Whitehall Township Board of Commissioners at Monday’s workshop meeting agreed it is not ready to dissolve the Whitehall Township Parks & Recreation Board since it cannot hold meetings because of a lack of a quorum; instead, commissioners are looking at ways to keep it afloat.

In March, the commissioners considered the board’s future in possible jeopardy when Commissioner Jeffrey Dutt, the commissioners representative to the Parks & Recreation Board, discussed the organization’s plight that month after month it does not have a quorum to conduct business.

The Parks & Recreation Board membership consists of representatives from athletic associations at the Cementon, Egypt, Fullerton, Hokendauqua, Schadt Avenue and Stiles parks.

Dutt said Monday he is looking for suggestions regarding the issue, asking that commissioners “take a look at the ordinance” that created the Parks & Recreation Board.

Commissioners were informed by Dutt the problem could be that only the president or the alternate are authorized to attend the meetings, but their duties keep them busy. Dutt said the board needs five people for a quorum; at times, only two are present.

“They are so time consumed,” commissioners President Phillips Armstrong said, noting he earlier represented the commissioners at Parks & Recreation Board meetings.

One suggestion was for the board to meet every other month. Commissioner Philip Ginder said that was attempted in the past but didn’t work out either.

All the commissioners agreed the Parks & Recreation Board members are busy with baseball and softball.

Mayor Edward D. Hozza Jr. agreed to contact the Parks & Recreation Board’s representatives and their organizations in attempts to hear what they have to say.

“No one wants to step up to the plate,” Hozza opined.

Ginder said demographics in the township have changed over the years, which could be a factor.