District Attorney John Morganelli attended the March 11 Lehigh Township supervisors meeting to present a check for $3,176 to the police department.

"The money was seized by my office," Morganelli said. "The money will go for two assistant district attorneys, police departments and drug education programs. A total of $10,000 was seized."

Matt Engstrom, Lehigh Township detective, received recognition for participating in the investigation.

Police Chief Scott Fogel drafted a letter requesting that one-third of the seized money be used to enhance the department's computers.

"I appreciate local government," Morganelli said. "We rely on police departments. We try to turn back money to all parts of the county."

As the regular part of the meeting began, Supervisor Darryl Snover said Engineer Phil Malitsch was promoted to a partner in Hanover Engineering.

It was also announced during the meeting, that to sign up for emergency alerts such as road closures, people should go to the township website at www.lehightownship. com and click on Emergency Alert System. A sign-up page will appear. Information is available by email or text.

The public meeting at the firehouse will be held Wednesday, April 2, 7 p.m., to discuss ways to assist the company financially.

Supervisor Sandra Hopkins said the supervisors should be presented with a copy of company finances before the meeting.

A projection of equipment costs which was done in 2008 will be provided also. Roger Spade, fire company president, said a board member should present the historical aspects of the past few years.

A resolution was also adopted accepting maintenance responsibilities for a traffic light at the Walnut and Route 248 intersection. PennDOT will install it.

A list of changes to the recreation resolution was discussed during the meeting as well. One change would involve decreasing the percentage of Lehigh Township people on a team to qualify as local from 35 percent to 25 percent.

The requested change was not made.

Supervisor Keith Hantz said he would like to see a letter requesting such a change.

Dennis Hock, chair of the recreation board, said it is difficult reaching 35 percent.

The supervisors also announced fees for field rental will be raised to $50 for 1-1/2 hours.

"For what we have to put into the fields to maintain them I feel the change is reasonable," Snover said.

Lehigh Township Athletic Association will be able to use lights if needed to finish a 6 p.m. game. Township administrator Alice Rehrig said it costs $500 just to activate the lights once a month. It costs $55 to $60 to keep the lights on. With the tournament near the end of the season, the budget covered last year's electric bills.

Snover said there should be a record of who uses the lights, with the $500 to be spread among them.

Use of the food stand was raised to $15 at Berlinsville and Daniels-ville. There will be a $100 cleanup cost if it is not done by the user. Electrical equipment must be unplugged at the end of the season.

These changes were considered a draft and have not been adopted.

Fogel also said anything in the evidence room more than four years old will be disposed of by returning it to the original owner, sell at auction or donating it. Some pieces of evidence have been in the room for 10 years.

Cellblock renovations are a week away from completion. Fogel said the Public Works Department has done a great job, as good or better than outside companies would do.

The BMX group said it will try to form a nonprofit organization. The group also said insurance will be approximately $1,000.

Snover applauded them for moving forward.

Leo Livengood said 90 percent of his trucks on Poplar Drive are empty. People have been complaining about the noise.

Supervisor Cindy Miller commended public works personnel for road maintenance and wants such recognition relayed to the workers.