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Board rejects motion to add regular board-comments slot; resident raises conflict-of-interest concerns about attorney-selection committee
Summary
A motion to add "board comments" to the agenda was defeated on roll call. Later in public comment, a resident questioned a committee appointed to select a new board attorney, saying the committee composition created an appearance of conflict of interest if a board member on the committee were a party to litigation.
At the start of the meeting, Board member Sandra Gong moved to add "board comments" back onto the agenda under Policy 0164; Board member Missus Kellogg seconded the motion. The chair ruled the board would follow the published agenda and an appeal and vote were taken. The motion failed on roll call (Gong and two other members voted yes; a majority voted no). "We have an agenda that we're following the order of," the chair said in denying the point of order.
During the final public comment period, a Raritan Township resident identified in the transcript as Adam Pianca (recorded elsewhere as Adam Bianca) addressed the board about a separate governance issue: the president's…
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