OBSERVER Photo by Braden Carmen Hanover Town Board member Aimee Rogers took a leading role in the process of crafting the Town of Hanover Comprehensive Plan, which was recently accepted by the Town Board.

HANOVER — After many months and countless discussions, the Town of Hanover finally established a document to define its community as a whole as it officially accepted and adopted the newly created Comprehensive Plan.

The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee hosted several open meetings to receive public input while the plan was being drafted. Town Board member Aimee Rogers, Imagine Forestville President, took a leading role in the process, alongside Rick Klisiewicz, Chairman of the Planning Board. The Town Board expressed gratitude to the Steering Committee for its work on the Comprehensive Plan.

Looking forward to a grant for the hamlet of Forestville, the Town of Hanover approved a contract with Heritage Resources of Buffalo for grant administrative services at a cost not to exceed $30,000 pertaining to the Town’s Main Street commercial property improvement grant of $497,751 from the New York State Housing and Community Renewal Program. The Town Board appointed Rogers, Supervisor Lou Pelletter, and several community members including Kim Woodward, Carol Woodward, Merv Fry and Nancy Adams Fry, among others, as administrators of the grant.

Also of note, the Forestville Historic District was recently approved by the State of New York, and now proceeds to the national level. The Board also approved the purchase of flags for the festivities of America’s 250th anniversary, not to exceed $1,000.

For emergency response purposes, a portion of Stebbins Road to the Hanford Road/Angell Road Intersection, previously known as Hanford Road, was officially renamed as Angell Road. The portion of the road from Stebbins Road to the former Village of Forestville, where Pearl Street begins, was officially renamed as Dennison Road.

The Town Board approved the hiring of Kristen Meyer as a full-time Court Clerk at a rate of $20 per hour. The Town Board also re-appointed Cynthia Sheedy to the Board of Assessment Review for a five-year term, retroactive to Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2030.

A payment of $5,000 to Evergreen Lawn Cemetery for general budgetary expenses and insurance premiums was also approved by the Town, as budgeted for. Additionally, Tim Nearhoof will install bollards at the Town Hall parking lot to protect the building from being struck by a vehicle.

Sandra Goddard was approved by the Board to participate in Wreaths Across America, where wreaths will be placed on the graves of veterans buried at Rathburn Cemetery in December. The wreaths will be removed in the spring of 2027.

WNY PRISM was authorized by the Board to conduct voluntary boat inspections at the Hanover Boat Launch from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. The Aquatic Invasive Species Program will remove visible aquatic plants and animals from watercraft while educating about invasive species. The Town has reached out to Congressman Nick Langworthy’s Office for assistance with dredging the area around its boat launch in time for the beach opening this summer.

The next meeting of the Hanover Town Board is scheduled for Monday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at the Hanover Town Hall.