North Franklin Preliminary Budget Includes Tax Cut

North Franklin Supervisors approved a preliminary budget for 2021 bringing good news to residents. Supervisor Chairman Bob Sabot states that the budget will include a tax cut for residents. Even though the tax cut will take effect, the budget will include $480,000 in road projects and nearly double the contribution the township makes to the fire department. Sabot says the tax savings will be approximately $50 on a house assessed at $200,000. Supervisors also adopted amendments to ordinances. The first will allow Factory Authorized Dealers in the Master Overlay district. Director of Planning and Development, Erin Dinch says that the township never allowed such businesses before. A car dealership is interested in locating to the former Sears store in the Washington Crown Center. A second amendment will allow privacy fencing to be installed along the back and sides of properties. The township will advertise an ordinance adopting the Township Code. Dinch states that the code will be much more user friendly. Residents will now be able to look up ordinances and find all the information they are seeking in one spot. The code will also be available on the township webpage.