Upper Frederick supervisors voted Jan. 14 to suspend roughly $60,000 a year in township fire tax funding to the Upper Frederick Fire Company pending resolution of alleged financial misconduct, submission of long-overdue, state-required financial reports, and an end to prohibited partisan political activity. Supervisors said the fire company has failed for about a decade to provide adequate documentation on the use of taxpayer funds, prompting concerns that inaction could expose the township to liability, though officials said the issue may ultimately prove to be an accounting problem. Township staff are now working with the fire company’s new treasurer to bring records into compliance. In other business, the board moved forward with advertising major updates to its use regulation ordinance, including provisions to ease approval of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The 200-page draft ordinance is available for public review on the township website.
Source: Town & Country; 1/22/2026