Wyckoff mayor opens special meeting; committee approves public comment period and votes to enter closed session

The Wyckoff Township Committee held a special meeting Tuesday evening and approved a 10-minute public comment period before voting to enter closed session under Resolution No. 25 c 15.

The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. and the mayor led the Pledge of Allegiance. The clerk read the meeting notice, saying it had been posted on the Memorial Town Hall bulletin board, filed with the municipal clerk, posted on the municipal website, and emailed to the Ridgewood News and the North Jersey Herald News at least 48 hours prior in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act.

The mayor asked for a motion to open the meeting for public comment. A motion to open the meeting for "10 minutes of public comment" (two minutes per speaker) was made and seconded; roll-call votes recorded on the record were in the affirmative and the motion passed. The clerk conducted the roll call, naming Miss Bogdansky, Mister Lane, Mister Melchione, Mister Sheppard (name variant in transcript), and the mayor, each of whom recorded a yes vote.

After the public-comment motion, the committee voted to adopt Resolution No. 25 c 15 to enter closed session for discussion. The resolution was approved on the record by roll call; the transcript does not specify the topic or statutory authority cited for that closed session. No mover or seconder was identified for either motion on the public transcript.

The meeting record indicates procedural compliance with notice requirements and sets the framework for public comment, but the committee did not disclose the subject matter of the closed-session discussion in the public portion of the record. The committee then moved into closed session.