Residents in Moore Township have some good news this holiday season when it comes to the 2015 proposed budget.
During Tuesday night's board of supervisors' meeting, secretary and treasurer Richard Gable noted there would be no tax increase for residents thanks to a variety of factors, including reworking their health insurance rates, lowering their liability insurance between 5 to 8 percent, and purchasing two used police cars in a strategic manner, he said.
Members of the public will have a chance to review the proposed budget starting on December 8.
Supervisors are expected to vote on the budget at 3:30 p.m. on December 29.
In other business supervisors instructed solicitor David Backenstoe to investigate the legal requirement of instituting an ordinance to protect township roads by enacting weight limits on vehicles.
Currently there are many township roads without weight limits, exposing them to use by heavy vehicles, which spur road maintenance in a shorter amount of time than is normal.
Chairman David Tashner said the process for enacting weight limits is one that must be approached delicately.
Case in point is that townships must provide motorists alternative routes to travel.
The township has 46 miles of state roads, according to Tashner, providing trucks and trailers over the limits many options.
"You also can't prevent agricultural vehicles from moving their product," Tashner said, adding that "he wouldn't want to do that" anyway.
The township would also have to allow for local delivery no matter what weight limit they may eventually adopt, according to engineer Al Kortze.
In other news, Gable noted that supervisors would formally sign the application for farmland preservation for the Sunny Slope Farm land the township purchased earlier this year.
The 40-acre farm is located at Beersville Road and Grouse Drive.
The parcel of land had previously received approval for a 35-home subdivision that never came to fruition.
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