To the Editor:

I am writing to you to express my concern regarding the lack of transparency by the Barnegat Township Committee and their use of the consent agenda.

As a former municipal elected official, I am familiar with the use of the consent agenda. It is, in fact, an expeditious way to move items of official government action. Having said that, it is my opinion and common practice that the consent agenda should be employed for regularly recurring items or appointments that are considered to be routine and…

April 22, 2020