Kidder Township volunteer firefighter Todd Sundberg raised a concern to supervisors about the need for a transmitter at the traffic light at Moseywood Road and Route 940.

The device allows firetrucks to change the light from red to green.

Board member Bruce Berger responded, “We will step up and do our part. We will get it done.”

Township Manager Suzanne Brooks added, “There are funds set aside for this purpose.”

In other business, discussion on Blue Ridge Real Estate Co./Lakeshore Development was tabled until April 24.

The re-phasing plan for Golden Oaks, which will change three lots from duplexes to single-family homes, received final conditional approval. Resident Kate Lambert asked if the new houses would face the road, as others do, rather than existing homes.

Chair Raymond Gluck responded, “That will be part of zoning and planning.”

The Thomas McCool lot improvement subdivision also received final conditional approval.

The police department will add two new vehicles.

A remanufactured engine was approved for one vehicle at a cost of up to $6,000.

A lease-purchase agreement with Mauch Chunk Trust for $62,400.19 will fund the replacement of another police vehicle.

A license plate reader was installed in one of the police cars.

Police Chief Matthew Kuzma said, “It is a tremendous tool for us. A total of 27,900 plates have been detected so far, with 1,200 flagged as problematic.”

The device has led to 282 citations, as it instantly identifies expired plates or vehicles with outstanding warrants.

The police department responded to 281 calls in February and is already 1,200 calls over last year’s total.

Electronics recycling will be held at the township on July 12 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Blue Ridge Real Estate and Jack Frost Golf Course will host a golf tournament on Sept. 8, with proceeds benefiting Kidder Township first responders.

During public comment at the supervisors meeting, Elwood Zimmerman, noting that Gluck had announced his upcoming retirement, said, “I have the time and energy to run the township.”

He said he taught for 37 years.