Supervisor Terry Gonser has put an item on the Jan 13 Board of Trustees meeting agenda that calls for an expensive special election to be held in May 2015 simply to ask voters to grant the elected Supervisor position the powers and duties of a strong supervisor for Oakland Township. The current Board of Trustees, elected in 2012, who, early […]
The October 9, 2014 Rochester Post had an article about the termination of the former Oakland Township manager’s contract. In that article, Supervisor Gonser made comments that indicate he wanted to reconsider Oakland Township’s governance structure. Last year, he lobbied for having a full time “strong supervisor” structure vs. the current system (a part time […]
At the November 20, 2013 Board of Oakland Township meeting, the Board agreed to proceed with the selection process to fill the Superintendent vacancy created by Jim Creech’s departure. The responsibilities of the Superintendent will continue to be based on Ordinance 97. The vote was 5 to 1. Supervisor Gonser was the single dissenting vote. Supervisor […]
The attached video is a summary of Supervisor Terry Gonser’s many egregious actions since taking office in 2012. The content shown in the video is being distributed to the residents of Oakland Township on a flier so they can make an informed decision when they vote on August 2nd. I trust many of you have […]
At the June 14 , 2016 Board meeting, the Township attorney was asked to review the historical documents, and determine if Supervisor Gonser had authority to sign an easement agreement without Board knowledge or approval. At the June 28, 2016 Board meeting, the attorney concluded, even though there were past administrative failures that resulted in the […]
At the June 14, 2016 Oakland Township Board meeting, Treasurer Langlois disclosed that on September 3, 2014, Supervisor Gonser signed a safety path easement agreement with a property owner to transfer “all responsibility and liability for the safety path and boardwalk to the Township and its residents”. This agreement was done without any knowledge, or […]
I am a strong advocate of our form of Township government which supports a Township Manager with extensive formal education, knowledge and experience of municipal government to administer day-to-day operations as defined in Ordinance 97, item a through o and reporting to the Township Board of Trustees. A significant advantage of the Township Manager form […]
In one of the phone conversations I had with Terry Gonser requesting input on this subject, he told me he had put together a document that he was providing several Home Owner Associations. I mentioned that since he had put it together, it should be no problem providing me a copy of it for the […]
The cutoff date for submitting petitions by individuals who are interested in running for office is rapidly approaching. April 19th is the cutoff date. As of today, I am aware of three candidates who have submitted their signed petitions for Supervisor. As I stated in a previous post, there are two editors for this website- […]
As many of you know, this website has two editors, Jim Foulkrod and myself (Richard Michalski). Generally we agree on most topics. One clear example of this, shared with many in our Township, is that our current Supervisor, Terry Gonser, cannot be re-elected as Supervisor due to the many inappropriate things he has done while […]
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