BUTLER TWP — Commissioners extended their confidentiality agreement Monday with Pennsylvania-American Water Company for 30 days, as the company continues to collect information of Butler Area Sewer Authority’s assets.

The township, which has two representatives on the BASA board, entered a 60-day confidentiality agreement in January. On Dec. 14, BASA’s board of directors approved an agreement that gave the water company 60 days to estimate the value of its sewer system and assets and submit it to the board for consideration of a potential sale.

The agreement was set to end June 30, but has been extended by 30 days.

The agreement gives the water company the exclusive right to assess the value of the system and assets and prohibits members of the BASA board, city council and township commissioners from disclosing the value determined.

Butler Township solicitor Rebecca Black said she recommended the commissioners extend the agreement.

“My understanding is that there is some additional time needed to continue discussions between PA American and BASA and determine what step the township and the city is going to take,” she said. “Anything in the prior agreement that is not contradicted by this extension is the same, other than the date.”

The BASA board voted to extend its own confidentiality agreement with the water company for 30 days at a meeting June 14.

The commissioners approved several development requests, including the creation of a 148-space parking lot at Benbrook Medical Center, 102 Technology Drive, and the development of a heavy-equipment rental company AERCO at Old Plank Road near Litman Road, the site of a former Butler Township fire station.

Both requests were previously approved by the township planning commission, pending a few contingencies which township zoning officer Jesse Hines said had been cleared up by the time of Monday’s meeting.