Northfield: Open Government

Writing in The Courant, editor Gary Wellings comments on a  joint meeting of the Northfield Township board and planning commission that took place on March 22, 2011. During the meeting, the resignation of board member Dan Rowe was accepted. His replacement, Mike Magda, was appointed the same evening: “… I find it odd that a resignation can be accepted and a replacement made so quickly and seemingly spontaneously in one session of the Board. It is frankly obvious that many Board members are discussing the public business in private. That is a total lack of transparency and may well be a violation of open meetings rules.”

Wellings concludes by looking ahead: “… thanks to Mike Magda for stepping up, he has been an active community minded citizen with a great amount of common sense and I am proud to have him as one of our Northfield Trustees.” [Source]