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.







may meeting minutes



Richmond Township Supervisors met May 8, 2025 at the township building in regular session with Supervisors Tricia Hall & Gary Fish attending, Steve Brewster absent.

Called to order at 7:00PM by Tricia Hall, who led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Comment Period: None

March minutes were presented. Motion by Fish, second Hall to approve the minutes, Unanimous.

Motion by Fish second Hall to accept the Treasurers Report, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to approve Payroll & Invoices to pay for General Checks 7939 to 7962 totaling $73,520.75. State Checks 2594 to 2599 totaling $4,927.08, and No Impact Fee Checks, Unanimous.


Motion by Hall second fish to Approve Resolution 08-2025 to amend Fee Schedules, Unanimous.

Motion by Fish second Hall to Approve Energy Transfer (ETC) Sub-Division & Land Development Plans, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to have Brian Haight bid out our road surfacing projects this year. Wade Brion will give us his opinion on where we should start first. We will also need Brooklyn Road oiled again this year due to detours for the bridge, Unanimous.



No Planning Commission minutes were presented. Minutes were not emailed in time.

Zoning Report was given by Mary House.

Correspondence was presented.

Motion by Hall second Fish to adjourn at 7:30PM, Unanimous.


Respectfully Submitted, Mary J House, Secretary.









June agenda



Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Comment Period:

May Regular Meeting Minutes

Treasurer's Report

Invoices & Payroll


General Bills-

Blue Ridge-$142.22 Cross Excavating- $3,498.70 DeHaven Services- $85.00 Kyli Hall- $160.00 Molli Hall- $40.00 Gary Fish- $40.00 Livic Civil- $2,117 Mark's Carpet Cleaning- $230.00, James Mucci- $145.00 Meeting Pay- $468.75 Penelec's- $382.89 Rasmussen- $150.00 UGI- $501.62 UniFirst- $280.90 Verizon- $747.55 Visa-$1,444.91 Watson Diesel- $250.00 Williams Oil- $1350.81

State Bills-

Big Wrench- $3,500.00 Cross Excavating- $3,636.43 Draper Supply- $4,490.99 Iola Lumber- $3,354.34 Mitchell's Auto Parts- $396.32 Steve Shannon- $1,705.58 Stickbuilt Welding- $918.00 Stuart Lisowski- $1,700.00 Tioga Publishing- $138.82

Impact-

None


MOTION TO MAKE A MONETARY DONATION FOR THE MANSFIELD 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION & HOW MUCH.

MOTION TO TRADE IN JCB BACKHOE DUE TO HAVING ISSUES THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIX. JCB IS PAID IN FULL SO TRADE AMT. WOULD BE TAKEN DIRECTLY OFF NEW MACHINE.

PITTS ROAD BIDS WILL BE OPENED & POSSIBLY AWARADED ON JUNE 13TH AT 12PM.

VALLEY ROAD PIPES WILL BE CHANGED OUT ON JUNE 16-18TH, FDR CEMENT ON JUNE 23-24TH, PAVING ON JULY 1ST AND SHOULDER BACK UP ON JULY 2ND.

MOTION TO ALLOW HYDRO EDGE SOLUTIONS TO UTILIZE THE WEST END OF VALLEY ROAD FOR 7 DAYS WHILE CEMENT CURES. HYDRO EDGE'S DRIVEWAY AND 200' WEST OF THEIR DRIVEWAY WILL BE PAVED WITH THEIR FUNDS.

MARY WILL SCHEDULE MOBILE HOME PARK INSPECTIONS IN JULY.


PLANNING COMMISSION: No Meeting


ZONING REPORT- Presented

CORRESPONDENCE- Presented

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 $4.00 each or $40.00 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


richtownship@yahoo.com

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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.