Franklin Township will run under the same leadership in 2024.

Fred Kemmerer Jr. was reappointed board chairman, and Robin Cressley vice chairman during the board of supervisors reorganization meeting on Tuesday.

Newcomer Leroy Kemmerer Jr. is the third supervisor.

Appointments

• Brenda Cressley, secretary-treasurer.

• Tom Nanovic, township solicitor.

• Robert Frycklund, zoning hearing board solicitor.

• Jason Doll, police chief.

• Kim Hunsicker, interim roadmaster and road foreman.

• Paul Jarrett, zoning officer & BOCA property maintenance code enforcement officer.

• Lehigh Valley Inspection Services & Barry Isett & Associates Inc. & Bureau of Veritas, uniform construction officer/assistant BOCA code enforcement officers.

• Scott Beiber, Lehigh Soils and Wetlands, sewage enforcement officer, and Steve Gitch & Ian Farrell, alternate sewage enforcement officers.

• ARRO Consulting Inc., township engineer for central sewage related matters.

• Carbon Engineering Inc., township engineer for general purposes, with Keystone Consulting Engineers as the alternate.

• Larry Diehl, emergency management coordinator.

• Matthew Dorward, vacancy board chairman.

• Garrett Kistler, five-year term, planning commission.

• Fred Kemmerer Jr., five-year term, representative to the Carbon County Municipal Authority.

• Robin Cressley, representative to the Carbon County Council of Governments, with Leroy Kemmerer Jr., as an alternate.

• Guy Barry, sewer connection inspector.

• Jason Doll, open records officer for police department.

• Brenda Cressley, open records officer for administration office, with Christine Green as alternate open records officer for administration office.

• Brenda Cressley, representative, and Christine Green, alternate representative, alternate representative, to the Carbon County Tax Committee for a one-year term.

• Robert Maholick, municipal authority member, five-year term.

• Robin Cressley, representative, Carbon County Solid Waste Advisory Committee.

• Fred Kemmerer Jr., Franklin Township Advisory Recreation and Parks Board, five-year term.

• Willard Ahner, Eric Markell, Gail Maholick, Rod Green, and Michael Quinn, township property maintenance code appeals board, two-year terms.

• Ty Poole, Canal Commission representative.

• Fred Kemmerer Jr., as voting delegate to PSATS Annual Educational Conference, April 14-17 at Hershey.

• Fred Kemmerer Jr., as chief administrative official of the non-uniformed pension plan.

• Fred Kemmerer Jr., as chief administrative official of the police pension plan.

• Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank and Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust for checking, savings account.

• Set the treasurer’s bond at $500.

• Set the bond for board of supervisors as trustees of the police pension plan at $500.

• Set the schedule for township meetings for 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the township administration office.

• Granted permission to the board of supervisors and the secretary-treasurer to prepay bills before the township meetings. Robin Cressley abstained due to personal relationship.

• Agreed to retain all present township employees including employees in union contracts. Robin Cressley abstained due to personal relationship.

• Set the wages of non-union and non-uniformed employees, full-time and part-time, 3% increase.

• Set travel allowance (IRS standard business mileage for 2024 is 67 cents per mile).

• Rate for cinders at $25 per bucket load.

• Daily fees for storage at $40 per day.

• Buckno Lisicky & Co., PC-CPA, in place of the elected auditors to examine all township accounts for 2023.

• Adopted resolutions changing signatures on all accounts at Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank - removing Jason M. Frey as supervisor and adding Leroy Kemmerer Jr., effective Jan. 2.

• Revised Checkwriting Authorization Forms on all Franklin Township PLGIT Accounts (removing Jason M. Frey as supervisor and adding the name of Leroy Kemmerer Jr., effective Jan. 2.