Could Franklin Township be the next local municipality to expand its horizons?

Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to cash in the matured PLGIT CD from Third Coast Bank, Humble, Texas, in the amount of $248,623, with April 25 as the maturity date.

Rather than reinvest it, the board wants it to be placed in the township’s Capital Reserve PLGIT Fund so it can have easy access to the money.

Earlier in the meeting, it was announced that the supervisors, zoning officer Paul Jarrett, and township engineer Mike Tirpak met on March 23 at the Old Hobby Shop Building at 903 Fairyland Road to determine whether it would be worth restoring for township use.

The board has given some thought about a new building, or possibly adding on to the existing Hobby Shop.

The township started a building fund around 30 years ago with plans to build a new township building, and supervisors believe it has come to the point where the township needs to expand for the police department and its administration office meeting room.

While things are in the idea stage, supervisors plan to have a feasibility study done to see if the Hobby Shop would be worth fixing up, and then expand the building from there for either administrative office space or police offices.

The previous board(s) of supervisors’ plan was for the Capital Reserve Building Funds be used to tear down the Hobby Shop and the current administration office, and rebuild a new police and administrative office.