For the ninth consecutive year, taxes will remain the same in Lower Towamensing Township.

Supervisors, on a 2-0 vote, agreed on Tuesday to adopt the 2014 budget with no millage increase. Supervisor Ron Walbert was absent.The board's decision will leave the millage rate at 1.6 mills, which means a person with a home valued at $100,000, which would be assessed at $50,000, will again pay $80 to the township in property taxes next year.Township employees will receive a 2.5-percent salary increase as part of next year's budget.Supervisors Chairman Brent Green said the township watches how it spends its money."We live within our means," Green said. "And we budget accordingly."Revenues are at $2,524,025, while expenditures are at $715,856, which leaves a surplus of $1,808,169.Park ordinanceAlso on Tuesday, supervisors adopted a park ordinance which will apply to its Stoney Ridge

P.A.R.C. recreation facility.All dogs must be on a leash, and dog owners must clean up after them."We never had rules before," Green said. "This gives us a foundation for whatever could come down the road."A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the park along Fireline Road in June of 2009.The township purchased the land from the Knights of Columbus in 2000.COGSupervisors also agreed to adopt a resolution for the Carbon County Council of Government.Green said the COG would be a program in which services would be shared among all the municipalities in the county.Township solicitor Jim Nanovic added that the resolution supervisors approved was, "Just a matter of showing an interest."Road crew laudedGreen praised the township's road crew for its excellent work."Our road crew does an outstanding job in the winter," he said. "You guys do an outstanding job."Supervisor Jesse Mendez echoed Green's sentiment as he thanked the road crew.In other business, supervisors:- Rejected the Harry and Elaine Eckhart subdivision plan in the event the township does not receive a letter by the end of the month per the township engineer's review letter. The plan is to subdivide a five-acre lot located in a rural-conservation district, at 5260 Little Gap Road, Kunkletown.- Granted an extenstion to the AT&T land development plan until March 31, 2014.