Franklin Township residents won’t have a tax increase next year.

Township supervisors last week granted tentative adoption of the budget, leaving the rate at 7.64 mills.

The board plans to hold one more budget workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss the final budget figures.

The board expects to pass the final budget when it meets on Dec. 19.

Last December, the board unanimously agreed to adopt this year’s budget with no tax increase, much to the delight of the roughly 20 residents who packed the cramped meeting room inside the township municipal building.

On the brink of its first tax increase in over a decade, supervisors at that meeting reversed course amid impassioned pleas from residents who implored them to not raise taxes.

At a budget workshop in November 2022, supervisors tentatively adopted this year’s spending plan with a 1.5-mill increase.

Supervisors at that time cited inflation and the eventual hiring of a part-time code enforcement officer among the reasons.

The last time residents had a tax increase was 2010, when taxes were raised by 1.5 mills.

While taxes didn’t go up, the board in December did approve a resolution to increase this year’s garbage collection rates.

The garbage collection fee was raised by $20, from $235 to $255 for regular customers.

The senior rate did not increase and remained at $170.