“We’re going to put a stop to this,” Whitehall Township Mayor Edward D. Hozza Jr. said Monday at the board of commissioners workshop meeting, when a resident complained of excessive noise and a disregard for private property some children have in her neighborhood.

Suzanne Bollinger, whose residence is on Jazz Circle, near the Lehigh River and the one-time Tarkett plant, made her second plea at a commissioners meeting regarding the issue.

“It just escalated. This is all the time. I don’t know what to do. I called the police,” she said.

Bollinger said she can’t open her windows because of the noise and said the value of her home is much less than what it should be if she would decide to sell the property.

Bollinger then showed commissioners a bag filled with small, plastic BB-type balls that are shot onto her property.

Bollinger said it is a nice neighborhood but asked, “Where are the parents?”

Commissioners and Hozza said something needs to be done. Hozza said police will be notified to go into the neighborhood and take what action is required. “The (police) chief will take action,” Hozza told Bollinger.

The children’s ages range from preschool to teens, and many of them do not reside in the neighborhood, Bollinger said after the meeting.

Commissioner Jeffrey Dutt said the township does not have a noise ordinance but said a disorderly conduct infraction could help in the situation.

Commissioners President Phillips Armstrong urged Bollinger to continue making calls to police and documenting the events when such unruly behavior by children takes place.