The Franklin Township board of supervisors meeting on Tuesday night opened with praise for the supervisors by Franklin Township Athletic League for their on-field support.

Wayne Wentz, president of the league, praised the supervisors for providing the fields and helping maintain the fields for the many township children enrolled in the program.Wentz said that this year was an exceptional year in terms of participation and player achievement.Several of the coaches also thanked supervisors for their support and assistance before presenting T-shirts and displaying the trophies won by the players during the past season.Franklin Township players were recognized for being Panther Valley Tournament Champions, 14 Year Old District Babe Ruth Champions and Senior Babe Ruth American and National League Regular Season Champions.Each of the coaches, Todd DeKorte, Roger Crum, Brad Niehoff, Donnie Rehrig, Tony Fristick and Ryan Wentz, gave praise to the supervisors as they displayed their trophies and accepted the boards' congratulations for their achievements.Wentz said to the supervisors, "We've had an exceptional year this year and it all started with you guys."Following the presentation, the supervisors opened the meeting to allow citizen participation and the issue turned to roads with a couple living on Jefferson returning to share the information they had gathered since last month.Charles and Nancy Llewellyn of 1095 Jefferson St., said that since last month's meeting, they had learned that their neighbor had never applied for a driveway permit and has three driveways on their property. Mr. Llewellyn said that the township was at fault for not following up.Llewellyn said that the township needs to step up and correct the issue.Green said that he had "misspoke" at last month's meeting, and said he would not be at liberty to discuss the issue because it is likely going into litigation.Last month the Llewellyns said that their neighbor's construction of a building and three driveways has caused water run off to erode the soil and they fear large trees will come down.The Llewellyn's have hired an attorney, which has already sent the township a letter listing their concerns.Speaking about a neighborhood concern for the families living on Gerald Drive was Leon Kamowski. Kamowski said that they believe that the township was at fault for approving the Paul Heer subdivision in 2008 without making the owner be responsible for the maintenance of the road.Kamowski said that when construction took place to build the Chris Heer home there were no access roads available other than Gerald Drive, which was built for the sole purpose of his home and a neighbor's home it was supposed to serve. Kamowski said that during construction of the Heer home, large heavy equipment, as in cranes, well drillers, along with earth moving machinery began to use Gerald Drive and have destroyed the crown and swale."At that time, I called the township with my complaint and the supervisor said he couldn't stop them from entering Gerald Drive," said Kamowski. "We feel that this action was against our right of way rights."Kamowski said that after the erection of Chris Heer's home, new stone was placed on their access way. He also noted that during this installation, he visited the township building to check drawings and saw that Gerald Drive had been transferred to the Paul Heer subdivision and found a note on the paperwork of the Paul Heer subdivision requesting to eliminate the macadam surface from their new access road."His request was granted with a note," said Kamowski. "It was that "when the stone breaks down in the future, it will be very costly to repair the on-site storm water basins."Kamowski asked supervisors how the township will enforce this as they don't want to enforce the breakdown of Gerald Drive?""To this day no proper storm water drainage was installed as per plans on the new access way of the Paul Heer subdivision," he added. "We were told by the township that legal force had to be enacted which was unsuccessful. We continue to allow these roads to be installed and not completed in a proper form as per plans and specification and now we are all subject to this ongoing problem."Kamowski said that the owners of Gerald Drive did not create the problem and feel it is a township created problem."We want to see set proper time frames for road repairs and snow maintenance that are listed on the issued drawings," said Kamowski. "We feel that the township has the authority and power to enforce this properly so that we and our children and their children can live in Franklin Township without this burden."Kamowski said he loves the township, loves the people, but that the township needs to step up and right the wrong.Supervisors also approved the waiver request for the David J. Beltz subdivision, and approved an agreement for Franklin Township police to provide security at Lehighton High School football games. The board approved replacement of the vehicle loop at the intersection of routes 248 and 209. The board adopted a resolution authorizing Berkheimer, a county local earned income tax collector, to impose and retain costs of collection on delinquent taxes. The board also adopted a resolution authorizing the appointment of Sandra Gaumer and Brenda Neeb as liaisons between Franklin Township and Berkheimer for sharing confidential tax information.The board also approved ending probation for Kenneth Ahner, township employee.