Newly elected State Senator Mario Scavello goes on a quest to visit the governing bodies of each of the 40 municipalities in his district at least once every year. On April 28, he visited Hanover Township's board.

Steve Salveson joked that Scavello should have an office in Hanover when he's ready to go "upscale."

Actually, Scavello is working on plans to do that, and have a staffer available one day a week, either in the municipal building or at the community center.

Upon hearing this, Township Manager Jay Finnigan handed Senator Scavello a new resident package and welcomed him to the community.

"There's even a map in case you get lost," joked Finnigan.

On a more serious note, independent auditor Todd Bushta told supervisors the township is in sound financial shape and actually had a $1 million profit last year, although $732,000 of that money was used to pay off a note and reduce debt. He offered a clean and unqualified opinion, and was unable to find any instances of noncompliance with governmental accounting standards.

The township's pension fund is 100 percent funded and fully liquid as well. Overall, there's a $7.5 million fund balance.

The only debt left is a $700,000 note from 2006. Finnigan recommended paying it off to escape interest payments.