Hanover Township Supervisors like to joke that they're "on target." Their no-tax-hike budget for next year remains on target, too, and that's no joke. At their Nov. 11 meeting, supervisors authorized advertising the budget for a vote at their Dec. 16 meeting.

The last time Hanover Township had a tax increase was in 2008.

Supervisors also directed Manager Jay Finnigan to pay off a note for the Community Center a year early. That 27,000 square-foot facility first opened in 2006 with the goal of providing residents with quality educational and recreational programs. It was built with no outside support. Finnigan estimated that paying off the note a year early will save the township approximately $20,000 in interest payments.

In other business, Director of Administration Ryan Kish warned that PPL is replacing the towers on its Siegfried Quarry Line, which traverses the township. About 10 towers will be replaced, starting in spring 2016.

Supervisors also heard from Attorney Eric Schock, representing DTC Innovation Way. This company, which tests and then ships medical devices, needs a larger storage room for its lab and office. It is proposing to use 20,000 square feet of its 67,000 square-foot facility for storage, but needs authorization from the Zoning Hearing Board. After hearing what is being planned, supervisors decided against sending a representative to zoners to argue either for or against the project.

Supervisor Jack Nagle also reported he attended the Library Board meeting the previous evening. "It wasn't much of a meeting and I have nothing to report," he said, as supervisors teased him.

They were about to end the meeting when an unidentified resident in the back of the room, who lives in Bella Vista Estates, stood up to compliment Finnigan, Public Works director Vince Milite and other township employees.

Some weeks ago, a confused tractor trailer truck operator was so lost that he ended up driving right into this resident's front yard. He had knocked out a telephone pole and the resident's cistern, to say nothing of trees and shrubbery.

"It's not often I get a tractor trailer in my front yard," he said, but went on to thank Finnigan and the others for their prompt response and reaction to a potentially dangerous situation.