The White Township Supervisors will hold a special meeting tonight to discuss a public comment policy that would apply to township public meetings, and to vote on motions to approve, announce, and ratify actions taken in regard to prior meetings that the group Friends of
White’s Woods alleges are in violation of the state’s Sunshine Act.
Judge William Martin has scheduled a hearing Wednesday morning on a lawsuit filed by Friends of White’s Woods against the township for its plans for the wooded area.
On June 30th, the group filed an amended complaint against the supervisors in Indiana County Court, claiming they had failed to obtain proper telephonic bids for invasive species removal and failed as well to obtain requests for proposals for a consulting forester. Further, the group contends that the decision to hire Millstone Land Management to remove the invasive species was made improperly in executive session, which it says is a violation of the state’s Sunshine Act.
Friends of White’s Woods asks the court to make a declaratory judgment against the supervisors and seeks the vacating of all township decisions made in executive sessions, including voiding the invasive species contract with Millstone, and the hiring of Millstone as the township’s forestry consultant.
Tonight’s township supervisors meeting is at 7:30 PM.
Comments