Gov. Ralph DLG Torres said that it would take the Legislature to act in abolishing the current board of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., which had been riddled with issues regarding water distribution and failure to fund the improvements needed to efficiently serve the public.<\/p>\n
Torres said he wants the board to be more effective when it comes to making decisions. \u201cI don\u2019t have the authority to abolish the board. It is the Legislature that has the authority to abolish the board.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been lawsuits filed against the board and I do have some issues with the CUC\u2019s progress. I would like to see more aggressive in their decision-making,\u201d said Torres.<\/p>\n
He added that his administration would work with the board to address the concerns. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working together to address those concerns. I will be meeting again with the board this week to further discuss those concerns that I spoke about during my prior meeting with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
His administration is also in communication with the Attorney General\u2019s Office if there is a legal way to abolish the board. He, however, did not divulge other details since they are still in consultation with the AG\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
The administration has received some information that there is no legal process that the governor can completely abolish the board.<\/p>\n
One way that the government is seeing is not renewing the terms of the members of the board or if they failed to have a quorum in their meetings.<\/p>\n
The administration said it is becoming clear now that it won\u2019t be legally possible to abolish or dissolve the board. They, however, remain in communication with the AG\u2019s Office on what are the other options. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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