Franklin Township has finalized the transaction for a former candle shop it intends to convert to house its police department and administration office.

Supervisor Fred Kemmerer Jr. made the announcement at Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting.

“This (Tuesday) afternoon, we did have closing on the (former) candle shop,” Kemmerer Jr. said. “So, that’s a positive thing moving forward.”

Kemmerer added that the Franklin Township Police Department has applied for an LSA grant for the outfitting of their building.

He said the township eventually needs to come up with a plan of attack with the building.

Resident Jill Renfrew then asked if there will be any more updates forthcoming.

Last month, supervisors agreed to look into the sale of identified unused items, equipment and land parcels to create a list of potential sale items that includes things from the former candle shop it plans to convert to house its police department and administration office.

Kemmerer said at that time land parcels might also be sold.

It was then noted that some of them are really small.

Kemmerer said he wouldn’t be opposed to that, and that the township could come up with a list and that he would be all right with that type of conversation perhaps at a special meeting.

Kemmerer said the township could eventually post the items and people could bid on them.

The township has applied for an LSA grant in the amount of $550,000 for the purchase of the former Blue Mountain Candle Co. Inc., 570 Interchange Road. The sale price is $550,000 for the roughly 9,000-square-foot property and building.

Kemmerer. said the building will take a lot of renovation work, and noted that the township has $1.5 million in its building fund budget to be used for the purchase and renovation.

The township wants to have enough room to accommodate eight police officers, administration, zoning hearing board and supervisors.

Kemmerer said the current township building on Fairyland Road will potentially be sold in the future.

The township was originally planning to build a 7,500-square-foot building in between the former Hobby Shop and current administration office.