Under public comment Earl Beers said there are two veterans on the board of supervisors of Towamensing Township but the township still does not have a veterans' memorial.

Supervisor Penny Kleintop said it was talked about but nothing was done.Beers said the township is the only one without a memorial. It should begin putting money into a fund until there is enough to build a good memorial.He said the ballparks look like a dump. He referred to the high bank between the parking lot and the fields. Supervisor Guy Seifert said they have started killing off the brush and other vegetation. A fence will be put up this year and work will be done on drainage.All money spent on the Forest Inn property which is the proposed future home for the municipality should be kept in a separate account. Seifert said the driveway was cut in and all topsoil went to improve a baseball field.Beers asked if the township was going to participate in the Lehighton centennial. He said in 1966 his wife won for the best homemade attire and he won for the most colorful beard. He was a National Guard company commander at the time.Mary Beth Beers suggested a Homecoming Choir. She will talk to the Historical Commission and see if there are any suggestions.There was a reminder that the Vietnam Moving Wall will be in the Palmerton park July 21-25.Local government day for Towamensing sixth-graders will be April 29, 1:15 p.m. The students visit the township and learn about government and recycling.PennDOT had notified the township that Route 209 will receive a major resurfacing from the turnpike to the Monroe County line in 2018. An open house to discuss it will be held May 19 at the fire company, 7 p.m.Seifert said the roadmaster opened the ball fields early. The crew is cutting brush at intersections and deciding what roads will be on the repair list for 2016.Roadmaster Scott Mosier and Engineer Greg Haas did the road inspection and graded all 68 miles of road based on how badly damaged they were. The object it to place them on a 10-year plan. Cracking and drainage were checked. Some roads have not been worked on for years, said Seifert.There is $330,000 allotted for roadwork and $70,000 for bridgework.Mary Beth Beers said there was discussion about how the Kibler and Greenzweig one-room schools are used. She said volunteers are needed to work on things in storage at the township. Also, someone could be used to record oral history from the elders in the township. She has some ideas to celebrate the Moving Wall in July.Matt George said depending on the weather the recreation commission hopes to begin building dugouts. To smooth out erosion a fence will be taken off its posts. Seifert said they should be sure the fence has stopped sinking into the 36-inches of fill soil before doing anything with the fence.Most of the money has been raised to finish the softball field. This year the Babe Ruth field will benefit from fundraisers. It is planned to purchase a $10,000 scoreboard."We'll talk to Carl Faust, zoning officer, about where and how to place it," Eric George said.George said there will be two classes provided by the Bureau of Forestry for firemen to be followed by a field day where they will put the classes to practice. Junior firefighters can attend, but not on the fireline.Save Carbon County reported a meeting will be held at 7 p.m. April 28 at the fire company. Their newsletter also introduced a new group, Homeowners Against Land Takings.Land agents are trying to renegotiate easements to be open-ended rather than terminating at the end of 2018.Surveyors continue to go on posted land and made a mistake by going where the owner was at home. The police were called.UGI has asked for a 19.7 percent increase hike for natural gas. It said natural gas use is going down but tells the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the pipeline is needed because there is not enough gas for predicted use.