There were plenty of empty seats in the audience at the August Upper Macungie supervisors meeting.

Maybe the weather was too hot or residents were on vacation.

The board’s agenda was light corresponding with the light public turnout.

John Skrip Jr. of Newtown Road came before the board to discuss the garbage and dumpsters at a property he is renovating.

The house, which he acquired about a year ago, is uninhabitable and because of the renovations, several dumpsters were brought to remove the refuse.

Because of this, Skrip told the board he should not have to pay the township’s garbage fee.

Supervisors will revisit this issue at their next meeting after obtaining more information.

The board also adopted five resolutions concerned with acceptance of road right-of-way in different subdivisions.

Supervisors accepted dedications of road right-of-way in Trexler Fields, Lehigh Valley West, Parkland Fields, Laurel Fields and Hidden Meadows.

A sixth resolution adopted by the board gave approval to the preliminary/final land development plan for Canteen Vending.

Supervisor Kathy Rader said the annual “National Night Out” was a huge success and the Township had the largest turnout ever.

Daren Martocci reported the board will need to advertise for the new township comprehensive plan.

Requests for proposal will be sent out with a due date for submission of Oct. 3.

The last update to the plan was 2006 -07.

A municipality’s plan is recommended to be updated every 10 years.

Kathryn Lucy Paretti was appointed to the building code appeals board, replacing Barry Isett.

Debra L. Burns was also hired as a new account clerk.

The salt bid for the upcoming winter was awarded.

An eight-township bid was requested and the winning bidder was Cargill with a cost of $61.14 per ton delivered as needed.

Solicitor Andrew Schantz was given approval to accept the paperwork tendered in the litigation of the BCT property on the north side of Tilghman Street.

BCT is appealing the township’s conditions relating to the injection wells and the amount of truck traffic that would be allowed.

Building permits issued included 16 commercial, 53 residential and 12 zoning.

Licenses issued were one plumbing and five electric.

The zoning hearing board heard the appeal of Dunkin’ Donuts for a variance on the sign ordinance for a property at 5831 W. Tilghman St.

The second appeal before the board was a continued appeal of Discovery Homes on the minimum separation of homes in an existing mobile home park. The board granted both variances.

Several of the agenda items on the planning commission slate were withdrawn.

Ridgeline Property Group’s conditional use application, Canteen Vending Land Development, Lehigh Hills Lot 5 Apartments and 7533 Ruppsville Road were the only items left for review.

The only plan recommended for approval was the Canteen Vending Land Development.

Chief Edgardo Colon presented the police report for July. Total calls for service were 948 with 506 traffic citations issued.

DUI offenses led the crime list for July with fraud coming in second with seven reports.

The Motor Carrier Program produced 13 inspections with 33 violations discovered and six citations issued.

The police K-9 was involved in one narcotics check and one area search.

The enforcement program on Route 222 at Route 100 produced, in three sessions, 111 citations.

These were issued in the 45 mph speed zone with the highest speed being 89 mph.

There were 66 fire inspections in July .

Emergency responses for Station 8 were 50; Station 25 firefighters were called out to 32 calls and Station 56 answered 51 calls.

EMS responses for the month were 99.

The public works department is busy working at the parks keeping weeds and brush under control.

Township roads are also being mowed and trees trimmed before the winter weather sets in.

Crack sealing, line striping at the intersections, sign repair and the usual sewer system chores are also being pursued.

Recreation for the upcoming months includes pickup volleyball, September until March 2017, and basketball from September to November for the basketball. Tennis will be offered until Sept.12.

Jonathan Reck told the board he was not happy with the road crew’s work in the Olde Town Development.

The roadway was sealed with crushed stones placed over the sealant.

However, due to the hot weather and with the traffic on the roadway, the stones did not adhere to the surface and were pushed off the road.

The public works department will take care of the situation and repair the damage.