Syracuse Officials Tight Lipped Regarding Lawsuit
SYRACUSE — Syracuse town officials are tight lipped regarding their decision to hire Bose McKinney & Evans, a law firm out of Indianapolis, to sue Triad and Severen Trent. The council unanimously passed a motion to go forward with the lawsuit during its regular monthly meeting last week.
Triad was the engineering firm hired to oversee the rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment plant, while Severen Trent was responsible for the plant’s operation.
Vern Landis, Syracuse town attorney, would only say the council authorized the lawsuit due to problems regarding the rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment plant. Landis said the cost of operating the plant now is much more than indicated while the capacity of processing wastewater is less than needed.
Town Manager Henry DeJulia refused to answer questions while Bill Musser, town council president, would only comment off the record.
Calls to Chris Janak, the attorney from Bose, McKinney & Evans, seeking more information were not returned by press time. Bose, McKinney & Evans is a business law firm serving both publicly held and privately held businesses, government entities and high-growth industries.