Upper Macungie Township Police Department's K-9, Pako, was officially retired at the supervisors' April meeting.

Supervisor Chairman Jim Brunell read a proclamation lauding the service Pako had given the township.

The K-9 was responsible for finding people, discovering hidden drugs and apprehending criminals.

Pako who is almost 9 and a half years old and had suffered an accident while in training, resulting in him having a stroke from which he is still recovering.

He will be living the rest of his years with his handler and partner, Officer Ryan Rhoads.

In other matters, three new employees were welcomed into the township's labor force.

Lynn Pigliacampi will take over for Valerie Brosky in Parks and Recreation.

Cindy Yaskowski will replace Karen Loehr in the sewer authority and David Malischewski will be a new patrol officer replacing Michael Heins in the police department.

Kushner Real Estate Group, represented by Tom Gough and Rick Roseberry of Maser Consulting, asked supervisors for a building height restriction waiver and a waiver on the number of units to construct luxury apartments on Nursery Street in Lehigh Hills lot 5.

They are seeking to revise a previously approved plan by reducing the number of structures but not increasing the density.

The new proposal would have less of a building footprint than the previous plan.

The lot is approximately 51 acres. Proposed are seven, four story, one- and two-bedroom apartment buildings with elevator service.

The development would not be age restricted. Garages will be constructed on the first floor with access to the rear of the buildings.

Proposed rents would be $1,200 to $1,500 per month.

Michael De Selm, on the board of directors of Applewood, questioned the proposal.

He was concerned with the additional noise and traffic which would occur if the plot is developed.

He also questioned the visibility of the buildings from the Applewood development.

The developer has promised to improve Nursery Street and has done helium balloon tests to show the building visibility from Applewood homes would be limited.

Kathy Rader gave the Recreation Board report. She said the board still needs two volunteers and the zoning hearing board needs an alternate.

Movies in the Park will be offered June 15 (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb).

The public works crew is busy patching roads, sweeping, trimming trees and fixing signs.

Scott Faust reported PennDOT will start patching potholes on Route 100 and Dan Olpere added PennDOT is scheduled to redo Route 100 in 2017 or 2018.

The police report was given by Deputy Chief Joe Wilson.

Total calls for service were 658. There were 454 traffic citations and 22 reportable crashes.

The leading crime was DUI with eight offenses. Motor Carrier program showed there were 25 citations issued with 117 violations discovered.

The fire company report given by Grant Grim showed 88 fire inspections in March with 217 to date.

Total inspections for the year were 850. A total of 102 emergency responses were reported with Station 8 having 312, Station 25 with 35 and Station 56 finishing with 36. A total of 232 EMS responses occurred.

Resident Floyd Charles deplored the constant disregard for the stop signs on Chapmans Road between Warba and Russet. He told the board drivers are continually running stop signs going northbound on Chapmans Road.

Wilson will investigate the situation.