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Borough Board discusses hybrid meetings, accepts minutes and adjourns
Summary
At its November meeting the borough board discussed the role of hybrid meetings for future sessions, noting a charter requirement for monthly meetings; the board made and seconded a motion to accept October minutes (vote not recorded) and later adjourned after a motion that was declared carried.
The borough board met for its November session, confirmed a quorum and discussed whether to continue hybrid meetings for upcoming sessions.
Unidentified Speaker, who opened and led the meeting, said the board has run meetings online with some members present in Burrow Hall and described those sessions as effectively hybrid. The speaker said hybrid meetings are appropriate for agendas with no substantive materials but recommended in-person meetings when city planning or land-use items requiring plan review are on the agenda "so we can fully grasp what's in front of us." The speaker also stated that the board is "mandated by the charter to have a meeting every month" except during summer months, and noted limits tied to land-use issues that affect whether the board can return to hybrid-only formats immediately.
On routine business, Unidentified Speaker asked for acceptance of the October minutes. Jerry moved to accept the minutes and Debbie seconded the motion; the transcript records the motion and second but does not record a vote tally or formal roll-call result.
Later in the meeting Unidentified Speaker asked for a motion to adjourn; Jerry moved and Elena seconded. The chair declared the motion adjourned, and the meeting ended.
The transcript does not specify a meeting date beyond identifying this as the borough's November meeting and does not include recorded vote tallies for the motion to accept minutes. The board noted there were no correspondence items and that there was no presentation scheduled for December; if no presentation is scheduled for that meeting, the speaker said the board will hold December in hybrid format.
