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.







november meeting minutes



Richmond Township Supervisors met November 6, 2024 at the township building in regular session with Supervisors Tricia Hall, Steve Brewster & Gary Fish attending.

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

Comment Period: None

October minutes & Budget Workshop minutes were presented. MOTION by Fish, second Brewster to approve the minutes, Unanimous.

MOTION by Fish second Brewster to accept Treasurers Report, Unanimous.

MOTION by Fish second Brewster to approve Payroll & Invoices to pay for General Checks 7840 to 7854 totaling $104,634.27, State Checks 2552 to 2559 totaling $21,260.07, and No Impact Fee Checks, Unanimous.

MOTION by Hall second Fish to approve purchasing a new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD from Elkland Chevrolet for base price of $50,388.60 plus fees. We do get a fleet discount on this. We also authorize Mary J. House to sign the necessary paperwork/registration for this vehicle, Unanimous.

MOTION by Hall second Fish to approve Pannebaker Sub-Division, Unanimous.

Budget is available for review in the township office.

Budget adoption will be on December 3rd.

Planning Commission minutes- No Minutes Presented.

Zoning Report Presented

No Correspondence was presented.

Motion by Hall second Brewster to Adjourn at 7:14PM, Unanimous.









december agenda



Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Comment Period:

November Regular Meeting Minutes

Treasurer's Report

Invoices & Payroll


General Bills-

Blue Ridge-$59.74 DeHaven Services- $85.00 Gannon Associates- $7,586 Lecce Electric Walmart- $2,370.00 Lecce Electric Lowe's- $1,610.00 Lowe's- $185.13 Meeting Pay- $468.75 Mitchell Auto Parts- $199.39 Penelec's- $334.18 UGI- $445.02 UniFirst- $241.58 Verizon- $129.64 Visa- $916.75 Williams Oil- $379.74

State Bills-

Keystone Welding- $16.68 Mitchell Auto Parts- $76.10PM Tires- $964.00 Point Spring- $554.25 Steve Shannon Tire- $212.00.

Impact-

None

MOTION to Adopt 2025 Budget

MOTION to Adopt resolution 10-2024 Millage Rate for 2025 at 1.9747 Mills. No Change from last year.

Discussion and MOTION to purchase either a used regular short box for $2,500 or a new flatbed for the 2014 Chevrolet for around the same price to plow snow.

REMINDER that the Organizational and Regular Meeting will be held January 6th.


PLANNING COMMISSION: No Minutes Presented- No November Meeting

ZONING REPORT- Given by Mary House

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.