South Annville Township anticipates a proposed 2026 budget for November

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During the Oct. 8 meeting, the South Annville Township Board of Supervisors heard from township manager Jeanette Henning that township staff is preparing a proposed 2026 budget for review on Nov. 12.

Henning expects the proposed budget to include working with the Western Lebanon County Regional Police Department with health insurance coverage and increased health insurance premiums across the board.

After the Nov. 12 meeting, township staff is planning to address the supervisors’ comments on the proposed budget and advertise it for the Dec. 10 meeting, when supervisors plan to vote on it.

Also during the Oct. 8 meeting, supervisors unanimously approved reappointing Edward Fogelsanger as a Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority board member.

Supervisors unanimously approved applications for two hydrants from Pennsylvania American Water along Flora Boulevard in Candler’s Pointe. Supervisors also unanimously approved the SAT Police Policies Handbook, which was recently completed after being in the works for the past four years.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, Henri Lively, a commission member for the Western Lebanon County Regional Police Department, thanked the board for its partnership with the police department.

South Annville Township resident Michael Schroeder followed by congratulating supervisors on a much-improved website following his email in November 2023 with a list of things that needed to be addressed.

Schroeder also offered a belated thank you to supervisors and Chief Ben Sutcliffe for their response to the Friends of Old Annville committee for Historic Old Annville Day in February 2025, which ultimately led the committee to hold the event on Lebanon Valley College’s campus rather than on Main Street.

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In addition, Schroeder encouraged supervisors and community members to get involved with planning the America250PA celebrations for next year.

On a more critical note, Schroeder challenged supervisors to engage in a sustained dialogue with officials from neighboring municipalities, such as Annville and North Annville townships, and/or form a working group or regional compact, to more effectively manage growth and address issues — namely issues with traffic flow — that arise from it.

Supervisors were updated that Trick-or-Treat 2025 in Lebanon County is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m.

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They were also reminded of an event scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Talview Dairy, 1501 Mount Pleasant Road, Lebanon, in celebration of Talview Dairy’s farmland preservation, which joins 650,000 acres and 6,500 farms across the state.

In addition, supervisors were updated that Lisa Stewart-Miller has submitted a preliminary/final minor subdivision plan in which she will transfer a portion of one of her properties onto another property she owns. There will be no building on it.

In other news, supervisors unanimously moved to:

• Approve the secretary’s, treasurer’s, and engineer’s reports, the latter of which included the submission of the MS4 annual report, the review of construction submittals from Candler’s Pointe for phase three of the land development plan, and plans to inspect anything within the proposed township right-of-way.
• Approve the police report, which included 219 calls for township and 39 for regional and a total of 321 hours for township and 43 for regional, as well as the payment of township bills.

South Annville Township supervisors meet at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Meetings are held in the township building at 1042 Horseshoe Pike, which features an ADA-accessible ramp and an on-site parking lot with ADA-accessible spaces, and are open to the public. Next month’s meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 12.