The Packer Township supervisors met with representatives of a company that wants to build a data center in the township.

Tuesday night, Supervisor Chairman Bob Selert said representatives of North Point Development met with the board in executive session to discuss the proposal, but did not submit anything.

“North Point made a presentation to us,” Selert said. “They are going to come back in October to a public meeting. We are not taking a position on this. We asked them a bunch of questions and got some things clarified.”

On the supervisors’ agenda, it said the supervisors were going to “amend the township’s 2020 zoning ordinance to add a special data center overlay district, adding definitions, performance standards, zoning district regulations, off-street parking and loading and unloading.”

But Selert said the meeting was exploratory only.

“There is nothing official before us,” Selert said. “They will do an informative session before they apply.”

This is the first time the words “data center” have been used by any local government official.

“Yes, this is a proposal for a data center,” Selert said. “They are not looking to change the conservation zoning. They are looking for the zoning overlay.”

The land for the project is within 1,000 feet of the Spring Mountain Road.

Selert confirmed the site in this project is different from the site where CAN DO Inc. proposed a zoning change in June that was withdrawn.

In other business, the supervisors voted to award a $168,172.65 contract to Lehigh Asphalt & Paving to pave Wallace Way and Grist Mill Road.

The township will advertise for bids for a new garbage contract to collect trash from 450 customers.

The supervisors also approved an amendment to the township’s noise ordinance to exclude hunting sounds.