Green No, Ecological Disaster Yes, The thousands of Gallons of fuel used to dig this big hole in the ground, could have heated a normal building for a dozen years. The Carbon Footprint is as big as the Hole. In the end we will have a 7 million dollar Mushroom Farm.

I'd love to rant about this too, but what's done is done. Moving forward, I hope to see the following:
- Better attendance at Board of Supervisors (BOS) meetings (1st & 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 in the Community Center);
- That those who can't attend meetings will hear the recorded versions at http://www.forkstownship.org/bosaudio.html, or read the minutes at http://www.forkstownship.org/minutes.html;
- That residents will keep abreast of changes by bookmarking and visiting the very informative www.forkstownship.org;
- That residents will ask questions/voice opinions to the BOS via e-mail (David Billings - dbillings@forkstownship.org, Erik Chuss - echuss@forkstownship.org, Robert Egolf - regolf@forkstownship.org, Dan Martyak - dmartyak@earthlink.net, and John O'Neil - John40@rcn.com); and
- That the BOS will put the taxpayers' interests first in future decisions.

And that the public can be informed about Forks Township by reading Patch.com

What happened to Forks transparency?
Carrie, you mean well and I applaud your comments. Keep the pressure up. But sorry to disappoint you. The grand supers have reduced meetings to one board meeting and one general all hands meeting per month. This goes counter to all principals of transparency and public participation in debate. Public comment is watered down to one meeting a month. To make things worse, super Chuss from his high chair has ruled that there will be no public comment or even questions from the public attending this grand committee of the “whole”. In fact no minutes are taken nor a recording made of the discussions. This is contrary to all things democratic. This broad is going backward and each super is avoiding their responsibility to keep residents informed and allow for public discussion. Just look at the past agendas. They are posted on the website late in the week and the agenda language is so vague that the public has no idea what is under discussion. Chuss as chairman is responsible for this growing detachment of supers from the people they represent. Chuss, Billings and Egolf are up for re election. They must be held accountable for this deterioration of transparency.

Dear unwilling to use your own name: this isn’t about Meco Rd or the Fight for my Business against Supervisors who tried to shut down my entrance.

This poll is about the Construction of an extravagant Building that Taxpayers can’t afford. This project wasn’t hid from the public it was out in the open since it‘s inception. I supported the residential neighbors who didn’t want a 24-7 Industrial Operation in there back yards. Unfortunately when those snowplows roll out of the Cave at 2 am and the Salt loading begins those unfortunate Neighbors will all be awoken.

The Building was needed but not at twice the cost of a conventional Building. The Building could have been located on Township Property in the Industrial Park. When you put equipment in a Damp Garage it Rusts. Who added up these costs to dry the building or the damage to the Equipment? Both Taxpayers and Township Employees will be hurt by the costs of this Project.

I have been forced into becoming politically active to save my Business. I, my friends, and customers are one of the reasons we no longer have 2 term Supervisors. Unfortunately we vote for Candidates who promise us something rather then candidates that know the value of a Dollar.

If you want to talk about Meco Rd stop out and see how David Howell and others used the Meco Rd Project to try and damage my Business.

Patch; I am sorry to get off the subject and lets keep the posts on the subject.

$4M+ dollars for a hole in the ground - in a field that was littered with sink holes prior to this project (one of which is still there). And instead of moving the project closer to Newlins Road, AWAY from a residential neighborhood, the township approved it to be built 50 feet from homes (not a football field as they promised residents). For $4M+ the township could have put up two pole barns, a salt shed, and a restroom/office facility for PW workers on the current property. AND still have money left over for other projects.

I doubt that most people remember the old Municipal Building. It was a 2 Story Tornado Proof Building with an elevator. The building housed the Fire Department, Police Department and all the Municipal offices. That Building was torn down because the Supervisors considered it Ugly. The Building was just another usable recourse wasted. Today that Building could have gone a long way in Providing Offices and Garages for Public Works.

Even with the New Public Works Building Forks Township will need to address some other shortcomings. The Current Municipal Building was built without a thought for expansion. The Fire Company has all it’s equipment in a very inaccessible corner of the Township. Instead we are sticking millions into a Building Designed so Supervisors feel good about themselves.