Traffic enforcement is being stepped up in the Green Acres area of Salisbury Township.

"We have a dangerous situation with the school and residents," Commissioner Joanne Ackerman said of the Ott Street and Green Acres Drive area where she resides.

"My husband counted three school buses that blew the stop sign," Ackerman said.

"I talked with the firemen and they agreed it's a real problem. The firemen feel it's an urgent matter.

"They literally had to stop to avoid cars. And they're trying to get out as fast as possible," Ackerman said of the Western Salisbury Fire Department facility.

Salisbury Township Police Chief Allen W. Stiles said Salisbury Township Police Officer Bryan Losagio has looked into the matter and will do so again.

"As far as the school buses, that's something we can look into," Stiles said.

Township officials said the school buses are from various school districts and pick up and drop off students attending The Swain School. "If they close the gate [at the school's back entrance], they go through my yard," Ackerman claimed. "It's just terrible."

"We can certainly do more enforcement," Stiles said, adding Losagio could contact Swain officials about the matter.

"I'll put some officers out there," Stiles said.

Commissioner Vice President Debra Brinton asked whether there are similar traffic problems at Eastern Salisbury Fire Company.

"We have more of a straight-line vision," Commissioner James Seagreaves, an Eastern volunteer, said of the facility's East Emmaus Avenue and Honeysuckle Road location.

Brinton suggested Ackerman's husband attempt to write down bus numbers and license plate letters and numbers.

"If he gets the information, we can make a contact," Stiles said.

"That's something that can be talked about to the school board," Brinton said of Ackerman's complaints.

Ackerman thanked Stiles and Salisbury Township Director of Public Works John Andreas for the placement of traffic signs in the Green Acres area.

In other police matters aired at the Oct. 9 commissioners' meeting, Stiles said parking rules are being enforced at the Legacy Place construction project.

Stiles said vehicles were parked on both sides of Bevin Drive. Vehicles were also parked along Regent Court.

"Also, I noticed they were doing gas line construction and had no cones," Stiles said.

No parking signs were posted as of Oct. 8, Andreas said.

"It would have been very difficult for us to get ambulances there," according to Stiles.

Stiles said he met Oct. 8 with the Legacy+ Place project manager. Stiles suggested using the Devonshire Park parking lot for construction workers' vehicles. "Most of those parking places are not used," Stiles said.

Parking was also suggested at a nearby strip mall.

As of Oct. 8, the vehicles were no longer parking in the restricted areas, Stiles said.

Stiles said he took the initiative concerning the parked vehicles. He said he had not gotten complaints from residents about the parked vehicles.

Legacy Place Cottages, 2051 Bevin Drive, is a $6.5-million project of two single-story, 30,000-square-feet buildings by Serfass Construction of North Whitehall Township for the nonprofit Jah-Jireh Homes of America as an assisted living facility for Jehovah's Witnesses.

In his report to commissioners, Stiles said 120 archery permits and one junior hunting license permit have been issued for Walking Purchase Park.

The testing phase of the surveillance cameras in the park is nearing completion. "I hope we'll be able to get more information on who is dumping [trash] down there," Stiles said.

In other business at the Oct. 9 meeting, commissioners voted 4-0, with one commissioner absent, to approve the 2014-2015 employment and lease agreement with Charles Durner, drop-off center care supervisor and Franko Farm Park caretaker. The agreement is unchanged from the previous year.

Andreas said leaf collection signs have been posted. "We'll be geared up for leaf collection before you know it," Andreas said.

During the Oct. 9 workshop, the dates of upcoming commissioners' meetings were discussed.

The Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Day holiday and the Dec. 25 Christmas holiday are on dates when commissioners' meetings would have been scheduled.

The meeting schedule was also discussed pertaining to 2015 budget deliberations.

Commissioners usually meet the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, which would be Nov. 13 and 27.

The 7 p.m. Nov. 13 commissioners' meeting will be held as planned. Commissioners will also meet 7 p.m. Nov. 6 and Nov. 20. There will be no meeting Nov. 27.

Commissioners will meet 7 p.m. Dec. 4 and 18, and not Dec. 11 and Dec. 25.

The budget is expected to be adopted Dec. 18.

Commissioners are expected to vote on the revamped November and December meeting dates at the next meeting, 7 p.m. Oct. 23, in order for meeting dates to be advertised.