A scruffy Police Chief Scott Fogel attended the Nov. 8 meeting of Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors. He said members of the force chose to not shave as a fundraiser for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Each participating member paid $50 for the privilege. At the end of the month, there will be prizes for the longest, shortest and grayest beard. Fogel said personally he does not like a beard, but it is for a good cause.

Peterson Myrtril, the newest member on the force, has qualified with firearms and is getting field training and fitting in well, Fogel said.

Asked about the flooring in the squad room, Fogel said it is black and looks like a warehouse floor.

“We need something that holds up better because it gets hard use,” he said. “People drag feet and slide chairs in the squad room. Epoxy and tile are about equivalent in a guesstimate cost.”

A total of $5,000 has been budgeted.

“We really should fix the floor,” Supervisor Keith Hantz said.

The $4,774,633 draft budget for the township has been advertised with no tax increase. There is $95,000 in the budget to carry forward. Supervisor Cindy Miller said something should be added to the contingency fund.

The Leon Liggitt plan has been cut from four lots to two because there is so much unusable land. Engineer Phil Malitsch recommended conditional approval dependent on the comments in his last letter.

In other news, Grace Estates wants the roads dedicated by the end of the year. The decision was tabled.

There will be four poles, at $20,000 each, to be moved to increase sight distance at the Sycamore Drive and Route 248 intersection. It will require a half acre of earth disturbance. Miller is looking into grants for the work.

Supervisor Rick Hildebrand asked if the speed limit in the area would be affected. Malitsch said it would not. He said he has added soft costs to the estimate he gave supervisors for the work.

Plans for the Cherryville intersection were given to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the question was asked if that would trigger any other design requirements.

The planning commission is talking about warehousing because it is an expanding industry.

Hantz said he and Roadmaster Frank Zamadics want to be the core of a committee to get design ideas for the maintenance building. Residents are welcome to join. Hantz will give an update next month.

There was discussion about putting security cameras in Delps and Berlinsville parks. The cost would be about $5,000 per park. The cameras being considered would be able to call up something that happened earlier and have proved very effective and helpful in other areas. Fogel said police might be able to get to a location while the event is still going on. He said there is a possibility of getting line of sight directly to the office.

Hantz said a sign offering a $1,000 reward for arrest and conviction of vandals would have to be posted.