Tuesday, October 31, 2017
October 30, 2017 Special Middletown Township Committee Meeting; Ask A Simple Question ...
Yesterday, the Middletown Township Committee held a hastily called meeting to introduce an ordinance that would dissolve the current garbage district. The meeting was considered a formality by the committee so only acting mayor, Gerry Scharfenberger was in attendance. The other members of the current committee, Kevin Settenbrino, Tony Fiore and Stephenie Murray phoned it in.
What's of note here is that when the meeting was opened for public comments, the individual asking questions about the process of holding a meeting at 3:30 in the afternoon, as opposed to later so that other members of the public could attend, wasn't just rudely answered, this person was totally disrespected and accused of grandstanding due to the upcoming election by township committee attorney, Brian Nelson.
Nelson, has a history of interjecting his own thoughts and comments during meetings. Nelson is not an elected official but often acts as if he is the 6th committee person while the others sit back idly and allow him to do so.
Yesterday, his actions where cringe worthy and unprofessional.
As for the ordinance, if was approved and will be officially adopted at the next committee meeting on Nov. 20th.
Here is a copy of the Meeting Agenda
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2 comments:
Mike, unfortunately I could not hear most of what was being said, Is it also on YouTube whereI could see losed captions? It certainly sounde like she was being disrespected , mostly by Brian, which is against their own rules. Several
years ago I pointed out to them their printed policy that all comments need to be directed to the chair and answered by a member of the committee. Then,if they so choose they can direct someone else, e.g. , the attorney or administrator,o respond. It is not proper the way Brian keeps jumping in and answering questions or making many comments on his own while the member in attendance just sat there mostly.
I don't know what was actually said, but they did not seem to be patiently explaining to the commenter! I doubt that ms. Maguire would treat a public commenter that way!
Yes, the video is posted on YouTube.
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