Lower Towamensing Township officials should soon have a permit to access the lower gate of their recreation park.

Resident Herman Bollinger as he has on multiple occasions on Tuesday again asked the board of supervisors why they continue to use the lower gate to the Stoney Ridge

P.A.R.C. along Fireline Road without a permit.Bollinger told supervisors he received phone calls two weeks ago that the gate to the park was open, which prompted him to make calls to see if the township actually had a permit to do so.He then told supervisors it was his understanding that the township does not have a permit to access the lower gate to the park.Township solicitor Jim Nanovic told Bollinger that a permit was signed by the state Department of Transportation on Dec. 4.Bollinger said, "I heard the reason you people don't have a permit is because (the gate) is in the wrong place."Supervisors Chairman Brent Green explained."The reason we couldn't get a permit was because of the use," Green said. "We applied for a minimum use permit (for the lower entrance); it's not put in the wrong spot."After the meeting, Green said PennDOT contacted the township with regard to a permit for highway occupancy from the lower gate to access Fireline Road.Green added, "The gate will still be open when the township needs to use it."In May 2012, Bollinger told supervisors it was illegal for them to use the lower gate to the facility.That came after Bollinger accused township officials, in December of 2009, of illegally accessing the park, and said he was informed by state Environmental Protection Agency officials that the township didn't have a permit to access that particular area.Incident revisitedAlso on Tuesday, Bollinger again asked supervisors if, "That 'X' is on my back.""Do you have a paper that my 'X' is off my back?Nanovic told Bollinger, "We don't have an 'X' next to your name. There is no paper."Last month, Bollinger told supervisors that on the morning after the board's Aug. 13 meeting, he received a visit from a state police officer.At that time, Bollinger said the officer told him, "There's going to be an 'X' by my name."Green told Bollinger at that time that supervisors made a call to state police to tell them what happened at that (Aug. 13) meeting.The call supervisors made to state police was done as a precaution due to the incident that occurred in Ross Township earlier that month, Green said.At the Ross Township board of supervisors meeting on Aug. 5, three people were killed while the meeting was in progress at the Ross Township Municipal Building.One week later, at Lower Towamensing's Aug. 13 meeting, Green took exception to remarks made by Bollinger after he made a reference to Ross Township.Bollinger admitted to supervisors that he did make a reference to Ross Township, at that time, but wanted to know, "How did this all start and come about getting the cops here?Green reiterated to Bollinger, "We didn't put an 'X' on your name."