Tuesday Council Meeting Agenda Unavailable February 13, 2009
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
To the People who care about the Borough of Kutztown
As of Friday night February 13, 2009 at 8:33 P.M. there was no agenda for the February 17, 2009 Council Meeting on the Borough website. Being I do not know what will be discussed at the meeting I decided not to attend. I do not think the Mayor or the Borough Council see the agenda until the meeting and I am sure they do not review the resolutions or ordinances before they vote on them. They do not have any discussions before the votes because they are not familiar with the subjects. They also have many off the agenda votes which are brought up at the meeting which no one knows about.
I also checked the minutes of the meetings on the Borough website and there are no minutes for the November, December 2008 meetings and no minutes for the January 2009 meeting.
This confirms the Borough’s policy of withholding all Borough activities from the public. I also think the Borough should explain why the Borough Manager\Treasurer Khalife is not driving the Borough vehicle made available to him by the Borough.
The website does state the water restriction was lifted. It also states that I as customer was notified. I was never notified and as I noted in my post some food establishments were not notified either.
The Notice states “DRINKING WATER PROBLEM CORRECTED”. What corrective measures were taken and what did the Borough do to prevent this from happening again?
I think it is about time that the Borough starts to keep the public aware of what is happening in the Borough.
Gennaro A. Marino
Professional Engineer
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Kutztown Contaminated Water Supply
Kutztown Contaminated Water Supply February 13, 2009
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
www.marinoreport.com
To the Residents of the Borough of Kutztown,
I myself and many residents in fact food handling businesses in the Borough have never been officially notified to boil their water for drinking. The Borough does not have a procedure in place to notify residents immediately in an emergency such as this.
I have heard that surface water has entered the water system and I would like to know how surface water entered the water system when our water is drawn from deep wells. Borough Officials including the Mayor do not know when this emergency will be over.
I would like to remind every one that the Borough for many years sold about 1 million gallons of water monthly to Wissahicken which helped us draw contaminated ground water from the surrounding areas.
I would also like to point out that in 2000 Maxatawny Township was notified by the Commonwealth to build a sewer treatment plant immediately because the ground water was being contaminated by septic systems and pesticides. At one time the Commonwealth even threatened Township Officials with jail time if they did not comply. To make a long story short the Township was granted a delay by stating they would erect a plant in partnership with the Borough. The County was also going to give a grant for about 4 or 5 hundred dollars for the plant to the partnership.
The plant has been put off and delayed under the leadership of Borough Manager\Treasurers Hill and Vettraino, Council Presidents Ely, Crooker, Mantz, Eidle and Mayor Schwoyer with the cooperation of the many Borough Council Members whose votes were all unanimous. The Borough intentionally sabotaged the venture for personal reasons. The best part of the deal for the Borough was that the Borough did not have to put forth any funds for the project until they decided to use it.
I think the selling of large quantities of water to Wissahicken and not erecting a sewage treatment plant has added to the situation we have now. Presently the Township is developing plans for the sewage treatment plant 9 years after the Commonwealth ordered it built. Most of the blame for not building the plan I lay on the Kutztown Borough Officials. Not only did the contamination situation continue but the partnership also lost 4 or 5 hundred dollars of grant funds. Borough Officials never thought this would come back to haunt them. They were too busy wasting Borough funds on Hometown Utilicom which still loses about $1 million a year and has for at least the last 7 years and cost the Borough at least $12 million startup funds which are not noted anywhere.
I wish Borough Officials would comment on the facts in this post.
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino
Professional Engineer
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
www.marinoreport.com
To the Residents of the Borough of Kutztown,
I myself and many residents in fact food handling businesses in the Borough have never been officially notified to boil their water for drinking. The Borough does not have a procedure in place to notify residents immediately in an emergency such as this.
I have heard that surface water has entered the water system and I would like to know how surface water entered the water system when our water is drawn from deep wells. Borough Officials including the Mayor do not know when this emergency will be over.
I would like to remind every one that the Borough for many years sold about 1 million gallons of water monthly to Wissahicken which helped us draw contaminated ground water from the surrounding areas.
I would also like to point out that in 2000 Maxatawny Township was notified by the Commonwealth to build a sewer treatment plant immediately because the ground water was being contaminated by septic systems and pesticides. At one time the Commonwealth even threatened Township Officials with jail time if they did not comply. To make a long story short the Township was granted a delay by stating they would erect a plant in partnership with the Borough. The County was also going to give a grant for about 4 or 5 hundred dollars for the plant to the partnership.
The plant has been put off and delayed under the leadership of Borough Manager\Treasurers Hill and Vettraino, Council Presidents Ely, Crooker, Mantz, Eidle and Mayor Schwoyer with the cooperation of the many Borough Council Members whose votes were all unanimous. The Borough intentionally sabotaged the venture for personal reasons. The best part of the deal for the Borough was that the Borough did not have to put forth any funds for the project until they decided to use it.
I think the selling of large quantities of water to Wissahicken and not erecting a sewage treatment plant has added to the situation we have now. Presently the Township is developing plans for the sewage treatment plant 9 years after the Commonwealth ordered it built. Most of the blame for not building the plan I lay on the Kutztown Borough Officials. Not only did the contamination situation continue but the partnership also lost 4 or 5 hundred dollars of grant funds. Borough Officials never thought this would come back to haunt them. They were too busy wasting Borough funds on Hometown Utilicom which still loses about $1 million a year and has for at least the last 7 years and cost the Borough at least $12 million startup funds which are not noted anywhere.
I wish Borough Officials would comment on the facts in this post.
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino
Professional Engineer
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Hometown Utilicom and Apex Confusion
Hometown Utilicom and Apex Confusion February 11, 2009
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
e-mail kmayor@ptd.net
Kutztown Borough Council President Malcolm Eidle
Mr. President,
As Council President it is your responsibility and obligation to explain to the people of the Borough, who are stockholders of Hometown Utilicom, exactly what is going on with its subscribers and finances which you have never done.
You stated at the August 8, 2008 Council Meeting that Apex Student Housing had the potential of providing 545 new subscribers to Hometown Utilicom. After losing Apex as a customer you are quoted in the January 29 ’09 issue of The Patriot as saying “it’s a black eye to lose a customer after just a year, but that’s business”. President Eidle we did not lose a customer we lost 545 customers. These are your statements.
The article also states that we lost the TV Cable customers because of the dissatisfaction with the cable service. What you did not state was that the students were also unhappy with the internet service that HU advertised as 10 mbs for $80 a month then 3 mbs for $80 a month and today I received an advertisement with my electric bill stating you can now receive 8 mbs for $80 a month. In one year HU sold 10mbs, 3mbs and 8 mbs all for $80. You also did not state that HU was not capable of producing 10mbs. President Eidle this proves that you, the Borough Council, HU Director Frank Caruso and the people around you do not know what you are doing. This influx of subscribers was supposed to make HU profitable and help satisfy the $1.3 million loan.
The article also states that in order for Apex to break the contract with the Borough Apex would have to pay the Borough approximately $200,000 to pay for the cable company’s (HU) cost for the infrastructure. President Eidle the cable company (HU) never paid for the infrastructure Apex provided and installed the infrastructure as part of their contract which also stated the infrastructure would be turned over to the borough upon completion with no cost to the Borough. I read the Letter of Intent to Apex and it vague as to what the payment is for. You should explain to the public exactly what the $198,650 is for. I think the payment is part of the original concessions of the sweetheart contract between the Borough and the developer in which the Borough would provide the developer with sewer and water. It’s pay back time for an unethical contract.
Your above actions prove that Hometown Utilicom is not a viable business because you have no Business Plan, no Marketing Plan, no direction and financially it loses about $1 million a year.
Get rid of HU before you have to have another round of increases in taxes, fees and utility rate increases which residents can not afford with the current financial situation. Thank you
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
e-mail kmayor@ptd.net
Kutztown Borough Council President Malcolm Eidle
Mr. President,
As Council President it is your responsibility and obligation to explain to the people of the Borough, who are stockholders of Hometown Utilicom, exactly what is going on with its subscribers and finances which you have never done.
You stated at the August 8, 2008 Council Meeting that Apex Student Housing had the potential of providing 545 new subscribers to Hometown Utilicom. After losing Apex as a customer you are quoted in the January 29 ’09 issue of The Patriot as saying “it’s a black eye to lose a customer after just a year, but that’s business”. President Eidle we did not lose a customer we lost 545 customers. These are your statements.
The article also states that we lost the TV Cable customers because of the dissatisfaction with the cable service. What you did not state was that the students were also unhappy with the internet service that HU advertised as 10 mbs for $80 a month then 3 mbs for $80 a month and today I received an advertisement with my electric bill stating you can now receive 8 mbs for $80 a month. In one year HU sold 10mbs, 3mbs and 8 mbs all for $80. You also did not state that HU was not capable of producing 10mbs. President Eidle this proves that you, the Borough Council, HU Director Frank Caruso and the people around you do not know what you are doing. This influx of subscribers was supposed to make HU profitable and help satisfy the $1.3 million loan.
The article also states that in order for Apex to break the contract with the Borough Apex would have to pay the Borough approximately $200,000 to pay for the cable company’s (HU) cost for the infrastructure. President Eidle the cable company (HU) never paid for the infrastructure Apex provided and installed the infrastructure as part of their contract which also stated the infrastructure would be turned over to the borough upon completion with no cost to the Borough. I read the Letter of Intent to Apex and it vague as to what the payment is for. You should explain to the public exactly what the $198,650 is for. I think the payment is part of the original concessions of the sweetheart contract between the Borough and the developer in which the Borough would provide the developer with sewer and water. It’s pay back time for an unethical contract.
Your above actions prove that Hometown Utilicom is not a viable business because you have no Business Plan, no Marketing Plan, no direction and financially it loses about $1 million a year.
Get rid of HU before you have to have another round of increases in taxes, fees and utility rate increases which residents can not afford with the current financial situation. Thank you
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
marinoreport.com update
www.marinoreport.com Update
To All My Friends, Supporters and Subscribers,
With the help of the good Lord, the wonderful care of The Reading Hospital personnel and my wonderful doctors I am healthy and happy. I lost 20 pounds and I walk to the coffee shop, the pizza shop, the barber shop and the other local businesses and I can also get in and out of my beautiful Red Corvette Convertible with the KMAYOR license plate.
After one year I am satisfied and happy with my posts and from the feedback I have received I know I am doing the right thing. The feedback was very informative and I would like to thank EVERYONE who recognized my Blogger and commented over the past year.
I recently paid my Blogger fee for the next two years so I will be blogging until January 2011. Remember www.marinoreport.com is based on Honesty, Integrity and the Truth and keeps you informed about Borough affairs and finances. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino P.E. aka Jerry
To All My Friends, Supporters and Subscribers,
With the help of the good Lord, the wonderful care of The Reading Hospital personnel and my wonderful doctors I am healthy and happy. I lost 20 pounds and I walk to the coffee shop, the pizza shop, the barber shop and the other local businesses and I can also get in and out of my beautiful Red Corvette Convertible with the KMAYOR license plate.
After one year I am satisfied and happy with my posts and from the feedback I have received I know I am doing the right thing. The feedback was very informative and I would like to thank EVERYONE who recognized my Blogger and commented over the past year.
I recently paid my Blogger fee for the next two years so I will be blogging until January 2011. Remember www.marinoreport.com is based on Honesty, Integrity and the Truth and keeps you informed about Borough affairs and finances. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino P.E. aka Jerry
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Repeat Old Letter
AN OLD STORY WHICH IS TRUE TODAY
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
Budget Appeal December 19, 2006
Kutztown Borough Council
You should not approve the 2007 Proposed Budget because it does not truthfully state the financial position of the Borough. For instance the Budget shows in 2006 $495,000 was transferred from the” Electric Fund” and” Transfer to Operations” into Hometown Utilicom and was called revenue. This proves that the Electric Fund and other Borough Operations are directly financing the HU Business Venture. And whenever funds are needed by HU it is transferred from our utilities into HU and then the rates of the utilities are increased to cover the transfers which the Budget shows as revenue. Another $155,000 was moved into HU from other services to the Borough created by the Council to further fund HU. The $155,000 comes from the General Fund and Borough Utilities and is the reason why you had to raise our Real Estate Taxes, Utility rates and Trash Rate.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
Budget Appeal December 19, 2006
Kutztown Borough Council
You should not approve the 2007 Proposed Budget because it does not truthfully state the financial position of the Borough. For instance the Budget shows in 2006 $495,000 was transferred from the” Electric Fund” and” Transfer to Operations” into Hometown Utilicom and was called revenue. This proves that the Electric Fund and other Borough Operations are directly financing the HU Business Venture. And whenever funds are needed by HU it is transferred from our utilities into HU and then the rates of the utilities are increased to cover the transfers which the Budget shows as revenue. Another $155,000 was moved into HU from other services to the Borough created by the Council to further fund HU. The $155,000 comes from the General Fund and Borough Utilities and is the reason why you had to raise our Real Estate Taxes, Utility rates and Trash Rate.
Letter to the Editor-The Reading Eagle
February 4, 2009
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 W. Main St.
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
e-mail kmayor@ptd.net
The Reading Eagle
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Thank you for your informative article about the reconfiguration of the elementary schools of the Kutztown Area School District. This change was due to decreased enrollment of students. The reason for this decreased enrollment was the Borough encouraging the increase in Student Housing to increase subscribers for Hometown Utilicom the Borough’s business venture that loses about $1 million a year.
The Borough also made many concessions to home owners and absentee landlords to accommodate Student Housing and drive families out of the Borough. The Borough discouraged housing developments and encouraged Industrial Parks because they produce no students. Another reason for families leaving the Borough is the electric rate which is double the rate paid by the surrounding area. Again the rate is double to pay for Hometown Utilicom. There have been no comments about the reconfiguration from any Borough Council Members. Thank you.
Jerry Marino
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 W. Main St.
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
e-mail kmayor@ptd.net
The Reading Eagle
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Thank you for your informative article about the reconfiguration of the elementary schools of the Kutztown Area School District. This change was due to decreased enrollment of students. The reason for this decreased enrollment was the Borough encouraging the increase in Student Housing to increase subscribers for Hometown Utilicom the Borough’s business venture that loses about $1 million a year.
The Borough also made many concessions to home owners and absentee landlords to accommodate Student Housing and drive families out of the Borough. The Borough discouraged housing developments and encouraged Industrial Parks because they produce no students. Another reason for families leaving the Borough is the electric rate which is double the rate paid by the surrounding area. Again the rate is double to pay for Hometown Utilicom. There have been no comments about the reconfiguration from any Borough Council Members. Thank you.
Jerry Marino
Monday, February 2, 2009
Responsibility For Corruption
Responsibility for Corruption February 2, 2009
Gennaro A. Marino P. E.
www.marinoreport.com
To All Who Are Interested in the Borough of Kutztown,
Let it be known that contrary to the comments of the nameless, faceless, vulgar, profane and gutless cowards on my Blogger the people that are responsible for and are aware of falsifying the Kutztown Budget, altering foreman reports and publishing fraudulent reports are Mayor Green, Council Members Eidle, Seyler, Snyder, Schlegel, Gangewere and Bray, Borough Manager\Treasurer Khalife, Assistant Treasurer Samilo and the head of Hometown Utilicom Information Technology Director Frank Caruso. These illegal and irregular activities are being done with the knowledge and the approval of Borough Solicitors Dietrich and Mooney and the Borough’s Independent Auditors Mr. Long and Mr. Barrell. I can not be more specific as to who I am accusing and who is responsible for the above and I hope I make myself clear. The foremen’s reports are altered by the above after they are received from the superintendents. The foremen and the superintendents are not part of the lies and schemes to mislead the residents and for my detractors to say the foremen snitched to me means the Borough must be guilty of my accusations. You can’t snitch if there are no illegal activities going on. I am almost sure that one of my anonymous detractors is from the above group that does not have the intestinal fortitude to divulge their identity.
In addition to the above the Borough is now irresponsibly spending the $1 million from the $1.3 million loan for Hometown Utilicom without the conditions agreed upon by Mayor Green and the Borough Council at the February 2008 Council meeting. And the Borough has not revealed how they are spending the $1 million as of this date.
To further withhold Borough activities the Borough has not published the minutes of the November ’08 and December ’08 Council Meeting Minutes.
I would also like to state at this time that the video tapes of the Council Meetings and the Minutes of the Council Meetings are edited by the above.
I challenge any one of the anonymous creeps and cowards that comment on my Blogger to come forward with any information that disagrees with my blogs or my bio. It seems like I am the only with a name. The anonymous cowards and creeps have many questions for me but do not tell me to whom and where to send my answers. From now on I will ignore all anonymous comments, but please send them in.
I will not remove any comments from my Blog because I want every one to know the type of supporters the above Borough has and what their supporters are saying. I take every knock as a boost and an inspiration to carry on. I will not quit or be intimidated by a handful of cowards who I hope in the future will attack the messages and not the messenger.
For additional Borough information please check my Blogger at www.marinoreport.com
Gennaro A, Marino
Professional Engineer
Gennaro A. Marino P. E.
www.marinoreport.com
To All Who Are Interested in the Borough of Kutztown,
Let it be known that contrary to the comments of the nameless, faceless, vulgar, profane and gutless cowards on my Blogger the people that are responsible for and are aware of falsifying the Kutztown Budget, altering foreman reports and publishing fraudulent reports are Mayor Green, Council Members Eidle, Seyler, Snyder, Schlegel, Gangewere and Bray, Borough Manager\Treasurer Khalife, Assistant Treasurer Samilo and the head of Hometown Utilicom Information Technology Director Frank Caruso. These illegal and irregular activities are being done with the knowledge and the approval of Borough Solicitors Dietrich and Mooney and the Borough’s Independent Auditors Mr. Long and Mr. Barrell. I can not be more specific as to who I am accusing and who is responsible for the above and I hope I make myself clear. The foremen’s reports are altered by the above after they are received from the superintendents. The foremen and the superintendents are not part of the lies and schemes to mislead the residents and for my detractors to say the foremen snitched to me means the Borough must be guilty of my accusations. You can’t snitch if there are no illegal activities going on. I am almost sure that one of my anonymous detractors is from the above group that does not have the intestinal fortitude to divulge their identity.
In addition to the above the Borough is now irresponsibly spending the $1 million from the $1.3 million loan for Hometown Utilicom without the conditions agreed upon by Mayor Green and the Borough Council at the February 2008 Council meeting. And the Borough has not revealed how they are spending the $1 million as of this date.
To further withhold Borough activities the Borough has not published the minutes of the November ’08 and December ’08 Council Meeting Minutes.
I would also like to state at this time that the video tapes of the Council Meetings and the Minutes of the Council Meetings are edited by the above.
I challenge any one of the anonymous creeps and cowards that comment on my Blogger to come forward with any information that disagrees with my blogs or my bio. It seems like I am the only with a name. The anonymous cowards and creeps have many questions for me but do not tell me to whom and where to send my answers. From now on I will ignore all anonymous comments, but please send them in.
I will not remove any comments from my Blog because I want every one to know the type of supporters the above Borough has and what their supporters are saying. I take every knock as a boost and an inspiration to carry on. I will not quit or be intimidated by a handful of cowards who I hope in the future will attack the messages and not the messenger.
For additional Borough information please check my Blogger at www.marinoreport.com
Gennaro A, Marino
Professional Engineer
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