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 Jeff Martin.

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.







july meeting minutes



Richmond Township Supervisors met July 7, 2026 at the township building in regular session with Supervisors Tricia Hall & Gary Fish attending, Jeff Martin absent.

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

Comment Period: None

June minutes for Regular Meeting 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 8176 to 8191 & auto payments totaling $87,491.79. State Checks 2689 to 2699 totaling $50,615.35, and No Impact Fee Checks, Unanimous.

Manns Creek Solar presented their solar project on Benson land off of Orebed Road.

Motion by Hall second Fish to approve Resolution 08-2026 requesting a multimodal grant for Spencer Road, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to approve Tice Sub-Division, Unanimous.

Act 13 disbursement of $281,832 were received.


Planning Commission minutes were presented.


Zoning Report was given by Mary House.


Correspondence was presented.

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


Respectfully Submitted, Mary J House, Secretary.











august agenda





Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Comment Period:

July Regular Meeting Minutes

Treasurer's Report

Invoices & Payroll


General Bills-

Blue Ridge- $152.22 Cemetery Mowers- $2,300 DeHaven Services- $85.00 Fay Bradley- $1,500.00 Mansfield Hose Co.- $60,609.84 Mansfield Fireman's Ambulance- $100.00 Meeting Pay- $468.75 Penelec's- $357.23 Suit-Kote- $4,501.80 TC Commissioners- $570.71 TCATO- $100.00 UGI- $81.00 UniFirst- $353.32 Verizon- $91.20 Visa-$894.40 Williams Oil- $1,664.85

State Bills-

Columbia Cross Roads- $5,250.00 J&L Hotshot- $11,458.56 Mitchell Auto Parts- $138.09 Tiremasters Parmenter- $1,364.81 PM Tires- $170.00 Rakoski Auto- $266.72

Impact-

Dalrymple- $17,049.90 Glenn Hawbaker- $82,417.32 Suit-Kote- $49,629.76


Potter's Inspections discussion regarding his inspection services.

MOTION to approve Alexyn Enterprises & Clarence Everett Lot Addition/Sub-Division.

MOTION to approve Daniel Rieppel Sub-Division.

MOTION for Resolution 09-2026 for Grant request for DCED for multi-municipal plan.

MOTION to approve $4,855.78 match for Richmond Township's portion of the multi-municipal plan.

MOTION to approve 6 month extension for GreenKey Solar on Benson Property.

County Convention is October 1st starting at 3pm. Please let me know who can go.

All FMCSA Clearinghouse queries for the year have been done. All Clear.

Equipment show is on August 20th, the office will be closed this day.



PLANNING COMMISSION: Minutes Presented


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

Jeff Martin, Route 6 Mansfield, PA 16933-570-337-1594










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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.