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UPDATE (6/20/2017): Minutes from as far back as July 3, 2002 were up for approval at the June 7, 2017 meeting of the Deerfield Township Committee, per the agenda. “Denying the public access to meeting minutes for 15 years certainly does not satisfy the “promptly available” requirement of the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-14,” Read More …
Governing bodies all too frequently enter closed session without disclosing the specific topics to be discussed as required by the OPMA. News site Planet Princeton criticizes the Princeton Council for this ongoing practice and states “officials don’t seem to care about the issue,” leaving citizens little recourse but to sue to gain compliance. The article Read More …