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HomeMy WebLinkAbout546 Miller (2)Mr. Paul. Miller c/o Donald 'H. Yost, Esquire Blakey, Yost, Bupp & Kilgore 42 East King Street York, PA 17401 Re: 85 -13 -C, 85 -14 -0 Dear Mr. Miller: STATE ETHICS COMMISSION 308 FINANCE BUILDING HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17120 ORDER OF THE COMMISSION Order No. 546 CDDEC 19 MDEA 15 511 1: 7 8 P7 86 The Ethics Commission has received a complaint regarding you and a possible violation of Act 170 of 1978. The Commission has now completed its investigation. The individual allegations, conclusions, and findings on which those conclusions are based are as follows: I. Allegation: That you, Hopewell Township Supervisor, violated Section 3(a) of the Ethics Act which prohibits a public employee's or public official's use of office or confidential information gained through that office to obtain financial gain by attempting to have favorable action taken by the township supervisors on a petition to rezone your property. A. Findings: 1. You have served as a supervisor in Hopewell Township from January, 1982 to - the present. a. You have been chairman of the board of supervisors for four of the five years in which you have served. 2. Minutes of the township supervisor's meeting of September 6, 1984, reflect that you petitioned to have a tract of land in the vicinity of the intersection of Plank and Sawmill Roads rezoned from agricultural to residential designation. This petition involved the rezoning of 150 acres of which you owned about 30 acres. a. The township solicitor forwarded copies of the petition to the York County and the Hopewell Township Planning Commissions for review. 3. Minutes of the township supervisor meeting of December 20, 1984 reflect that your petition was heard at this meeting. Mr. Paul Miller Page 2 a. You excused yourself from the proceedings prior to your petition being heard. b. A public hearing was previously held on this petition by the township. c. The York County Planning Commission on November 15, 1984 and the Hopewell Township Planning Commission on November 20, 1984 had both recommended the rejection of your petition. d. The comments of hath planning commissions were read to board members. e. Supervisor Winemiller motioned to reject the petition, seconded by supervisor Davic and the motion carried. f. You then rejoined the board after this motion. 4. Records of the Local Government Advisory Committee of York County reflect that this committee approved your request to amend the township zoning ordinance by rezoning the tract at Plank and Sawmill Roads. This occurred on November 8, 1984. a. You stated that the township solicitor orally advised you that your petition seemed to be within the parameters of allowed zoning. b, A motion was carried to approve this request. 5. The York County Planning Commission reviewed your rezoning proposal and denied said proposal. 6. One Township Supervisor, Ms. Davis, alleges that you contacted her and another supervisor to influence their decision in relation to your rezoning application. a. Ms. Davis alleged that you "seemed" to be asking her to act favorably on your petition. h. The other township supervisor denied that you ever attempted to influence him in relation to this matter. 7. You averred that you initiated a telephone conversation with Supervisor Davis to discuss positions on the petition taken by the Local Government Advisory Committee of York County and the township solicitor. 9 L L 0 O 0 Y O • O 0) 0 • 0 >1 N 41 L C 'O L •r N U O v U ^• y L T . 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