BUTLER TWP — New computer equipment in police cars … a new water well pump or maybe even a public water line and restroom in Preston Park … a stormwater management emergency fund.

Like a kid before Christmas, Joe Hasychak on Monday easily rattled off a list of capitol improvements he envisions for the future of the township.

Hasychak, chairman of the township commissioners, could see his wish-list materialize as the commissioners have decided to create a spending plan in the coming weeks for the township’s $2.4 million nest egg.

The money has been in an interest-bearing savings account since April 1 when the township sold 15.9 acres on South Duffy Road to a developer then known as Westar. Now named VA Butler Partners, the Ohio developer had an agreement to build a new $75 million Veterans Affairs Center on the site, commonly called Deshon Woods.

The facility’s location is now less certain after Westar lost its lease with the VA, and the federal agency is yet to spell out the next step.

The money from the property sale is in the bank for the township, which already is in a financially admirable condition.

The 2014 township budget of $8.9 million held the property tax line at 11.25 mills where it has been since 2012.

But the budget does not include the money from the property sale. And at the time of budget planning, township manager Ed Kirkwood advised the commissioners to take a year to decide how to use the money.

That process kicked off Monday, when Hasychak told Kirkwood to draw up a proposed spending plan. Hasychak named a list of projects he would like to see, and he encouraged his fellow commissioners to give Kirkwood input.

Kirkwood said he would have an initial proposal for consideration as soon as the next commissioners’ meeting on March 3 and no later than the March 17 meeting. But any of the ideas wouldn’t be done until next calendar year since the deadline to make changes to the township’s budget this year has passed.

Kirkwood said he has about a dozen projects to put on the list, but he didn’t want to name them until his official presentation to the board, which he described as a “starting point” on determining how the money will be spent.

“I’m going to give them some options,” Kirkwood said. “It’s up to them which projects are selected, and how aggressive they would like to be.”

Kirkwood said he would probably recommend some projects be spread over several years, but the commissioners could decide otherwise.

In the meantime, township officials say they’ve heard no new news on the VA’s construction plans.

Recently, VA officials confirmed they were accepting proposals from new developers and considering four locations: the original Deshon Woods property; the Bocci property, which is 50 acres adjacent to the Route 356 and Route 422 interchange along Lions Road; a 100-acre farm on North Duffy Road in Center Township owned by Dale Herold; and the Mount Chesnut Golf Course, owned by Wade and Doug Orloski, at the intersection of North Road and Route 422 in Franklin Township.

VA officials have said they would make their decision in the spring, and township officials Monday said an announcement could come as soon as March on a developer and location.