The below article discusses the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) with respect to accommodating large crowds. NJFOG officers Walter Luers and John Paff were interviewed. Paff “said he’d never seen a lawsuit where a governing body was challenged on public access for having too small of a meeting place.” Luers said that a court might view the opportunity to submit written comments as “providing equal opportunity to be heard.”
The Courier-Post
Pinelands Commission chose smaller space for overwhelmed pipeline meeting
by Russ Zimmer
Feb. 1, 2017