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Board rejects resolution limiting open-space discussion after heated public debate
Summary
Supervisors voted 3–2 against adopting Resolution 2026-9, which would have limited repeated open-space preservation comments; the proposal drew legal clarification that a resolution could be reversed and extensive public criticism that the Board had denied voters a ballot option.
The Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors voted Feb. 24 not to adopt Resolution 2026-9, a measure that would have curtailed repeated discussions of open-space preservation at public meetings.
Supervisor Cindy Miller introduced the resolution saying it was written after repeated public commentary on the subject; Attorney Backenstoe advised that while the Board may pass a resolution to state its preference, such a resolution is not an enforceable prohibition and can be…
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