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Green Township Committee holds special meeting to gather Lake Tranquility drainage complaints
Summary
Green Township held a July 9 special meeting to collect resident reports of drainage problems around Lake Tranquility and to begin a Princeton Hydro drainage study. Dozens of residents signed in, 18 areas of concern were already identified for the consultant, and no remedial decisions were made at the session.
Mayor Virginia "Ginnie" Raffay opened a July 9, 2025, special meeting of the Green Township Committee to collect residents' reports on drainage problems in the Lake Tranquility neighborhood and to initiate a consultant-led study.
The meeting was limited to problem identification only, Raffay said, and residents were asked to sign in and are limited to five minutes each. "We are here tonight to only identify problems not to solve them," she said. The township has secured Princeton Hydro to produce a drainage study; the mayor said 18 areas of concern had already been forwarded to the firm.
Tom Knutelsky, the township engineer, and Sean Walsh of Princeton Hydro were introduced for the record. Walsh told attendees that "Princeton Hydro has been contracted to conduct a drainage study for Lake Tranquility" and asked residents to mark problem locations on a map so the consultant could gather site-specific information. The township clerk assisted with mapping.
Public comment followed. A dozen residents signed in and raised site-specific drainage concerns; those who spoke or were recorded in the minutes included Mary Konzelmann, Jennifer Martinez, Ron Marschall, Rich Gardiner, Trish Dochtermann, Sharon Mullen, Dan Mullooly, Amy Stewart, Denise Sheehan, Mike Galarza, Irene Buckley and Jodi Finn. Minutes record that each provided specific concerns for the study; the minutes do not include verbatim statements of those remarks.
Before public comment the committee handled routine business: Committee member Margaret "Peg" Phillips moved to excuse the absent member James DeYoung; Michael Rose seconded and the motion passed with all present in favor. The committee then approved the agenda, including an addendum, on a motion by Bader Qarmout seconded by Phillips. The meeting adjourned at 7:44 p.m. after Phillips moved to adjourn and Qarmout seconded; the minutes record that all were in favor.
Next steps recorded in the minutes: Princeton Hydro will use the information collected at the meeting (resident pins on the map and the pre-submitted 18 areas of concern) as part of its drainage study. The minutes were approved on July 21, 2025, and do not record any decisions about specific repairs, funding or scheduling of construction; those matters were not part of this meeting's scope.
