North Franklin Delivers Tax Cut

North Franklin Township Supervisors met for the final time in 2020 and delivered a tax cut to residents. Supervisors unanimously approved a measure cutting the township tax from 1.45 mills to 1.25 mills. Supervisors approved the 2021 balanced budget of $1,985,620 unanimously. Items that will be of most interest to residents will be the nearly $500,000 road paving program. Supervisors will also be supplementing the fire department with a pay per call system. Firemen responding to calls will receive a twenty dollar stipend for their efforts on any call. Supervisors also are looking to break ground on a new municipal building in 2021. The tax cut is a 13.8% reduction in taxes. That will translate into roughly a forty dollar savings on a house assessed at $200,000. In other business, supervisors approved a subdivision in the Washington Crown Center to allow for a car dealership to take over the former Sears store. The next meeting for supervisors will be the reorganization meeting scheduled for Monday January 4, 2021 at 5:30 PM. The regular meeting of supervisors will immediately follow the reorganization meeting. All other supervisor meetings will be scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 PM.