North East Township Supervisors Promise to Post Agenda Before Meetings

It was a pleasant surprise when a township resident asked the supervisors at Monday's meeting to post their agenda online ahead of the meetings so anyone that was interested would know beforehand what they were going to talk about. As already noted, we are strong advocates of transparency and have been requesting exactly the same thing for some time.

Supervisor Gus Neff said they had discussed this issue since we brought it up at the last meeting and they needed to agree on language that would be added to inform everyone the posted agenda might not be the final version. He promised Monday that the agenda would be posted on the township website from now on and would be there before the next meeting on September 21st.

This is a welcome development and will be a benefit for everyone in the township.

Everyone has the right to know what their government is doing.
Transparency is expected in all government meetings and daily operations.
Everyone working for the government works for, and is answerable to, you and me.
All laws, regulations, ordinances, budgets, audits and other public records should be freely available, preferably online, for citizens to examine without special fees and paperwork before they can do so.
When municipalities seek bids for contract work, all bid documents should be available online, free of charge. Printed copies, if requested, should be offered at cost.
Agendas should be posted online a minimum of 3 days before public meetings take place allowing interested citizens an opportunity to hear discussions and offer input on matters important to them.