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Resident raises ongoing trash complaint; supervisors go into executive session on multiple litigation matters including potential Waste Management dispute
Summary
Public commenter Marita Gange questioned the township about months-long unresolved trash/contractor correspondence; the solicitor said contractor correspondence had not produced an official legal response; the board entered executive session to discuss two dockets naming Christopher and Heather Miller and Samuel Akers and potential litigation with Waste Management.
A Huntington Township resident urged the supervisors to provide an update on a long-running trash-related dispute and asked who the contractor's legal counterpart has been.
Marita Gange spoke during public comment and said she had not received an official response from the contractor's legal team after months of exchange. She asked who had been communicating with the township about the trash issue; the transcript records her saying, "I haven't heard an official response from their legal team."
Solicitor Scott responded that earlier correspondence had been with a client representative and that the contractor had said it referred the matter to its legal team, but Scott said the township had not yet received an official response. The exchange indicates the dispute remains unresolved and the township scheduled further discussion behind closed doors.
The board announced it would go into executive session to discuss two litigation dockets (docket 23SU-0285 and 2023 s UO286, both listing Christopher M. Miller and Heather M. Miller and Samuel Akers as plaintiffs against the Adams County Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals and the Huntington Township zoning hearing board) and to discuss potential litigation with Waste Management. The chair then recessed the meeting for the executive session. After the executive session the board returned to open session and adjourned without public action on those matters.
No settlement, vote, or public directive was recorded in open session regarding the litigation or the trash contract; the transcript documents the executive-session topics and the town's intent to discuss them confidentially.
