Finance, Electric and Telecom Combined Illegally

May 2, 2008
From Former Mayor Marino

Subject: Special Council Meeting April 28, 2008

To Mayor Green, Council President Eidle,
Council Vice President Seyler, Councilmen Schlegel, Snyder and
Gangewere,

I have chosen to address all of you by name because you are all hiding behind each other. I want you all to know in many cases you are violating the Borough Code and you can be held responsible individually for your votes and actions.

The Agenda for the April 28, 2008 Special Meeting under the sub title of FINANCE, ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS is stated “Take action to approve the submission of a Request for Proposal, due April 30, 2008, to Kutztown University for television services”.
When was it decided to submit a figure to the university and how was the figure calculated when the Borough does not have a Business Plan, an Audit or a Financial Report on Hometown Utilicom.

Another topic to be voted on and stated on the Agenda was for Professional Computer Systems to prepare a report to implement a new utility billing solution for all utility systems. Mr. Caruso, Mr. Hill and Mr. Vettraino over the last five years stated many times that this would be accomplished by Hometown Utilicom. And then Mr. Vettraino illegally gave out a contract to New World Systems of Troy Michigan without a public bid to combine the utility billing which New World Systems failed to accomplish. I pointed out the failure of NWS many months ago and by the way Troy Michigan is Mr. Vettraino’s hometown. Is this one of the many reasons he resigned and left the state?

When was it determined and who had the brilliant idea of combining FINANCE, ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS? This is another one of your ways of concealing the huge losses of HU. To combine two legitimate Departments of the Borough with a Business Venture that could lose money is illegal and you are all guilty and responsible for this ploy. I assume all my accusations and charges are true because no one has addressed them. No one has addressed ex-Councilman Strasser’s statements either.

Former Mayor Marino