“We may have to increase the taxes 1/10 of a mil to help to pay to fix the wastewater problem in Goodville,” said Supervisor Joe Shriver at the November 13 meeting of the East Earl Township Board of Supervisors. “It is an unfunded mandate. We have to do it. The tax would generate about $45,000 per year. It would add about $10 to every $100,000 of property value.”

“We have to reply to (a consent letter received from) the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection by December,” said Chairmen Dave Zimmerman.

The unfunded mandate could cost up to $750,000.