Town of Prattsburgh
19 North Main Street
P0 Box 427
Prattsburgh, NY 14873
Telephone (607) 522-3761
Fax (607) 522-3749
S. Harold McConnell, Supervisor Pamela J. Kula, Town Clerk
Chris Jensen, Highway Superintendent
Dear Board Member,
Phil Roach who is the chairman of the Steuben County Legislature and also a member of the SCIDA board of directors suggested that representatives of the two school districts involved in the suit against the town, SCIDA, Steuben County and Wind Farm Prattsburgh meet with Mr. Roach, Jim Sherron and myself for an informal discussion about the pending suit to see if there is any hope of avoiding an expensive action for all the parties involved.
Mr. Roach wanted as few people involved as possible so that those present might express themselves more freely. Therefore the superintendant, business manager and board president from Prattsburgh, the Superintendant and board president from Naples, Jim Sherron from SC1DA, Phil Roach and myself were present. No one from the wind company was invited as it was felt that their presence might deter and open discussion
The meeting lasted for about two hours with Roach and the school representatives doing most of the talking. I expressed how I felt about the disinterest of the schools until they suddenly realized there was money on the table and and I remained pretty much silent after that. Obviously, if they are willing to negotiate a settlement, the town has to give up it’s right to some part of money that we are to receive from an agreement we spent many months formulating.
The only decision made was that we meet again after each board has had a regular meeting and have had the opportunity to discuss if they are or are not interested in negotiating a division of the money from the host agreement. We won’t have much to talk about until we have learned what they, the two schools come up with. I think PCS is anxious to deal but Naples is not.
Regards,
Harold McConnell
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