cordova-plugin-dialogs alert does not show on iOS when called from a select list onChange() event.

I have a javascript file that has a form with a select drop-down list with several items in the list. When I select an item in the list an onChange event fires that goes to a function that contains the code to display a navigation confirm alert but the alert confirm does not display. This code worked in Cordova 3.5.0 and IOS 7 but now that I have upgraded to Cordova 4.0.0 and IOS 9.1 it does not work. I am using Cordova Dialogs 1.2.0. I am also using JQuery 1.3.2. I am receiving in xCode the following alert.
Warning: Attempt to present <UIAlertController: 0x1688f200> on <UIWebSelectTableViewController: 0x1b0bfbd0> whose view is not in the window hierarchy!

Steps to recreate:
1 - I have created a form with a select list as follows:
<select id='purpose' data-mini='true' data-theme='b' onChange='checkInput();'>

2 - function checkInput() has the following code:

function checkInput {
navigator.notification.confirm(
'Is this a reimbursable expense or a tax deductible expense that you will claim on your income tax return?',
function(buttonIndex) {
onConfirmReimbursement(buttonIndex);
},
};

3 - Callback function is as follows:

function onConfirmReimbursement(buttonIndex) {
if (buttonIndex === 1) {
reimbursable = true;
deductible = false;
} else if (buttonIndex === 2) {
reimbursable = false;
deductible = true;
return;
};
};
'Business Expense', ['Reimbursable','Tax Deductible'] 
);