Township Manager Daniel DeLong had some good news for Upper Milford supervisors at the close of their brief Dec. 3 meeting, as a result of the extremely mild fall.

“Last year at this time,” he reported, “we were well into our [road] salt pile.”

During the meeting, supervisors told Sweetwood Road resident Aaron Scharper they would look into the feasibility of residents funding a speed limit sign on the road.

A few weeks ago, Scharper appeared at a board meeting complaining about the amount of speeding on the road and asking supervisors to consider posting 35 mph speed limit signs. (If there is no posted speed limit on a road, the limit is presumed to be 55 mph.)

Supervisors asked Planning Coordinator Brian Miller to conduct a traffic study of the thoroughfare, but at their last meeting, decided the results of the four-day study did not warrant posting the road.

The average speed on the road, according to the study, was 38 mph.

Scharper was back before the board last week, criticizing supervisors’ decision and asking if it would be possible for the residents themselves to raise the $1,000 needed to post a speed limit sign.

Supervisor Robert Sentner, acknowledging a handful of drivers had been clocked at more than 60 mph, said, “You always get a few people who go really fast. A sign wouldn’t stop them.”

Scharper said if the road was posted, a trooper could periodically park there looking for offenders and it would be a deterrent.

In other action, supervisors waived the rule all employees must use their vacation time within a calendar year, allowing those who have not taken all their time to carry it over into next year. DeLong said because of staffing shortages in the township office, it has been tough for some employees to take all their vacation this year.