Oakland Township Supervisor's unauthorized decision 'comes home to roost' at Township expense

One agenda item for the February 10, 2015 Oakland Township Board meeting will be a request to pay an engineering firm $9,675 for a storm water management plan that is legally required from Oakland Township. The need for this expenditure has its ‘roots’ in an unauthorized unilateral decision that Supervisor Gonser made in May of 2013, when HE authorized one of our Township Attorneys, Charlie Dunn, to request a “termination of certificate of coverage for a general storm water management permit”.

This request is currently under litigation between the Township and the governing environmental bodies, and has never been disclosed to the public. The Township is still required to provide the storm water management plan while the issue is being resolved in the courts, hence the need for the plan.

Former Trustee Keyes pointed out the unauthorized request at the October 22, 2013 meeting when she became aware of it. None of the other Trustees supported her when she questioned the unauthorized decision by Gonser. She resigned at the same meeting. To read more about this topic, and the impact on Oakland Township, please go to the following link:

Gonser’s unauthorized decision regarding stormwater management