Catharine Twp. Supervisors Consider Limitations of Budget

“It’s stupid the way it’s [the township] has been run,” Auditor Daryl Cole told the Catharine Township supervisors during the regular meeting on Thursday, Jan. 21.

“You haven’t had a tax increase in 20 years,” Cole added after township officials shot down Roadmaster Michael Fay’s request to put a bid in on a backhoe, because funds were not available.

Fay agreed, saying, “We have a real serious issue.”

Vice Chairman Ken Brenneman remarked that he was “apprehensive to raise taxes because Blair County recently has,” and that “I know that I like to look at different avenues rather than a tax incre...