Polk Township will not be increasing taxes in the upcoming year. The current rate of 4.3 mills will be in effect for another year.

The township will carry over $710,000 in cash and will acquire the balance of its operating costs through taxes and fees."Any major expenses for the upcoming year will hopefully be paid for with grants," said Chairman Brian Ahner.Like many other local municipalities major capital improvements will be put off until grant money becomes available. Polk is hoping to acquire $327,383 in government funds. The township expects to receive $323,009 in liquid fuels money to help with the upkeep of the 62 miles of township roads.The budget is scheduled to be adopted at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, prior to the regular board of supervisors meeting. A public meeting will also be held that evening at 6:45 p.m. for any public comments on proposed changes to the SALDO and zoning ordinances.Summaries of the proposed changes will be advertised prior to the meeting.Speeding complaintsAlso discussed at Monday evening's meeting were the recent number of complaints of speeding on Dotters Corner Road. The township conducted road surveys over the last month on Dotters Corner Road, as well as Floyd and Carney Drives.Unfortunately the speed assessment on Dotters Corner Road was faulty and did not yield the information that the supervisors had hoped for and will have to be re-surveyed in the spring.The surveys conducted on Carney Drive and Floyd Drive were just to give the township a baseline for how much traffic accesses those roads because it is anticipated that when bridge repair begins on Route 209 in the spring more travelers will utilize those roads to avoid the one lane restriction on Route 209."I was pretty surprised by some of the speeds caught on Carney Drive during the survey, "said Ahner. "Speeds of up to 81 miles per hour, multiple cases of speeds in the seventies. Some of these sections are posted at 25 mph. The road is just not fit for those speeds."The township also received a complaint from a resident regarding speeding on Burger Hollow Road. The complaints are being taken seriously but have the supervisors in a quandary."We have to re-pave and maintain the roads for safety and for the health of vehicles traveling on them," Ahner said. "But once we pave the roads, more people speed. We post speed limits, but people don't follow them. These are legitimate issues, but they are also police matters."