Supervisors back off illegal and illegitimate attempts to remove Water Authority members.
A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from January 4, 2017.
Highland Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania: On November 9, 2016, shortly after voters approved a new Home Rule Charter for the municipality, Supervisors in Highland Township attempted to replace the entire board of the municipal Water Authority. The Supervisors lacked the authority for such an action, as outlined in a cease-and-desist letter delivered last week to Highland Township’s lawyers. …
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