Sewerage Authority

FTSA Executive Director Joe Danielsen. The Franklin Township Sewerage authority approved its $17 million 2024-25 budget at its August 6 virtual meeting. The Authority is expecting to bring in $17,016,784 in revenue, with $16,365,901 in appropriations, leaving a $650,883 surplus. The budget includes $3,099,500 in capital appropriations costs for the year. Line items include projects such as the Hamilton Street …

RATE INCREASE EXPLAINED – FTSA executive director Joe Danielsen explains the need for a 10 percent rate hike in this year’s budget at the October 3 Sewerage Authority Commission meeting. Customers of the Franklin Township Sewerage Authority will notice a slight increase in their quarterly bills as a 10 percent rate hike takes effect in November. The rate hike was …

Sewerage Authority executive director Joe Danielsen told Commissioners that the Covid testing program would end soon. A program run by the Sewerage Authority to try to track Covid outbreaks in the township will end in the next several weeks. Sewerage Authority executive director Joe Danielsen told the authority’s Board of Commissioners on November 1 that the program did not produce …

Sewerage Authority Executive Director Joe Danielsen said a number of factors went into his recommendation that sewer service charges be increased over the next two years. The costs of planned capital projects will force a 13 percent hike in the annual fees for customers of the Franklin Township Sewerage Authority over the next two years, with the bulk of that …

The Franklin Township Sewerage Authority is rushing to fix what could become a major problem in the northwest portion of the township. A sewer line break on January 15 along Weston Canal Road turned out to be a portent for more trouble with that line, Authority interim Executive Director Joe Danielsen told the commission members. The break was patched, he …