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Residents urge caution, ask for evidence before authorizing high-cost outside counsel
Summary
Multiple residents and a licensed attorney urged the auditors to pursue right-to-know requests, IT recovery, and clearer facts about missing records before hiring an expensive private law firm; one resident volunteered 25 hours to assist data collection.
Several residents and an attorney told the auditors they should exhaust public-records procedures and local recovery efforts before approving the retention of an expensive law firm.
Nicole Crossman, who said she had previously worked with Goldstein Law Partners, asked what had been done "to access what is available to us before we're jumping to hiring a high priced attorney," and warned the firm may charge significant hourly rates. Sarah Kelly, a licensed Pennsylvania attorney in the audience, said the petition language misstated the auditors' role given that a CPA performs the township audit and recommended striking or correcting portions of the resolution. Crossman also volunteered 25 hours to help review records before the board spent taxpayer funds.
