Hometown Utilicom and CCG Consulting Report
CCG Consulting was paid $20,000 to conclude and state what the Borough Council and Mayor Sandy Green wanted to hear, that Hometown Utilicom is viable. Nothing is further from the truth. No Business Plan or Marketing Plan was presented by Mr. Dawson as was agreed upon at the February Council Meeting by Mayor Green and the Borough Council. Mr. Dawson’s report was based on falsified budgets and fraudulent financial reports that he received from the Borough. The only revenue of HU should be the revenue from the subscribers and not include the funds the Borough is moving into HU through so called rentals, services, subsidies and transfers. Mr. Dawson neglected to state that funds moved into HU were included as revenue.
HU has never produced one financial report and Mr. Dawson stated it was well run. He stated the Electric Fund would help finance HU, but he neglected to say residents pay double the rate for electricity than the surrounding area.
It is strange that all my blogger (www.marinoreport.com) comments and supporters of Hometown Utilicom are nameless and do not include any statistics or financial information to support their comments. It is also strange that the Borough Council, Mayor Green, Borough Solicitors Dietrich and Mooney, Auditor Long and Barrell and other Borough employees do not dispute or respond to my statements and comments.
The Borough has not published or included any information on the Borough website of the details and vote of this Special Hometown Utilicom Council Meeting of December 3, 2008.
It is a known fact that the HU Internet System is outdated, over loaded and can not compete with our competitors. The sweetheart deal with Apex has been broken and the Borough should shut down the Hometown Operation immediately. The last time I looked HU was losing about $1 million a year.
I think it is time for the Borough to defend their actions and explain to the Borough Residents the financial status of HU.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
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I am still outraged this was passed through that night, and that the public was dismissed without knowing a vote would be held the same night after the executive session. How this went through unanimously, with all of the issues and misconceptions brought up on Dec. 3 by the residents in attendance seems suspiciously contrived to me. Didn't one council member think to do further due diligence after the myriad of anemic technological issues, lack of marketing, factual misrepresentations, and budget discrepancies brought up that evening?
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