March 3, 1976
by Zelda Heisey
Citizens’ group wants 4 more on Authority
Nancy Yoder, R.D. #3,
Elizabethtown, spokesper-
son for the Concerned Citi-
zens of Mount Joy Township
(CCMJT), presented a peti-
tion with approximately 340
signatures, to the Mount
Joy Township Authority,
requesting that board to
increase its membership
from five to nine members.
Mrs. Yoder stated the four
additional members would
give the authority a ‘‘broad-
er representation.”
Citing a lack of confidence
in the authority, David
Stapler, a leader of the
CCMJT until he accepted
appointment to the authority
in Jan., said the board
should honor the petition.
Kenneth Brown seconded
a motion, by Harry Graham,
to table the proposal for
further study. Brown stated
he felt the additional mem-
bers would be of ’'no
value.”
Solicitor Henry Gingrich,
when questioned, said he
knows of no legal limit on
the number of members to
an authority board. The law
provides that no less than
five members be appointed,
he said. He also said any
addition would necessitate a
change in the articles of
incorporation. The authori-
ty’s engineer, Robert Shaf-
fer, said authorities he has
worked with have had five to
Angela Herr
y
Angela Herr, a Sth grader
in Mrs. Carol Gingerich’s
class at Riverview, has wen
the Reader's Club Award in
seven members and he
could not recall any authori-
ty with more than that.
The CCMJT accused the
supervisor of "’not acting in
the best interest of the
people.” Kenneth Brown,
board member, explained
that the township supervi-
sors "had already complet-
ed two feasibility studies in
the township’’ and before
the five-member board was
appointed. ‘‘Our job was
and is to get the sewer
construction done at the
lowest cost,’”’ said Brown.
The Department of Envi-
ronmental Resources has
directed the board to get the
job done, Brown said.
The project is estimated
to cost $5.3 million. The
board cannot estimate costs
to individuals until the bids
are in and the board can
evaluate them.
A ray of hope was held out
on costs, when Robert
Shaffer, engineer, told the
authority a recent bid on a
similar project in another
area, came in at a 20 to 30%
lower cost than the original
estimates. He credited this
to the ‘‘search for work that
the contractors seem to be
doing now.”’
A public meeting is
scheduled for March 16, at
7:30 p.m. to review the
transcripts of previous pub-
lic meetings, before submit-
ting them to the DER &
EPA. The CCMJT asked
wins award
Project DARE.
Angela read 18 books,
gave an oral report, and
completed 2 activities.
and the board agreed, to
indicate somewhere in their
submission that remarks
about malfunctioning sewer
systems on Mount Gretna
and Hershey Roads were the
personal estimates of sewer
enforcement officer Armond
Fieni and had no documen-
tation.
The authority will hold a
private meeting March 23,
to write a questionaire to be
distributed to residents in
the proposed sewer area.
The meeting will be closed
to the public. The CCMIJT,
as well as
objected to a
David Stapler,
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