and two other property owners who share the driveway attended the meeting to defend their reasoning not to pave the driveway.

Smith told supervisors he has a contractor developing alternative solutions to drain the run-off and that he had an estimate done a few years ago to pave the driveway.

He said the nearly $30,000 investment was too expensive when taking into consideration all the drainage required.

Smith told supervisors he and adjacent property owners would have a permanent improvement plan in place by Oct. 4.