Mayor's office logs calls to track status

June 05, 2012    |  By Paul Mayerowitz

In February of this year, Mayor Michael Reina announced the implementation of a Mayor’s Hotline, which is available 24 hours a day to record comments, suggestions, or complaints from the residents of Jackson Township.
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District 12 Assemblyman Ron Dancer

May 26, 2012

On January 17, 2012 State Assembly members Dancer, McHose, Amodeo and Chris Brown co-sponsored and introduced to committee Assembly Bill A-2071, calling for all levels of government to post public employee contracts on their respective websites, including salary, benefits and all other relevant information concerning the terms and conditions of the contracts. (Read More)

Balancing cost and the right to know

April 24, 2012

A new battle is heating up in the wake of the continued testing of the 2001 Open Public Records Act. OPRA is a road paved with good intentions. It is a great equalizer, granting fair access to public records, just for the asking. For eleven years citizens, journalists, bloggers and professionals have requested thousands of documents to better understand the inner workings of government, discover truth, or just satisfy curiosity. (Read More)

Meeting Minutes in NJ- on the clock

April 17, 2012

A number of questions have been raised by Ray Cattonar about how and when the minutes of Jackson Township Council meetings are to be made available to the public. Some of these specific questions were raised in a lawsuit by John Paff against the Camden Board of Education and were resolved by the Courts in 2012. In that lawsuit, the following questions and the Court’s findings are noted below:

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Image: Darren Deans

April 13, 2012

The bills and claims identified below were presented at the designated Township Council meeting. Township Council minutes will identify the vote of the Council members on each of these items.

Bills and Claims 3-27-12
Bills and Claims 3-13-12

Monthly Township OPRA Requests

March 13, 2012    |  By Paul Mayerowitz

Requests filed under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) with the Jackson Township Clerk between January 3, 2012 and March 26, 2012. (Read More)

January 27, 2012    |  By Paul Mayerowitz

The Governor and our Board of Education changed the date of Board of Education elections and budget approval to November. This saves the Township $45,000, but what about the Fire Districts? The annual election for the Board of Fire Commissioners will be on Saturday, February 18. The taxpayers will also be asked to approve the 2012 Fire District budgets. The date is mandated by the State, but can you think of a worse time to hold an election. (Read More)