The Lower Towamensing Township supervisors authorized hiring Guidemark Tuesday evening to do the line painting on the township’s roads.

Guidemark in Souderton was one of three companies contacted by the township to provide a quote for the work. They were the only one to follow through with a quote.

Guidemark’s quote said it would charge 16 cents per linear foot for the repainting of lines on the roads. The charge for new lines that do not already exist is 20 cents per linear foot. The supervisors do not anticipate that any new lines will need to be painted. They authorized up to $21,200 to be spent on the project.

Supervisor Jay Mullikin asked about their availability this year to do the work.

“Did they say what their availability is and the availability of paint,” he asked township secretary Christine Wentz. She said they didn’t.

“Have you been hearing issues,” asked supervisors’ Chairman Brent Green.

Mullikin said yes, but he doesn’t know the status of Guidemark. They may have stocked up on paint before the shortage.

It was decided that Wentz will talk to Guidemark and find out if they will be able to do the work this year. If not, it will be done next year.

In other business, the supervisors granted conditional approval of the plans from the Carbon County Lion/Lioness Fair Association. The association wants to sell portions of its property not needed for the fair.

Green said the approval of the plan is granted on condition of its approval by the township’s engineer, Greg Haas with Carbon Engineering.

During the public comment, resident Karl Kuntzman asked the supervisors if the sale of several parcels of land by Blue Mountain Resort will impact the sewer project. Green told him that it will not affect the plans, which involve bringing public sewer into the township along Little Gap Road.

“So it’s still going to be three years until it goes through,” Kuntzman asked.

Green said he’s not sure if it’s going to be three years, because they are doing design work.

“It’s very costly to me the longer it goes,” Kuntzman said.

In an interview, Green said the project is still undergoing engineering and permitting to get the construction of the system started. They’re also working on pump station designs.

“That seems to be the current hurdles,” he said.

He also said that the reason the project is still underway, despite the property being sold, is because the continuation of the project was required as a condition of sale.