The first item on the agenda for the December 2014 meeting of Lowhill supervisors was an address by Larry Wiersch, CEO of Cetronia Ambulance Corps.

With the knowledge Northwestern Ambulance Corps would be closing its doors in February due to a lack of funding, Wiersch was visiting the affected townships to address coverage issues.

"The reason I'm here tonight is to discuss Cetronia's ambulance coverage of the township," he said.

According to Wiersch, Lowhill Township coverage is split between Cetronia and Northern Valley.

"We are going to go live with our services in Weisenberg and will have an ambulance at their fire station," he said.

Cetronia was also in the process of discussing with both Heidelberg and Lynn townships as to how they can be best served when Northwestern closes its doors.

"We are going to have a stakeholders meeting of individual municipalities to see how we can cover the area as a whole," he said.

Wierch also noted Cetronia was getting calls from residents asking who would be covering them.

"Whether we are primary or not, if we get called to a certain area, obviously we are going to go," said Wiersch. "The question is, what is a reasonable response time?"

In addition to coverage, he said residents have asked what is going to happen to their subscription money already paid to Northwestern for 2015.

Chairman Richard Hughes proposed, and the board agreed, to be part of a committee with other municipalities to discuss options and to help determine what is best for their respective communities.

In other matters, members of the Good Will Fire Company, Germansville, asked supervisors for a letter of support to submit as part of its application for a federal grant.

The grant, through FEMA, is designated for assisting fire departments in apparatus replacement.

Fire Chief Jay Scheffler told the board Good Will is applying for approximately $600,000 for the purchase of a Quint, an engine with both a water tank and a 79-foot ladder.

The new piece of equipment would replace the existing 23-year-old truck.

"We have some money in our truck fund, but it takes us about 10 years to save $100,000." said Assistant Fire Chief Randy Metzger, "So you have to look outside the box for funding and it never hurts to try."

"Well, we support you." said Hughes, as he signed a letter in support of the application.