Lower Towamensing Township continues to function like a well-oiled machine.

So much so, that for a 10th straight year, the township's board of supervisors on Tuesday unanimously adopted the 2015 budget with no tax increase.That will leave the millage rate at 1.6 mills, exactly where it's been for the past 10 years.It's a thought that hasn't been lost on resident Robert Kester, who lauded supervisors for their diligence."I want to thank you guys for passing the 2015 budget without (a tax increase)," Kester said. "You (guys) did a good job; thank you very much."That means a person whose home is valued at $100,000, and would be assessed at $50,000, will again pay $80 to the township in property taxes next year.As part of next year's spending plan, there will be a 5-cent increase in the light tax, from .40 to .45; and the fire tax; which will rise from 0.04 mills to 0.05 mills.Also as part of the budget, township employees will receive a 2 percent salary increase next year.Additionally, township employees must pick their vacation time by the end of January.Resident speaks outAlso on Tuesday, resident Gerry Madden, a former township supervisor, revisited the township's decision last month to hold their meeting on Veterans Day.Last month, resident Herman Bollinger told supervisors that because the day marked a holiday, they should not have held the meeting.The board customarily meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Before the start of that meeting, supervisors did hold a moment of silence in observance of the holiday.But, Madden told supervisors he agreed with Bollinger, and that out of respect to the veterans, they should have either held the meeting the next day, or the following Tuesday.Madden said that for all our veterans have done, and continue to do for us, that was the least the township could have done.Further, Madden said that if the meeting would have fallen on a holiday such as Christmas, he's certain the board wouldn't have met.Township solicitor Jim Nanovic said it's something the board can remember when it holds its reorganizational meeting.In other business, supervisors:• Agreed to have Nanovic advertise the public hearing for the township's new zoning and Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance to be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 10.• Agreed to hire Kirk, Summa, & Co LLC to perform the township's 2014 audit at a cost of $5,700.• Tabled a request to purchase Carbon County GIS software for the township's zoning office.