More On The Article X Committee and Town Letters to the NYPSC - It Goes Against Human Nature

A response to comment 10:20 on the previous post about the Art X Committee.

Think of it this way also. In the Art X process there are a lot of very very complex choices and decisions to be carefully  made by all these town officers signing these letters don't your think?  I find it mind boggling that one or two people draft these letters and officers just sign these things without reading them or having some input to them.  If that IS the case then these officers wouldn't be doing their jobs representing us effectively.

So you mean to tell me that all these 14 or so officers just automatically agree on everything?  That there are no inputs or suggestions or discussions on such a critical and complex matter as to what should go into these letters?  That would just be plain simple human nature, right, to have suggestions or doubts or want input on such a critical issue concerning the town's future? So where and how is this all taking place????

Point being I have not seen on video or seen mentioned in meeting minutes the discussion or signing or of these letters in public.  So what are the logistics to get these letters from draft to presentation to the NYPSC? 

Is one or two people drafting these letters and then they are sent around personally or by email, then at some point somewhere they have to actually physically sign the letters?   Do the town officers one by one come to the town office to sign them after the letters are drafted by someone else?  Or...do all these town officers meet all at once  somewhere after the letter is drafted  to sign these letters?  If they all meet to sign these letters that would be town business and there would be a quorum from each town elected and appointed town board, and without public notice, or minutes etc. Even if 3 from one board met and signed at once.

That would be illegal!!!

 So just exactly how is all this letter drafting, input, and signing carried out since there have been numerous letters prior to a public announcement of the Art X committee meetings that was in the WDT just this week?  That committee was formed way back in early Jan!