Members of Alburtis Borough Council officially denied the request from Verizon Wireless for conditional use to build a wireless tower at 334 Walnut St. at the meeting Nov. 23.

The zoning decision shows the requirements for a conditional use were not satisfied due to the applicant’s lack of standing and “based on the findings of fact, it is clear that applicant is not a “landowner” or “developer” of any part of the property, and thus lacks standing to prosecute the instant conditional use application.”

Resolution 2015-6 authorizing the borough to lease the property to Verizon Wireless failed on a vote of 4-3 at the meeting Nov. 11, when Mayor Kathleen Palmer voted no to break a 3-3 tie. Construction of a tower would have interfered with the baseball field the children use.

In other business, Ann Friedenheim, of Lower Macungie Township, asked what can be done about tractor-trailer traffic on Franklin Street and State Road.

President Steve Hill said there is nothing the borough can do because the roads are state roads. Tractor-trailers are not permitted to drive through town with the exception of local deliveries. Councilperson David Lehr advised Friedenheim he has been communicating with PennDOT about many locations running through the borough.

The mayor suggested, and council agreed, a police officer should be sent for special training in the procedure of pulling over a truck and issuing a citation. Both Lower Macungie Township and Upper Macungie Township have been trained.

Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2015-6 authorizing the borough to enter into an agreement with Macungie Borough and Lower Macungie Township to apply jointly for grant funding for the purchase and use of toter (recycling) containers to increase recycling rates.

France, Anderson and Basile, P.C. was appointed Alburtis Borough’s independent auditor for the 2016 fiscal year when council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2015-7.

Council accepted and approved unanimously fiscal consultant Chris DeFrain’s report January through October.

Councilperson Sherryann Oels asked if the mailboxes were a dead issue. Palmer, who also voted no to break a 3-3 tie at the Nov. 11 meeting, advised Oels she thought the issue would be re-visited in January 2016.