Road conditions have been a long-standing issue for East Penn, but Tuesday night residents received a list of completed repairs and notice of upcoming work to be completed with in the township.

In the absence of Chairman William Schwab, Vice Chairwoman Deanna Cunfer handed the floor over to newest board Supervisor Steven Heckman to lead the road discussion."He's been taking on most of the responsibility," she said.According to the supervisor, Municipal, Saint Peter, Smith Hill, Summer Mountain and Troxell roads have reached the construction completion."We did crack sealing and tar and chipping. There's very little dust and stone left. The road crew will come back and clean up the stones then paint the lines and seal coat the roads," he said.He also updated residents on drainage repairs completed for Church Hill Road and the patchwork conducted on the small stretch of Stone Mountain Road near Germansville."We finished the drainage for Eidem and Sunridge," said Heckman.He told the board about the upcoming plan to tackle five more roads this year, Stone Mountain, Church Hill, West Bowmans and Pinewood were on the list for patches with Friendship and Summer Mountain listed for drainage work."We also will have dirt and gravel on Sports Club Road for this spring. We planned for a small project on Bake Oven Road. Your tax dollars are at work. We're all working together to get this fixed. It's a work in progress," Heckman said.The board passed a motion to rent an 18-inch cold planer attachment for the township's skid steer for five days of road work and line painting. The week will cost the township $1,000 in rental fees."Some parts of the roads only need the 18 inches or less repaired. It's been brought to the attention of the board to rent a cold planer for some quick patching," said Cunfer.Church Hill and Friendship roads were the examples listed to explain the need for the rental."We can line up five days of work and go back as needed," Heckman said.Troxell propertyTownship zoning and code officer Carl Faust was in attendance to brief the board on the state of the much-debated Troxell Trucking property owned by Clair Troxell.Faust informed the board that as of last week Troxell was in compliance with the latest court order."The court order says no junk in front of the fence, and I don't think he has any. My question to the board is if it's on a trail, then is it considered storage?" he asked.The zoning officer aired his frustration with the ongoing battle between neighbor Harvey Kiefer and Troxell."Harvey calls me once a week, even on Sundays, and I'm getting tired of it. I'm not praising Troxell, but he is running a business, and at the end of the day I don't see a problem with it," Faust said."We got a call Sunday that there was a truck with rusted parts by the garage, well that's behind the fence. So what does the board want to do," he asked."Right now, is he in compliance? I know you've been down there, but what does the board think?" Cunfer said.Supervisor John Strockoz weighed in on the cargo versus storage debate."As long as it is on a licensed trailer, it's cargo. I've seen some work he's done with his men. He has taken old junk trailers and done a nice job refurbishing them," Strockoz said.Laying the issue to rest, Faust told the board Troxell is finally in compliance.