Upper Macungie Township resident Alex Tamerler took exception to the proposed installation of a truck check area, as discussed by Police Chief Edgardo Colon at the supervisors' meeting at the end of 2013.

Tamerler said this would be a burden on drivers forcing them to stop at the station and be checked.

Truckers would lose valuable time as, he opined, they would have to stop for one-half hour to two hours at the check station.

He said police almost always find something wrong and because of this, truckers will try to avoid truck check stops by going on to side roads.

Tamerler, who has a trucking business, urged supervisors to talk to truckers on this subject.

He also said police could be doing more important things in the township instead of stopping trucks.

Supervisor Sam Ashmar recalled recent truck rollovers in the township and opined they could be the result of excessive speed.

Ashmar also gave the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police report.

The discussion is ongoing but he said Maxatawny Township has not sent any representatives to the previous four meetings. He chastised Maxatawny for having this indifference on this matter.

Ashmar also noted the Borough of Topton was behind in payment to the group.

In other matters, Ron Kistler, representative for Upper Macungie Township, spoke to the board on tax collections in the township.

He said under Act 32 of 2008, the county could select the tax collection agency for all the municipalities.

Under this Act, Berk-heimer was selected and started in 2012 with a three-year contract.

Since he is on the Lehigh County Tax Collection Committee, he is looking for citizen input on their collection experiences with Berkheimer.

In other business, two grants were received for the Fogelsville Dam project. A $34,100 matching grant was received from the Department of Environmental Protection along with a $106,000 grant.

The project will start in spring.

Upper Macungie Fire Commissioner Grant Grim reported the new fire truck was selected.

The truck will be a four-wheel drive unit with some options. Proposed price is $559,951.

Two trucks, No. 811 and No. 871, will be retired.

The new truck will be housed at the Fogelsville Fire Station.

Bids were opened for the sale of two of the township's trucks. L.V. Lieberman Excavating from Pen Argyl won the bid for one truck for a price of $8,785 and Donald Dietrich of New Tripoli won the bid for the second truck with a bid of $13,100.

The Lehigh County Humane Society was appointed animal control officer for the township for 2014.