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Commissioner O'Dea objects to consent‑agenda item over juvenile placements, citing educational shortfalls
Summary
At the July 17 Hudson County commissioners meeting, Commissioner William O'Dea cast the lone dissent on a consent-agenda package item (No. 27), saying county juveniles placed in out‑of‑county facilities lacked adequate educational and rehabilitative services and urging further action.
Commissioner William O’Dea said he could not support one consent-agenda item during the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners’ July 17 meeting, objecting to how juveniles placed outside the county were being served.
O’Dea, who recorded a single “no” vote on item No. 27 when the Board approved a multi-item consent package, said the county’s juveniles are “not being afforded the best opportunity to rehabilitate themselves” and raised concerns about…
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