A panel previously put on the sidelines in Franklin Township will pick up where it left off in assisting with its proposed administration and police office building.

Township supervisors took no action at Tuesday’s meeting to dissolve the building committee.

Last month, newly-seated Supervisor and board Chairman Jason Frey said he would like to dissolve the building committee.

However, Supervisor Fred Kemmerer Jr. said at that time that the committee was already stopped.

At Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting, several members of the committee expressed their dissatisfaction with the manner in which the situation was handled.

Larry Diehl, a member of the building committee, told supervisors that they got a letter that the building committee was being abolished.

Frey explained, “We dissolved it. I didn’t think there was anything left to do.”

But, Diehl said the building committee was actively engaged in the process before being dissolved.

Another person asked why the township couldn’t have made a phone call to inform the committee.

Kemmerer Jr. said he believes the building committee has been a true asset to the township, as it doesn’t come with a cost.

“I was always a proponent of it,” he said. “It’s not a cost, it’s community input.”

Diehl reiterated that he believed the committee was making progress, as they gathered a list of needs from the police department and administration in trying to

“We were an advisory committee,” Diehl said. “I thought it was kind of crappy the way it ended.”

Resident and former supervisor Robin Cressley agreed.

“I think it was premature to end it,” Cressley said.

Afterward, Frey said he had no problem keeping the building committee, and that he believed at the time that “it was stalling out.”

Kemmerer Jr. suggested that the township leave the building committee as it needs it.

“It’s community input,” he said. “I believe it’s necessary.”

In February 2024, the board named Diehl as lead contact person for the committee, which included Stan Graver, Kirk Cressley, Daniel Zeigler, Terry Shaner, Leon Kamowaki, and Ty Poole.

In December, the former board of supervisors agreed to search for bond counsel and a grant writer to assist with its proposed administration and police office building.

The township wants to have enough room to accommodate eight police officers, administration, zoning hearing board and supervisors.

The township is planning to build a 7,500-square-foot building in between the former Hobby Shop site and current administration office.