Thursday, May 17, 2012
Lansdale council held a fiery debate over making council meeting packets available online prior to the meeting. One resident was called "a joke" by one councilman
If a scab is healed, don't repick it. If the Lansdale Administration and Finance Committee decided it doesn't want the meeting information packets given to council to be published online in advance of a meeting, don't bring it up again. Councilman Steve Malagari learned that the hard way Wednesday night. And Councilman Paul Clemente let one resident - Joe Cionzynski of Perkiomen Avenue - know exactly what he thought of him: he's a joke. Last month, councilman Rich DiGregorio made a motion for the administration and finance committee to vet making council meeting information packets available for view and download online in advance of a meeting. Council voted for such an effort. It was announced by committee chairman Dan Dunigan on May 2 …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The administration and finance committee looked into providing meeting packets and materials online for the public. They said it would not be done
If a Lansdale resident or any other citizen wants to see what the council members see in their packets every council meeting - including invoices, letters and other like documentation - they will have to continue to go through the hoops of Right to Know. Councilman Rich DiGregorio last month made a motion for the adminstration and finance committee to look into making all business meeting materials provided to council members made public on the website in advance of a meeting. A very similar initiative has been longstanding in Montgomery Township. In that township, all meeting materials provided to supervisors the night of a specific meeting, labeled as "Board Summaries," are available to be downloaded via a link on the public agenda of …
Friday, April 27, 2012
The borough's administration and finance committee will look into making all public meeting documentation and appendices available to the public online
Lansdale Borough may follow in its neighbor's footsteps and start providing municipal documents and appendices related to public meetings on its website. Council voted unanimously to vet making all meeting materials available online. Councilman Rich DiGregorio initially made a recommendation for the Administration and Finance Committee to vet the possibility of providing just the bills over $1,000 on the website. Council approves a list of bills over $1,000 each month. Council's documentation at public meetings is limited to the agenda. "I have a recommendation about posting our bills over $1,000 on the website for residents to see what we're spending," DiGregorio said. "I think it would be more open for us as a borough. A lot of people …
John Galt
7:58 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I completely agree Chassity. AND Paul Clemente doesn't even live in the borough anymore. He lives in Blue Bell. He is in debt up to his eyeballs. I find it disgusting at how he treats people in these meetings like they are all his plebs. What has he ever done to demand being treated like the king. UGH! more ›