Hamilton Mayor John F. Bencivengo didn’t introduce many new ideas during his annual State of the Township address, but he had more than enough material talking about already existing issues.

Bencivengo started his Feb. 2 speech at Cedar Gardens to address perhaps the largest obstacle of his term: township finances. He echoed a common refrain of late, telling those gathered for the Hamilton branch of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce’s luncheon that the township sits on firm financial ground.