Resident Anthony Revita urges council to address fence-permit dispute, alleges record-keeping problems

Anthony Revita spoke during public comment on March 4 to describe a long-running dispute over a fence permit and subsequent municipal-court proceedings.

Revita told council that a city inspector initially approved his property, then that later interactions with engineering staff and city officials led to enforcement action. He said the prosecutor received information on Dec. 7 that he characterized as false, that a municipal judge later altered his plea and imposed a 30-day jail sentence he said was linked to a false narrative, and that the judge was subsequently removed from the bench. Revita said an appeal is pending and urged councilors to address what he described as Sunshine-law and records issues.

The council did not take formal action in response to Revita’s remarks during the meeting; the matter was raised under public comment and Revita asked individual councilors, including Council President Foster and Councilor Banwag, to take note of the alleged procedural and record-keeping problems.

Revita identified himself at the lectern as Anthony Revita of 1746 Edgar Drive. He requested that City staff or specific council members review the matter and clarify whether open-records or open-meeting procedures were compromised in the case he described. No staff report or formal referral to legal counsel was recorded on the meeting minutes during the public-comment time.

The clerk had reminded speakers of the public-comment rules (City of Hudson Charter article 3, section 3.02 and codified ordinance 220.03) before public comment began.