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Lynn Township adopts volunteer firefighter tax credit, authorizes $12,000 in recruitment payments
Summary
The Lynn Township Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025‑04 establishing a volunteer service credit and enacted payments of $6,000 to each volunteer fire company as part of recruitment and retention support.
The Lynn Township Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an ordinance establishing a volunteer service credit program and approved $12,000 in recruitment and retention payments to local fire companies at its Nov. 13 meeting.
Ordinance 2025‑04, described by Solicitor Marc Fisher during the meeting, enacts tax credits for volunteer members of township volunteer fire companies and establishes administrative procedures and appeals. The board passed the ordinance on a motion by Supervisor Frederick Najarian, seconded by Supervisor Ronald Jerdon.
LPFC Fire Chief Kevin Utt reported LPFC has responded to 69 emergency calls to date and noted recent training completions and upcoming fundraisers, including an all‑you‑can‑eat breakfast Nov. 16 and a turkey raffle Nov. 21. NTFC Fire Chief Gary Kuntz told supervisors NTFC had 165 calls to date, installed a 15,000‑gallon water tank, and said "the 2025 R&R program will pay out approximately 21K this year." Kuntz also said seven NTFC members are eligible for the county tax rebate; LPFC did not report a qualified‑member count during the meeting.
On the board's motion (Frederick Najarian, second Ronald Jerdon), supervisors authorized $6,000 payments to each company — $12,000 total — for the township's recruitment and retention program. The board noted NTFC had 21 members qualify for R&R; LPFC's eligible count was "not specified" in the presentation.
The board and the chiefs discussed pond site access, which township staff said requires confirming landowner access but does not require township permitting. Next procedural steps for the ordinance are administrative: implementing the credit program and establishing appeals as set out in the ordinance.
The board made the ordinance and payments by unanimous vote. The township has not specified an effective date for the tax‑credit program in the meeting record.
