Newly hired Heidelberg Zoning Officer Ron Helman has submitted a letter of resignation, Director of Office Operations Forrest Wessner III reported at the Aug. 9 supervisors meeting.

Wessner, who said Helman was finding the job too much along with his work for Coplay Borough, thanked him for his three months of service and wished him well.

Later in the meeting, Wessner recommended reappointing Keystone Consulting Engineers, Wescosville, to serve as zoning officer for the rest of the year.

He said things went smoothly with Keystone serving in that capacity during the transition after former zoning officer Dan Stonehouse's departure.

The appointment was approved.

The meeting began with an executive session dealing with an employee matter concerning potential litigation, according to Chairman David Fink.

Another such session was by telephone conference the previous evening, Fink said.

In other business, Donald Trexler presented final and sewage planning modules for a minor subdivision plan.

After reviewing the plans, the board voted to approve them conditionally on acceptance of the sewage planning module by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Roadmaster Kevin Huber was asked during his monthly report what would be done with the old road signs, now that they have been replaced. He said they would be scrapped.

Supervisor Steve Bachman asked if there could be a fundraiser to sell the old signs.

"I think the public already has enough of them," said Fink, which brought laughter.

"I think they should be scrapped," Wessner said, and the board concurred.

Township Administrator Janice Bortz reported on various items, including the question raised last month about residents paying a tax for public streetlights.

"PPL says if we decide we don't want them, then they'll remove them," Bortz said.

Township Solicitor Charles Waters was asked if the township would then need to rescind the tax.

He replied the tax probably should be rescinded in that case.

"We could keep the lights and the township could pay for them or we could keep it as it is," Bortz said.

She researched the history of the tax and found that it was first instituted in 1954 or 1955, at a rate of 20 cents per foot annually.

The light poles were authorized in 1924 at the request of residents, she said. Fink asked that letters be sent to residents having the lights to ask if they want to keep and pay for them.