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Resident calls on council to remove president amid lawsuit; council schedules executive session
Summary
During public comment, resident Jim Kelso urged council to remove Council President Heller from his leadership role, saying Heller's simultaneous lawsuit against the borough created an immediate conflict of interest; the council announced an executive session on litigation and personnel in which Heller will not participate.
A resident told Brookhaven Borough Council on Oct. 6 that Council President Heller has a conflict of interest and should be removed from the presidency because he has filed a lawsuit against the borough.
Jim Kelso of Elkhartan Avenue read a prepared statement calling Heller’s service “a betrayal of duty,” asserting that by suing the borough the president placed private interests ahead of “the public good” and…
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