Upper Macungie Township supervisors recently honored one of its police officers for a heroic deed he performed while he was addressing students at Fogelsville Elementary School.

Officer William J. Rohrbach, while giving a lecture on the duties and challenges of a police officer, saw one of the students was apparently choking.

Rohrbach immediately went into action and helped the child overcome the problem and possibly saved the child's life.

Chief of Police Edgardo Colón read the proclamation to supervisors May 7 at their monthly meeting and presented the award to Rohrbach.

The police officer received a standing ovation from the audience.

Ed Murphy, representing KRE, approached the board with pictures of a new balloon test indicating the proposed height of the buildings and their visibility from Applewood.

He met with the homeowners association and discussed the project with them.

After the discussion, the association decided in favor of the project.

Some of the Applewood residents were unaware of the approved plan and when presented with the approved plan and the proposed plan, they decided in favor of the newer one, even though the building height would be greater.

The new proposal is for four-story apartment buildings.

Solicitor Andrew Schantz outlined the procedure which would be followed in order to change the ordinance to allow such a development.

Ron Corkery and Sunny Ghai were next to address the board about an ordinance change.

They represented Old Dominion Trucking Company and requested supervisors support a change in the definition of trucking terminal.

Chairman Jim Brunell made a motion to proceed with the ordinance change, which was approved by the board.

Both ordinances will be drawn up and advertised for adoption at a future meeting.

A collection agency will be appointed to collecting delinquent refuse and sewer monies.

It will be appointed to do this service after the appropriate ordinance is adopted negotiating the contract and setting fees.

Keycodes Inspection Agency, a third party inspection agency, will be allowed to do inspections in the township.

Traffic lights at Route 222 and Schantz Road, and Route 863 will be in operation in three months. Concrete bases have already been poured.

Chief Colón reported there was a significant increase of calls for service over last year. March 29 to April 30 produced a total of 658 calls compared to 544 for the same period last year.

Traffic citations for the period were 589 and 14 DUI's.

The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program yielded 52 inspections with a total of 139 violations discovered and 29 citations issued.

Township Manager Dan Olpere said the reviews for a financial director were completed and a recommendation will be forthcoming.

Grant Grim's fire report indicated a total of 104 fire inspections were done in April.

Station 8 reported 37 emergency responses, station 25 had 45 and station 56 had 48. EMS responses totaled 74 for Priority 1, 51 for Priority 2 and 83 for Priority 3 for a total of 208. No mutual aid missions were done.

Supervisor Sean Gill said mulch was donated to South Whitehall Township for that community's park.

He also said the township was recognized for its grant process at the recent Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors convention in Hershey.

Richard Eroh spoke to the board about the swale along Blue Barn Road. A previous complaint was lodged regarding this area.

Residents complained about rats, unmown weeds and litter.

The public works crew addressed the situation and removed the debris.