About Us





Richmond Township was formed in 1824, after splitting with Covington Township. Many surrounding townships were also originally a part of Covington Township. Historical information can be found in the county atlas in Tioga County Pennsylvania 1875 by John L. Sexton Jr., and it is worth a search on the web to find out more about our community.

2020 Census Reports Richmond Township's population to be at 2,169 people.

Richmond Township is made up of 50.8 square miles and totally surround the borough of Mansfield. Our road system contains about 60 miles of road most being dirt roads.

Three township residents make up the Supervisor Board: They are Chair: Tricia Hall, Gary Fish and Steve Brewster.

Meetings are held on a monthly basis with a workshop also being held on a monthly basis.

Richmond Township Supervisors Meet: The 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the Richmond Township Meeting Room. If the meeting falls on a holiday, the meeting will be held the following night. The Organization meeting in January is held the 1st Monday of the year unless it is New Year's holiday. If this is the case, then the meeting would be the first Tuesday of the year.

Richmond Township Planning Commission meets the last Wednesday of the month at 7PM. In December there is no meeting. The Planning Commission is comprised of 9 volunteers.







Meeting Schedule






The Supervisor's next regular meeting will be held Tuesday,

February 7, 2023 at 7PM at the Richmond Township Building.



The regular workshop meeting will be the third Tuesday of the month at 5PM.


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The Planning Commission's next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 7PM at the Richmond Township Building.



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december Meeting Minutes



Richmond Township Supervisors met December 6, 2022 at the township building in regular session with Supervisors Tricia Hall, Steve Brewster and Gary Fish attending. Called to order at 7:00 PM by Tricia Hall, who led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Comment Period: None
November minutes for regular meeting presented. MOTION by Fish, second Brewster to approve the minutes, Unanimous. MOTION by Fish second Brewster to accept Treasurers Report, Unanimous. MOTION by Brewster second Fish to approve Payroll & Invoices to pay for General Checks 7453 to 7472 totaling $65,280.40 and State Checks 2408 to 2411 totaling $1,000.67 and Impact Fee Check 1108 for $22,666.48, Unanimous. MOTION by Hall second Fish to Adopt All 2023 Budgets for General, State, ARPA & Impact Fees, Unanimous. MOTION by Hall second Brewster to Approve Resolution 14-2022 to increase millage rate at 4, Unanimous. MOTION by Hall second Fish to Approve Resolution 15-2022 for TCC Appointments, Unanimous.

MOTION by Hall second Fish to Approve Weiskoff Sub-Division, Unanimous.

MOTION by Hall second Fish to table Blue Ridge Franchise Agreement verbage till more information is received, Unanimous.


Addition of Agenda Items: None
Planning Commission: Minutes Presented
Zoning Report Presented by Mary House
Correspondence was presented.

Motion by Hall second Fish to Adjourn at 7:12 PM, Unanimous.



february AGENDA



Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Comment Period:

January Organizational & Regular Meeting Minutes

Treasurer's Report

Invoices & Payroll


General Bills-

American Planning Assoc. Dues- $112.00 Blue Ridge-$134.46 UGI-$1814.20 DeHaven Services- $85.00 Elan CC- $1,225.46 Gannon Assoc.-$3,341.00 General Code-$995 Lindsey Equip-$33.58 Meeting Pay- $468.75 Mitchell Auto Parts-$13.39 NTSWA- $192.50 PAMA-$150.00 Penelec's- $419.13 TCLGSA- $25.00 TC Commissioners- $504.80 TC Reg & Rec- $25.00 Tioga Publishing- $54.00 UniFirst- $188.60 Verizon- $115.94 WOC- $1,172.80

State Bills-

Cargill- $1,399.53 Chemung Supply- $6,439.74 Cross Excavating- $108.13 Eck's Garage- $99.89 Mitchell Auto Parts-$474.02 Polsinello Lubricants-$1,699.00 Rakoski Auto- $39.11 Watson Diesel-$20.49

Impact-

NONE

MOTION TO APPROVE FURLONG SUB-DIVISION.

MOTION ON ACCEPTING NEW BLUE RIDGE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH NEW TERMS.

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDERING NEW RADIOS AND REPEATER FROM LONG COMMUNICATIONS.

MOTION TO APPOINT NEW SUPERVISOR TO THE AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.


ADDITION OF AGENDA ITEMS:

PLANNING COMMISSION: Minutes Presented

ZONING REPORT GIVEN

CORRESPONDENCE

ADJOURN




Services





Road Upkeep- We are responsible for the upkeep of the road in Richmond Township. Our road crew is comprised of 3 men currently to accomplish this task. ​



The Township Secretary manages all day to day activities in the office. Answering calls, emails and dealing with foot traffic during the day. Additional duties are managing the mail, income and expense accounts of the township (under the direction of all three supervisors) and handles permitting of multiple kinds of permits. Sub-Division and SALDO applications also start with the Secretary.



The Zoning Officer issues permits for Zoning, Signage and Demolition.



Our Recycling Center is open on Wednesdays from 12-4 and Saturdays from 8-12. We have a person on hand to help with anything you may need in the center. We take the following recyclables:

Tin, aluminum, metal cans & clear, brown and green glass, clean plastics 1- 7, magazines, papers, junk mail, corrugated cardboard. If you have any questions, just call the office or ask the Recycler as they should be able to answer your questions.

We also sell NTSWA garbage stickers for $3.50 each or $35.00 for a sheet.



Oversize/overweight road bonding required.
Contact the office for paperwork to fill out.



Richmond Township Building





563 Valley Road
Mansfield, PA 16933


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Chair-Tricia Hall-915 Bryant Road Mansfield, PA 16933-570-662-7791

Gary Fish- 649 Mudge Road Mansfield, PA 16933-570-724-7560

Steve Brewster- 51 Vernon Lane Mansfield, PA 16933-570-404-5259










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Richmond Township



563 Valley Road
Mansfield, PA 16933



open records officer: mary house

forms are available in office, mail, email etc.