Kutztown Current Events 3-22-09

Kutztown Current Events 3-22-09 www.marinoreport.com
I notice there are many House for Sale signs throughout the Borough and the do nothing Mayor and Borough Council and their predecessors are responsible for them and the following are some of the reasons. They have raised every fee, tax, penalties and charges in the Borough to finance Hometown Utilicom. They encouraged student housing to acquire subscribers for HU. They encourage no tolerance parking, noise and petty citations for revenue. They made an unholy contract with a developer to expand our water and sewer systems outside the Borough for Apex student housing to illegally sell HU Services to the developer to keep out HU competitors. There scheme failed and the agreement was broken and now the Borough has the responsibility for more water and sewer services outside the Borough which the Borough does not need. They also turned down Maxatawny Townships offer for a joint sewerage treatment plant in which the County would contribute a 3 or 4 hundred thousand dollar grant and the Borough was not obligated to put up any funds until they decided to use to use the plant. This decision was not made for the betterment of the Borough but was based on personal spite and hate by them. They do not interact with residents for opinions or suggestions and they are also afraid the residents will question or disagree with their decisions. They are so ignorant, arrogant, unconscious and unfriendly that they haven’t even noticed there are no residents at the Council Meetings. Practically all of the Borough Council votes are unanimous and without discussions because they are all agreed upon in private. They also employ a Consent Agenda and slyly group many resolutions and ordinances together and do not discuss them before the vote. The Council Meeting Agenda is made public the day before the meetings which doesn’t give them much time to read the Ordinances or Resolutions before the votes. They authorize the Borough Manager\Treasurer Khalife, Assistant Treasurer Samilo and other Borough employees to transfer funds from any fund or department to any other fund or department to pay the monthly bills. There are never any funds, departments or dollar amounts noted.
They also enforce or ignore penalties, rules and laws to serve their purposes. For instance a Borough Official recently received a Drunk Driving Violation which is one of the best kept secrets in the Borough. Part of his wages is the use of a Borough Vehicle. The official has not reprimanded or penalized by them and still has the use of a Borough Vehicle. They brought charges against me when I was Mayor and charged me in Court for raising my voice. They also constructed a $9,000 door without a bid or vote in the Borough Hall to keep me out of Borough offices. They along with Borough Solicitor Dietrich also wasted more than $150,000 investigating me while I was the Mayor. They along with Borough Solicitor Dietrich also conspired with Keith Hill to defraud the Borough Insurance Co. out of $162,000 and allowed him to violate the Borough Code and come back and sit at his same desk as an $84 an hour employee of Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, the Borough Engineers, just 2 days after he resigned and left the Borough because of the hostile environment he stated was created by me. Borough Solicitor Dietrich did business for and with former Borough Manager\Treasurer Keith Hill.
There is much more to be said about the past and present elected and appointed officials of the Borough which I will publish in the future.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.