Just got back from out of town. I have heard that the BCWA is planning on hiring two more executives at $100,000 plus benefits. One will be a project manager (I thought this was in the job description of the Operations Manager) and one will be an MIS person. Guess their salary is built into the rate hike.
I know that they are asking for the three towns to approve new legislation which re-allocates the 6.9 million that was for completing the Shad and other projects. I would sincerely hope that the three towns don't even consider approving this legislation until the legislation that Tony Teixiera's ad hoc committee worked so hard on last year, is passed. This contained revisions to the BCWA Supply Act that covered terms of office of directors, mandatory bid process for legal and other services every three years, stipulates that both chairman AND vice-chairman are elected (and must be from separate towns), along with six or seven more vital revisions. This legislation somehow got "lost" on an attorney's desk and was never presented last June. When it surfaced this year it had NONE of the vital changes included, save for one minor one. In my opinion, this must be passed before any other legislation is added.
There will be a public hearing on the rate hike on December 20th. I hope that many concerned rate-payers will attend.
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