Hanover council approves water easements, advertises sewer‑rent ordinance and ratifies public‑safety change orders

At its April 7 meeting, the Hanover Borough Council approved multiple consent‑agenda and infrastructure items, including water easements, authorization to advertise a sewer‑rent ordinance with specified amendments, and two change orders for the 44 Frederick Street public‑safety facility.

On the consent agenda, the council approved 601A, a water‑pipeline easement to install a fire hydrant at 610 Black Rock Road, and 601B, an easement for a proposed water‑main crossing of the York County Rail Trail at Gits Run Road. Both motions were made, seconded and carried by voice vote.

The council authorized advertisement of an ordinance to establish additional sewer rent for industrial waste, amending the draft to add clarifying abbreviation definitions (for example, BOD and WWTP) to improve readability; the motion to advertise the ordinance as amended carried by voice vote.

In public‑works business, the council ratified PCO #13013 for $6,000 and approved PCO #014 in the amount of $593,755 as recommended by the architect and staff. During discussion, a project representative explained that a previously removed firing range element has been restored after staff and the police chief solicited philanthropic support; the funding source for that element was described as philanthropic contributions rather than additional bond proceeds.

Council also approved a 90‑day extension for the proposed Wawa fueling station and food‑market land‑development plan on Eisenhower Drive and authorized Resolution No. 1463 to use the Munisabet online equipment auction, where the borough reported $7,000 proceeds from a retired fire vehicle in recent sales.

All measures described above were carried by voice vote; no recorded roll‑call tallies with member names were included in the meeting transcript.