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“Now, we’re just waiting for the asteroid to hit.”
That was the response from a person close to the situation at Town Hall after the back-to-back resignations this week of Comprehensive Plan Project Manager Edward Hindin and Town Councilman Mike Bebon.
The person didn’t want to be named, but spoke to provide some context to the stunning turn of events. Mr. Bebon had advocated for Mr. Hindin to organize and run the effort to produce a Comprehensive Plan for the Island. But after months of work, and following a contentious, quarrelsome meeting on Monday of the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, Mr. Hindin resigned his post.
“This is a biggie. Are we ready for a project manager?”
Town Board members were left to consider that question put them by Supervisor Gerry Siller at the June 2 Town Board work session in relation to the Water Advisory Committee’s Ground and Surface Water Plan.
Someone needs to own this, said Councilman Mike Bebon, chairman of the Water Advisory Committee (WAC).
“It’s a complex plan for a very complex problem,” Mr. Bebon told his colleagues. He believes that without a project manager, the many proposals contained in the report won’t be implemented for a lack of leadership. Volunteer committee members have given a lot of time and energy to creating the plan, but there’s a need for a professional to move it forward.
Water Committee seeks commitment from town Town Councilman Mike Bebon wants the town to start action on projects to ensure the saftey of the Island’s drinking water. (Credit: Judy Card)
Near the end of a more than two-hour discussion on the Water Advisory Committee’s Ground and Surface Water Management Plan, Councilman Mike Bebon warned his Town Board colleagues that they must commit now to implementing recommendations on the quality and quantity of Island water.
That was at the May 18 Town Board work session in which the councilman, who chairs the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) outlined all of the recommendations. He wasn’t asking that every recommendation be implemented immediately, but that the Town Board commit to starting the process and to developing a time line for implementing others.
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