The Lower Milford Township Board of Supervisors convened for a brief meeting Dec. 18. There were no comments from the public in attendance and the Nov. 24 meeting minutes were approved with no comment.

The board gave authorization to pay the December bills and accepted without contest the treasurer’s report as of Nov. 30 and as outlined on the agenda.

The administrator, zoning, public works and administrative assistant reports were all approved.

The Macungie Ambulance report revealed a total of four calls in November for Lower Milford Township.

The Upper Perkiomen Valley Ambulance reports showed two calls in both October and November for Lower Milford Township.

A representative in attendance produced the fire company report, where he thanked state Sen. Jarrett Coleman, R-16th, as they have received a grant to upgrade the HVAC system in the fire company. He also reported positively of all the fundraisers held throughout 2025.

Moving on to old business, there is unfortunately still no update from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding the vacation of Janes Lane as they are still awaiting the issuance of a highway occupancy permit from PennDOT.

Ordinance No. 145 was adopted and will replace Ordinance No. 143 to increase Lower Milford’s condition of owing money for the purchase of radio equipment as part of the Lehigh County 911 system upgrade.

In regard to the request to collect updated traffic counts on Kings Highway and Limeport Pike, PennDOT did in fact respond Nov. 18 declining to provide the exact traffic counts.

On another matter, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office denied eligibility for the national registry to a historic property proposed for demolition during the PA Turnpike reconstruction project A-48 to A-53. Given the declination, Chair Ellen Koplin requested Emily Fucci to see if the Lehigh County Historic Society would provide a response as yet another effort to prevent demolition.

There was a discussion over how the township could address yard waste drop off, but specifically regarding Christmas trees. The board agreed to support and advertise a small area at the township building for tree drop off. They will then work with local farms to ensure the trees are distributed. Supervisor Tim Cougle noted local goat farms ask and advertise for such donations.

Moving into new business, a number of resolutions were reviewed and approved. Resolution 2025-26 set the tax millage for 2026 and Resolution 2025-27 established the millage for special tax for fire services.

Resolution 2025-28 appointed a CPA and Resolution 2025-29 adopted the annual municipal budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

Resolution 2025-30 updated the open records policy to reflect new contact information for the office of open records.

When it came to the appointment of a resident to fill the vacancy on the board of supervisors, there was a disagreement.

Cougle appointed Jason Flexer as he has been a resident of Lower Milford Township and regularly attends meetings. Koplin appointed Edward Lounsberry as she feels he would strongly represent the concerns of the citizens on the southwestern side of the township.

Koplin said she would deny Cougle’s appointment and Cougle was not comfortable voting on the appointment by Koplin during the evening’s meeting. As such, a meeting was scheduled 4 p.m. Dec. 29 where the vacancy board member will act as the tiebreaker in what should be the final vote on the appointed supervisor.

Lower Milford Township is set to have its organization meeting 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 2026 and it is likely the newly-appointed supervisor will be announced at this time.