Township Council

More than $40,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant money was awarded to nine organizations by the Township Council at its October 26 meeting. The grants were awarded in the areas of housing rehabilitation projects, public facilities, and public services.

Changes to speed limits on two streets were introduced by the Township Council at its October 12 meeting. The speed limit on Pleasant Plains Road will be lowered to 25 miles per hour, and a stretch of Union Street between Church Street and Laurel Avenue will be lowered to 20 miles per hour.

The pickup of household items damaged and destroyed by Tropical Storm Ida “went very well,” Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said. (File photo.) The pickup of household items destroyed and damaged by Tropical Storm Ida concluded in the morning of September 28, but its final cost won’t be known for several weeks. That’s because the debris that was collected over the …

This is how the Township Council, and all other municipal boards and commissions, will meet, until at least the end of the year. A spike in the number of township residents acquiring the coronavirus prompted the Township Council to decide to keep all municipal meetings virtual through the end of the year. It took a legal opinion rendered by township …

In yet another hopeful sign that the Covid-19 pandemic may be in its final stages, the Township Council on July 13 voted to resume in-person meetings and ease mask restrictions at the Senior/Community Center. The Council and all boards and commissions will resume in-person meetings as soon as they can advertise the end of virtual meetings, according to the motion …

Members of the public and the Franklin Township Police Department received commendations July 13 for their efforts in a search for a missing child. Nearly two dozen people were given commendations at the July 13 Township Council meeting for their efforts in locating a missing child in May. Most of those receiving the commendation are Franklin Township Police officers.

More than $400,000 in federal CARES Act money will be used by the township to help low- and moderate-income residents whose employment was impacted by Covid-19 train for new jobs. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act money is funneled through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development through its Community Development Block Grant program.

Township Council members decided to have a smaller version of the annual July 4 celebration this year. There will still be the rockets’ red glare and “bombs” bursting in air, but little else at the township’s annual July 4 celebration this year. The removal of state restrictions on outdoor gatherings gave Township Council members the confidence to plan a scaled-down …

The Township Council is following the state government’s lead and will require masks in all public areas of township-owned buildings, beyond the removal date of the governor’s mask-wearing mandate. Mask-wearing inside municipal offices will be up to the discretion of the person occupying that office, the Township Council decided at its May 25 meeting.

The number of violent crimes reported in Franklin during 2020 decreased compared to the previous year, but the township saw an increase in the number of reported non-violent crimes. The increase was enough to kick the total number of reported crimes up a bit, from 855 in 2019 to 859 in2020, according to statistics provided by the township police department.