Politics & Government

Quick Study: WPCA Controversy

Here are articles, blog posts and letters to the editor that have run on the issue in the Montville Patch.

Tonight, at 7 p.m., in Montville High School auditorium, citizens will be allowed to comment and vote on whether the Town Council should overturn an ordinance that puts control of water and sewer employees and finances in the hands of the the Water Pollution Control Authority.

If you’re still forming your opinion, or want to know more about the issue, here are the articles, blog postings and letters to the editor that have been published on it in the Montville Patch.

You can find Montville's Town Charter as a pdf in the photo box. The Water and Sewer section starts on Page 14.

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Hillman Files Petition to Overturn WPCA Vote

Poll: Who Should Control the WPCA? (Of the 59 Patchers who had voted as of this morning, 34, or 57 percent said the Water and Sewer Commission should have the authority; 9, or 15 percent said the council should; and 16, or 27 percent said “some combination of the two.”

Blog posts on the issues

 

James Andriote

Possible WPCA Dictatorship

Possible WPCA Dictatorship Part II

Tim May

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect spot for the meeting. It is in the Montville High School Auditorium.


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