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SILVER CREEK — Hanover Town Board members on Monday approved a tax exemption for the Silver Creek Department of Public Works building.

At the regular board meeting, members unanimously approved the request with the condition that the village will have to pay water, sewer and any special district taxes, including lighting district taxes.

The Silver Creek School Board approved the same type of agreement. In both cases, the tax exemption will apply only while the building is used for the Public Works Department.

The department is located in the former George Bentges warehouse on Routes 5 & 20, outside the village limits. The department has been housed there since the August 2009 flood that ruined the village barns on North Main Street.

In other matters:

• The board will petition the county for a reduced speed limit on Bennett State Road for about 1,890 feet from the village limits in Forestville and northward. The board will also seek parking restrictions in the same area, due to increased truck traffic at the Bailey Manufacturing facility and a new medical office in that location.

• Two public hearings will be held at the Feb. 27 board meeting. Council members will hear comments on a proposed tax reduction for disabled people and for increasing the income limits from $19,000 to $20,000 for senior citizens who qualify for an exemption. The hearings will begin at 7:35 p.m.

• At the request of Town Highway Superintendent Steve D’Angelo, the following roads will be posted for a weight limit: Alleghany, Beebe, Blanding, Bradigan, Christy, Cottage, Empire, Freedom, Gibbs, Hanford, Holmes, Hopper, Hurlburg, King, Mackinaw, Mixer, Overheiser, Quarry, Rider, Spears and Waterman.

• The board appointed Kevin Waterman chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals. His switch to the zoning board will be contingent on his resignation from the assessment review board.

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Boards give public works building tax exemption