Intelligencer, April 8, 2008 "Modification could allow
on-lot sewage disposal" by Freda R. Savana
March 27, 2008 Judge Heckler signed the order approving the stipulation and agreement as revised. The litigation is resolved.
February 10, 2008 Click here for Save Plumstead's report to our members and email subscribers. Click here to be added to our email list.
Intelligencer, January 25, 2008 "Judge OKs lawsuit settlement: The deal expands the Bucks County Water
and Sewer Authority's footprint in Plumstead" by Riley Yates
See Save Plumstead's report to our members.
January 24, 2008, 10 AM, Courtroom 6, Bucks County Courthouse: All depositions are complete. We received an order
for a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 24, on the outstanding petitions, including the Township and Bucks County Water & Sewer
Authority's petition to approve their stipulation (settlement agreement). It is our hope that the judge will hear our petition
to intervene before addressing their petition to approve the stipulation (settlement agreement).
December 18, 2007 Attorney Bob Sugarman lays out the case.
November 29, 2007 Matthew Mulhall, P.G., groundwater consultant, gives deposition.
October 3, 2007
Save Plumstead's vice president, on behalf of our membership, gives deposition to Township
solicitor Jonathan Reiss
August 30, 2007 Supervisors order water study to be done
August 22, 2007 Settlement agreement signed
August 9, 2007
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Plumstead, having incorporated as a PA nonprofit on August 6, petitions the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas to be allowed
to join Tom Alvaré's Petition to Intervene in the litigation between Plumstead Township and the Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority. Our aim is to ensure that any outcome of the litigation protects Plumstead Township's water resources. What we are asking>>
July 17-18, 2007 During the public comment period at the start of the Supervisors' meeting, Tom Alvaré
announced that he had filed a Petition to Intervene in the proposed settlement. Most of the evening and early hours of the morning were spent discussing Housley Carr
and Betsy Helsel's suggested improvements to the draft agreement. Some, though not all, were incorporated. At about 2:10 AM the Supervisors voted 3-2 to approve the settlement offer,
without waiting for the conclusion of the water study, thereby ignoring their Environmental Advisory Council's recommendations. As Housley Carr put it, "This agreement is an opening of the door to mass development." It would allocate to BCWSA 1,125
new EDUs, of which 125 would remain negotiable, depending on the results of the water study. This is the first allowed link
between the water study and the agreement. Note: Inexplicably, the reference to the water study did not
appear in the settlement agreement that was signed on August 22, 2007, though it was approved, voted on, and recorded in the minutes of the July 17 meeting.
June 5, 2007 Supervisors finalized the language of the summary
of the proposed settlement agreement. Supervisors Froio, Mulholland, and Formica voted to ask for the Environmental Advisory
Council's comments on the proposed settlement agreement in July, before the water study is completed, over the objections
of Supervisors Helsel and Carr as well as the EAC. The majority of the Supervisors continue to reject the notion that the results of the water study should
inform the EAC's recommendations
or affect the terms of the Board's proposed settlement of the lawsuit by BCWSA.
May 24, 2007 In Work Session, Supervisors
agree on language of Request for Proposals for water study, to be finalized
at their next meeting on June 5.
April 17, 2007 BCWSA lawsuit made public at Supervisors' meeting. EAC recommends water study prior to settlement.
August 22, 2005 Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority vs. Plumstead Township
