Lowhill Township Board of Supervisors discussed the contract between Forgotten Felines and Fidos, Inc., 6022 Mountain Road, Germansville, and the township at their meeting, Dec. 11, 2025.

Dietrich said the agreement entered into between Lowhill Township and Forgotten Felines and Fidos, Inc., is for services to be provided by Forgotten Felines and Fidos for municipality stray and feral cats effective from Jan. 1, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026.

He said residents of the township can reach out to Forgotten Felines and Fidos after being referred by the township for spay or neutering of stray or feral cats.

The cost per cat is $50. Rabies and distemper vaccinations are included with the cost of the spay or neuter. If the cat is pregnant there will be additional fee of $25. The fee for a convenia shot will be $25.

The referred residents should call a particular number for an appointment, Dietrich said.

Traps are available for borrowing and the left ear tip is required to be performed for each cat that’s brought into be spayed or neutered, he added.

Dietrich said statements will be provided to Lowhill Township quarterly for payment and they would include the name and address of residence and how many cats the resident has had spayed or neutered.

After further discussion on the agreement and the number of cats a township resident can take to Forgotten Felines and Fidos to be spayed or neutered, the board approved the agreement capping it at $1,000 and no one individual should be compensated by the township in excess of three cats per property per year.

The board also approved state Rep. Zack Mako’s coffee and conversation event for 9-11 a.m. Jan. 30, 2026 at the township building.

During the solicitor comments, Attorney David Brooman with High Swartz Law Firm said very little has happened regarding the township’s litigations in the past month.

“The CRG case was pushed off another three or four months and that really wasn’t objected,” he said. “There was big action frankly for the private request Act 537 submission that we made in regard to the second field and second application.”

Michael Siegel joined the discussion on the township’s litigation updates.

“I have been working with Dave’s office and Attorney Mike Fiorentino [with the Law Office of Michael D. Fiorentino] and spent weeks upon weeks putting letters together that both addressed dates and concerns about changes to the final plan that was incorporated with my initial response rebuttal to the engineers initial response back in August on my denial letter that I wrote to them and that the second letter, which specifically kept pointing to the problems with the private request.”

He said the letters were sent to DEP by FedEx and were received at 9:30 a.m. in the morning on the cutoff date, so they do have it.

“All I can say is I spent a lot of time and effort putting the letter together along with the attorneys and I think it’s going to carry a lot of weight,” Siegel said.

He said the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission letter, which was also submitted, it’s one of the longest letters that the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission has ever put together.

“I think you’ve seen how technical it is, it’s very on the nose and backs up a lot of the township planning commission’s concerns as well as my concerns,” Siegel said. “I think it’s a good package that we put together based on Dave’s help, Mike’s help and what we did as staff. I think that it’s going to do well for our future.”