First, please recognize that I am not a township official. So don’t ask me to fix the township.

I just a resident trying to stay abreast of what is going on. To do this I try to check the township website every day looking for minutes of recent meetings, upcoming meetings, upcoming meeting agendas, upcoming meeting packets and minutes of recent meetings. Sometimes watching part of a meeting video is needed to understand the issue, especially since the Board of Trustees (alone) went to “short-form” minutes in 2013, which does not record important meeting comments.

Anyone could do this. It is time consuming, but I am semi-retired, maintaining some level of my consulting business on effective problem-solving and decision-making processes.

So I thought why not send out a free summary of what I learn to other residents, who aren’t putting in this level of effort. It should not take too much extra time, right? Wrong!

Every time I write something, the process causes me to recognize many unanswered questions. I pursue answers to some of these, but must be careful to not let this activity mushroom or it will take 100% of my waking hours, with obvious detriment to all else that is important to me.

With regards making suggestions to SPTC, I do not know the best way, but here is what they say on their website if you dig to find it.

The SPTC generally meets on the first Wednesday of the month in the Township Hall at 6:00pm. Citizen comment is always welcome. Always check the Township website for time and location updates. Most meetings are televised live on Comcast Channel 17 or on the Township website where recordings of past meetings can be viewed. If you can’t attend in person, please email your SPT comments to the Township manager, Adam Kline, at akline@oaklandtownship.org.