North Whitehall Township Manager Jeff Bartlett said the township continues to handle complaints over neglected lawn maintenance.

Nearly 15 properties are still on the mower's most wanted list.

Bartlett said although more than a dozen liens have been levied against property owners, he only expects to receive correspondence from two.

The abandoned homes and undeveloped lots are not facing foreclosure because owners are paying the property taxes.

Bartlett said banks do not want the burden of maintaining the abandoned homes and would rather negotiate with property owners.

"It's not just unsightly," Bartlett said at the supervisors' July 7 board meeting. "It's a safety issue."

He described overgrown brush and weeds as a perfect hiding place for ticks and groundhogs.

Except for some crack sealing and work on Coplay Creek Road, all paving and road maintenance projects have been completed on schedule.

Bartlett said the township was awarded $487,000 from the state for road improvements this year and expects all road repairs to wrap up by the start of the school year.

"They are really doing a nice job out there," said Bartlett, of the crews working on Coplay Creek Road.

Vice Chairman Steve Pany said he will look at Redwood Drive and see if it warrants a "Watch Children" sign.

The request, brought to the supervisors last month, is an effort to reduce speeding on the residential road connecting Presidential Drive to Georgia Drive. The posted speed limit is 25 mph.

Secretary Brenda Norder announced to the board township offices in Lehigh County will be closed Aug. 1 so employees can attend the Lehigh County Association of Township Officials convention at the Schnecks-ville Fire Company.

Heather Skorinko, of 1848 Clearview Road, asked supervisors to have employees be more respectful of her property. She said a truck carrying brush left behind debris as it traveled along Clearview Road.

She said the township employees who responded to clean up the debris tossed the branches onto a field on her property.

Ed Ziegler of Slatington asked supervisors about the status of a warning traffic light at the intersection of Levans and Mauch Chunk roads, in front of Ironton Elementary School.

Ziegler told the board speeding at the intersection has been a problem for a long time.

"Someone is going to get killed," Ziegler said.

Pany said the roads in question are owned by the state and, therefore, any traffic suggestions would have to be made to PennDOT.