Franklin Township will have new leadership in 2026.

Newly seated Supervisor Nic Storm was appointed board president.

Incumbent Supervisor Fred Kemmerer Jr. was selected as board vice president.

Incumbent Supervisor Leroy Kemmerer Jr. rounds out the board.

Other appointments

• Cady Guy, secretary-treasurer.

• Tom Nanovic, township solicitor.

• Jason Doll, police chief.

• Jack Dean, zoning hearing board solicitor.

• KCE James Mascort, zoning officer/BOCA property maintenance code enforcement officer.

• James Mascort, uniform construction officer/assistant BOCA code enforcement officer.

• Scott Bieber — Lehigh Soils and Wetlands, sewage enforcement officer.

• Steve Gitch & Ian Farrell, alternate sewage enforcement officers.

• Greg Haas, township engineer for general purposes.

• Carbon Engineering, township’s alternate engineer for general purposes.

• Larry Diehl, emergency management coordinator.

• Matthew Dorward, vacancy board chairman.

• Tabled five-year term for planning commission.

• Jill Renfrew, zoning hearing board.

• Tabled township representative and Joint Boards of Appeal.

• Guy Barry, sewer connection inspector.

• Fred Kemmerer Jr., representative, Carbon County Council of Governments.

• Leroy Kemmerer Jr., alternate representative, Carbon County Council of Governments.

• Jason Doll, open records officer, township police department.

• Cady Guy, open records officer, township administration office.

• Elizabeth Grodis, alternate representative to the Carbon County Tax Committee, one-year term.

• John DeMatte, Municipal Authority member, five-year term.

• Tabled township’s representative to the Carbon County Solid Waste Advisory Committee.

• Mike Snyder, member of Franklin Township Advisory Recreation and Parks Board, five-year term.

• Ty Poole, township’s Canal Commission representative.

• Troy Williams, interim roadmaster/road foreman.

• Fred Kemmerer Jr., township’s voting delegate for this year’s PSATs Annual Education Conference, Hershey, April 19-22.

• Resolution appointing Nic Storm as chief administrative official of the Franklin Township non-uniformed pension plan.

• Resolution appointing Nic Storm as chief administrative official of the Franklin Township police pension plan.

• Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank and Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust as depositories for various checking and savings accounts.

• Set the treasurer’s bond at $500,000 for fiscal year 2026.

• Set the bond for board of supervisors as trustees of the police pension plan at $500,000 for fiscal year 2026.

• Schedule township meetings for 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month.

• Secretary-treasurer prepay bills before township meetings.

• Retain all present township employees including employees under union contract.

• Increase wages of nonunion and non-uniformed township full- and part-time employees by about 3% for 2026.

• Travel allowance set by the IRS to 70 cents per mile.

• Set the 2026 equipment rentals fees.