Fired Antrim Twp. workers dispute report used to oust them

The Report never references the difference of the Board of Supervisors and the Antrim Township Municipal Authority and their respective responsibilities and whether or not the Municipal Authority agrees with his assessments and the actions of the Supervisors. The Municipal Authority owns the sewer system and infrastructure. The Municipal Authority also owns and operates the water treatment plant and infrastructure and establishes their own water operations budget and the contracted services to Mont Alto Borough. When did the Supervisors meet with the Municipal Authority to discuss the study's findings and their contemplated actions that would affect the Authority's decision making process? We do know that one new member of the Municipal Authority was involved with the Dhillon process. Why not other members of the Authority as well as members of the Planning Commission, Park Committee, Landfill Advisory Board, Zoning Hearing Board, and the community?

This tunnel vision report insults what was a well respected, visionary, and pro-actively operated organization. Why would Supervisors decide to fly in a lone person from California on three occasions at a cost of nearly $30,000 when a team of consultants was readily available at less than half the cost from right here in Pennsylvania?

It is important for the citizens to review the rest of the story with factual information that discredits much of the study's findings. I briefly met with Mr. Dhillon on July 10, 2008 during his second trip to Antrim Township. We ended our one hour and twenty minute discussion when I advised him he needed to do much additional homework regarding our operations. He took no notes during our conversation. It is clear the additional homework was not done. None of us work(ed) in a setting where you go to work, perform assembly line tasks, then go home. Work activities frequently changed with just a phone call or a citizen contact. We could brainstorm, rely on matters even dating back to the 1970s, and respond accordingly in a fair and just way.

This paper responds to Mr. Dhillon's report as follows:

"Opportunities to regionalize operations with Greencastle Borough" - Since the late 1980s' I have advocated, along with many others, regional Greencastle-Antrim operations, especially one water and sewer system. No...one community would not see higher rates to support the other community. The rate structure would be set up in "rate districts." In other words if a new or upgraded pump station would go into the south-western quadrant of the Township, that district would feel the rate increase and not the residents of the Borough of Greencastle. If Greencastle Antrim truly desires positive economic development, a joint water and sewer system would greatly streamline this effort. You designate growth districts where development should occur and conservation areas where no infrastructure would be extended.