The Alburtis Borough Council meeting of March 25 was not a business as usual meeting and there were more people present.

Tony and Sarah Seims, of Alburtis, with four of their children, three Alburtis police officers, Macungie Mayor Gary Cordner, three Scout leaders and nine Boy Scouts from Troop 86 attended the meeting.

Police Chief Robert Palmer reported 1 a.m. March 12 Officer Cory Fluck answered a maternity call on Ridgeview Drive.

When Fluck arrived at the home of Tony and Sarah Seims, he was relieved to find Tony Seims, the father, had already delivered his baby girl. Seims told Fluck a second baby was on the way. There was a complication with the delivery but Fluck knew what to do and safely delivered a baby boy. Police Chief Palmer presented a trophy to Fluck for "Outstanding Service."

"And for a safe delivery," Chief Palmer said as he presented the trophy.

Sarah Seims showed everyone her little baby boy soundly sleeping in a carrier and held the child up for council members to see, and "oohs and ahhs" were heard. The baby girl did not attend the meeting.

Mayor Kathleen Palmer introduced Macungie Mayor Gary Cordner who thanked borough council members for the help Macungie received from Alburtis during a destructive and dangerous dwelling fire in Macungie March 13.

"Officer Fluck was also instrumental in clearing the last house in the dwelling fire in Macungie the very next day," Mayor Palmer added.

In other meeting business, Christopher Greb, operations manager of Macungie Ambulance Corps, presented the 2014 report to borough council. In 2014, the corps responded to 3,312 calls for assistance, 116 of which were to Alburtis. The ambulance corps also responded to 25 special operations incidents, an all-time high. The volume of calls has increased steadily, Greb said. Over the past 20 years the number of calls increased from 837 to 3,312 calls.

Meanwhile, through the community outreach and education program, corps members trained more than 950 people in CPR, first aid and other medical areas. The corps held 56 American Heart Association training sessions and sponsored 13 continuing education sessions for their members and other emergency responders. In 2014 the corps received the AHA "Mission Lifeline EMS Silver Performance Achievement Award." The corps also received recognition under the pediatric voluntary recognition program from the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council at the master level for care of children with medical emergencies.

Greb finished by addressing the Boy Scouts of Troop 86 at the meeting. Greb noted he had made it to Life Rank when he was in Scouts and encouraged all the boys to go for the rank of Eagle Scout.

The Scouts attended the meeting to earn their "Citizenship in the Community" merit badge, required of to reach Life Rank before earning Eagle Scout status. Council President Steve Hill, other councilmembers and Greb answered questions from the Scouts.

Alburtis Volunteer Fire Dept. #1 and Alburtis Police Department will both celebrate centennials in 2015. Plans continue for commemoration, including a parade scheduled Sept. 12.

Alburtis firefighters responded to 15 calls in February, according to a report presented at the meeting, including four calls in Alburtis, one in Upper Macungie Township, six in Lower Macungie Township, one in Kutztown and two in South Whitehall Township. Fire department members continue with their training. The group raised $650 selling St. Patrick's Day shirts and pizza.

The oil tank at Alburtis Lockridge Church is old and should be replaced, Peg McCormack, a member of council, said. There was a discussion about the tank and heating system, painting the exterior of the windows, lighting, landscaping, trees, a gazebo and other items. The tank does not look nice where it is and building a fence around it would make it and the building look a lot better, according to meeting discussion.

McCormack suggested applying for a $2,000 matching funds Main Street Lehigh Valley Foundation grant to be used for the new oil tank.

Council members also might consider building cluster mailboxes on Main Street.

Council passed a motion to apply for two grants, one for the oil tank and one for cluster mailboxes.

Should a grant for the oil tank be obtained, it was suggested building a fence around the oil tank would be a good project for an Eagle Scout candidate. Life Scout Logan Flammer of Wescosville volunteered to build the fence and council passed a motion approving him to do the project.

In other meeting news, council members unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 530, the mutual aid agreement with Macungie Borough.

Council unanimously passed Resolution No. 2015-3 appointing Brian DeRienzo, Bernard Servagno and Robyn Petrie to the borough planning commission.

Meanwhile, plans continue about installing a cellphone tower in the borough. AT&T requested an extension to June 30. Council passed a motion unanimously granting the requested extension.

Other action taken by council was approval of the minutes of the last meeting of payment of bills.