No Tax Increase For Peters Township Residents

Peters Township Council held a public hearing to present the proposed 2023 budget. In a presentation from Township Manager Paul Lauer, the budget contains $23 million in revenues and $27.5 million in expenditures. Budget shortfalls will be made up from the use of the federal American Rescue Plan funds and from bonds purchased previously. Projects included in next year’s budget include the total re-engineering and paving of Longvue Drive and a storm sewer project along Marlboro Drive. Fire station number 3 and a new fire truck will also be included in the 2023 budget. Council also addressed several traffic issues. One concern on Druid Drive is lack of sight distance on a steep hill and safety issues created when landscape trucks and delivery vehicles are parked on the hill causing drivers to blindly navigate the parked vehicles and the crest of the hill. Staff will be doing traffic counts to determine the amount of speeding going on and if the road qualifies for traffic calming measures. Additionally, council gave the green light for pavement markings to be installed at the intersection of Valleybrook Road and Rt. 19. Those markings will hopefully make clear the path for drivers to take to continue on Valleybrook Road heading into Lawrence.