Salisbury Township officials are revisiting an east side stormwater runoff problem a resident describes as "Niagara Falls" on his property.

The township board of commissioners voted 4-0, with one commissioner absent April 23, to approve spending up to $2,500 for Salisbury Township Consulting Engineer David J. Tettemer of Keystone Consulting Engineers, Inc., to determine how alleged flooding in the vicinity of Public Road can be mitigated.

Commissioner Robert Martucci, Jr., who represents Ward 1 where Public Road is located, made the motion, seconded by commissioner President James A. Brown.

David Eckhardt and Linda and Kenneth Smith, who live along Public Road, which is in a hilly area north of Broadway, first brought the runoff problem to the attention of commissioners at the July 24, 2014, township meeting.

Tettemer and Salisbury Township Director of Public Works John Andreas have inspected the area.

Martucci brought up the matter again at the April 23 township meeting.

"He gets flooded out," Martucci said of Eckhardt's property. "John [Andreas] and Dave [Tettemer] are working up a plan," Martucci added.

"This water travels along a path that has been eroded," Andreas explained to commissioners. "Due to the intensity of the storms, he's been impacted."

At last year's meeting, the neighbors claimed the runoff problem was made worse when curbing was installed. "It comes over like Niagara Falls into my yard," Eckhardt claimed. Andreas said the runoff that occurs is on private, not township, property.

At the April 23 meeting, Salisbury Township Solicitor Atty. John W. Ashley cautioned, "I don't want to say that the township caused the problem."

"Under heavy storms, the homeowner has some flooding," Tettemer confirmed, adding, "The swale cannot handle all the water and it floods his property. This happens repeatedly."

Tettemer said he would put together a drainage plan.

"You have to make sure you don't move the problem further down the mountain," Ashley said.