Supervisors discuss licensing skills games and possible permitting changes; no ordinance adopted
Board members discussed drafting an ordinance to license skills-game machines with annual fees and reviewed broader permitting and zoning enforcement concerns; Chief Peacock estimated at least ten businesses may operate such machines in the township. No formal action was taken.
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Supervisor Jacob Wible raised the idea of licensing Skills Games (amusement/skill machines) rather than calling it a tax, noting municipalities are exploring license models at PSATS. Wible said fees could range from about $200 to $600 per machine and proposed that rates be set annually by resolution; each licensed machine would display a sticker. Chief Roger Peacock estimated "at least ten businesses" in the township may have such machines and said he would investigate further.
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