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Hudson County commissioners debate public-comment sign-up rules and consider pilot mental-health court

Hudson County Board of County Commissioners · February 27, 2025
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Commissioners debated changing the public-comment sign-up deadline (currently 5 p.m. the day before) and discussed a proposed pilot mental-health court to divert people with serious mental-health needs from incarceration, with a proof-of-concept cost estimate of $50,000–$60,000.

Commissioners spent part of the Feb. 27 meeting discussing whether to change the Board's public-comment sign-up rules. The Clerk said the policy is to require e-mail sign-up by 5 p.m. the day before the meeting; Commissioner William O'Dea argued some members of the public, including seniors, lack e-mail and urged a noon-day-of phone sign-up option. Commissioner Albert…

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