With his emotions showing, Chairman Jim Brunell read a proclamation to the audience and to the family of the late Samir Ashmar declaring June 4 Samir Ashmar Day.

Ashmar was eulogized for his untiring work in the township and for his service as supervisor.

The former vice chairman of the board of commissioners died unexpectedly Nov. 20, 2014, at age 51.

Ashmar served on the township planning commission and the authority since 2006.

A volunteer firefighter for 32 years, he served with Good Will Fire Company, No. 1, Trexlertown, Lower Macungie Township Station 30, and most recently as fire marshal and EMT for Upper Macungie Township Station 56.

He was an assistant to the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal, and was a member of the International, National and Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators.

Ashmar also served on the Board of Directors for the Burn Prevention Foundation, Allentown, from 2000 to 2009.

The proclamation was then presented to the Ashmar family, including his wife Sharon, son Josh and daughter Makala.

In other business, KRE Group came before the board saying the planning commission recommended approval of the waiver of the building height restriction for the proposal.

The township will advertise for an ordinance amendment needed for KRE to proceed.

Trexler Fields residents were at the meeting to discuss the walking path in their development.

Some residents are opposed to this path and would like it rerouted to another location.

An amicable agreement was reached at the end on the discussion.

The Toth barn was again discussed.

Code Enforcement Officer Kyle Kuester issued an order to have the barn torn down as it was deemed an unsafe structure, according to township ordinance.

The structure, owned by Mike and Doris Toth, is at the rear of 1208 Trexlertown Road.

Doris Toth, represented by her son, Anthony, proposes to fix the barn so it can be used again.

Pictures of the structure were shown to the board.

Brunell said he would be afraid to walk into the building seeing its condition.

After a lengthy discussion, the issue was postponed until the board's next meeting.

A Growing Greener grant will be applied for to assess the Little Cedar Creek Watershed.

This grant is funded by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

The application is sponsored by Lehigh County Conservation District, the City of Allentown, South Whitehall Township and the Friends of Allentown Park.

As the headwaters of the creek are in Upper Macungie Township, they will be a partner in the application.

A request was received from Lehigh County to have Upper Macungie Township designated as an urban area.

Advantages and disadvantages were discussed. The final decision was for the township to remain as it is.

A gaming revenue grant can be applied for with Lehigh County. The deadline for application is on June 26.

A Community Oriented Policing Services grant will be applied for.

This matching grant is available through the U.S. Department of Justice for salaries of two officers.

Upper Macungie police were busy in May with 726 calls for service being reported.

Traffic citations numbered 363 with the most reported crime being DUI with seven offenses.

Although total calls were less for this May than last year, total calls for the year are 3,368.

Fire Commissioner Grant Grim's report noted there were 45 fire inspections in May with the year to date total being 366 with a total of all inspections being 850.

Station 8 had 26 emergency responses, Station 25 had 40 and Station 56 had 46 for a total of 112 emergency responses. EMS responses totaled 143.