Township Council Taxes

Mayor Phil Kramer said that he recommended that the proposed budget carry no municipal portion tax increase. The $59.3 million budget introduced Feb. 28 by the Township Council carries something that hasn’t been seen in quite a while: a decrease in the local portion of the property tax rate. The decrease is slight and varies depending upon whether a property …

Township Clerk Ann Marie McCarthy asked the council to increase a part-time position in her office to full-time. Township officials anticipate the 2017 budget will allow them to do a little more with a little less. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …

The Township Council on Feb. 14 moved to purchase two parcels of land. The Township Council Feb. 14 introduced ordinances earmarking more than $650,000 to purchase two pieces of property. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent …

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker, Township Engineer Thomas Zilinik, Public Works Manager Carl Hauck and Director of Information Technology Justin Heyman, left to right, at the Township Council budget hearing Feb. 13. The Township Council held the first of two scheduled budget hearings on Feb. 13, with a handful of department heads on hand to make the case for their budget …

The township will buy the Consolata Missionaries property on Route 27 for $14 million. Update: Ordinances approving the purchase and allocating the money for the purchase were approved on final reading Feb. 14 by the Township Council. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

A $160,000 playground system for Inman Park was among the more than $360,000 in good and services purchases authorized Dec. 13 by the Township Council. That contract – totaling $160,699 – went to MRC of Spring Lake. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

The Township Council at its Oct. 25 meeting voted to purchase $194,245 worth of goods and services. The items contracted for were: Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only …

Attorney Francis Linnus, pictured here at the December 2013 Planning Board, successfully argued the case for E&B Properties before the state Supreme Court. The state Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the township’s ban on digital billboards. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We …

Township Mayor Phillip Kramer, Millstone Mayor Ray Heck, Rocky Hill Mayor Jeff Donahue and township Deputy Mayor Ted Chase at the Route 518 bridge protest. Saying “enough is enough,” officials from the township and surrounding towns went public the morning of Aug. 19 in their effort to restore funding for the replacement of the Route 518 bridge at Canal Road. Don’t …

Middlebush Park should have a concession stand by September. A Port Monmouth construction company will supply the township with a concession stand for Middlebush Park. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. …