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Quincy supervisors eliminate sewer-department positions, authorize Antrim Township mutual-aid
Summary
After an executive session at the township’s Jan. 15 workshop, the Quincy Board of Supervisors voted to eliminate current sewer-department employees including the Utilities Director, and authorized the chairman to pursue a mutual-aid agreement with Antrim Township to operate sewer and water plants.
At a Jan. 15 Quincy Township Board of Supervisors workshop the board voted to eliminate the township’s current sewer-department employees, including the Utilities Director, and authorized immediate steps to engage Antrim Township to operate the sewer and/or water plants.
The motion to eliminate the positions was recorded as carried with Chairman Alan Peck and Vice Chairman Nelson Egolf voting yes. Supervisor Ed Wilson publicly objected, saying the action was improper: “in his opinion, this was all done behind his back and was done in violation of the Sunshine Act.” The minutes show the motion removing Peck as Roadmaster later died for lack of a second.
The board subsequently approved a motion authorizing the chairman to engage Antrim Township to facilitate a mutual-aid service agreement for operating the sewer and/or water plants; that motion carried with Peck and Egolf voting yes and Wilson voting no. The board then approved two weeks’ severance pay for each of the two affected employees; the severance motion carried with Peck and Egolf voting yes and Wilson abstaining. Solicitor John Lisko asked whether a severance package should be provided and participated in the discussion about the personnel and legal implications.
The board’s actions followed an executive session described in the minutes as addressing legal and personnel matters. The minutes record the executive-session recess at 9:58 a.m. and reconvening at 10:39 a.m.; the published times contain a chronological inconsistency (the adjournment time appears earlier in the minutes). The record does not identify the two affected employees by name or provide additional operational details about the transition schedule or who will immediately assume day-to-day oversight.
Next steps recorded in the minutes: the chairman is authorized to pursue the mutual-aid agreement with Antrim Township to begin operations immediately, and the board provided two weeks’ severance to each affected employee.
