Voter Referendum Not Possible for Community Center Project
Montgomery Township also boosted its bond rating to AA+, which allows it to borrow a $10 million bond to help fund construction of a proposed community center
Montgomery Township Solicitor Frank Bartle informed the public Monday that — while it has been a suggestion at the behest of few residents — a referendum on the November 2013 ballot on whether a township community center should be built is not possible, according to The Reporter. Bartle told the public Monday that a binding referendum must be laid out by statute, which indicated “what matters need to be by binding referendum.” “This is not one of those matters,” Bartle said in the article by Dan Sokil. A public library question was the issue of a previous referendum vote, but that was subject to a referendum by state law. The potential community center is not an issue subject to a referendum by state law, according to the article. …
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John Q Public
11:54 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Montgomery township will get to compete with the Community Center in Lansdale, which is also in trouble. They are the same distance for me. Montgomery Township does not even have a leaf and chip recycling center, while encouraging the proliferation of trees. Many more people in this community have trees than the need for a public space. When do these people come up for re-election? more ›