At the October 28^th, Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee John Casadei made these 2-minute remarks. See them at minute 1:09:57 on the video. I believe an accurate and complete transcript is below. I wholeheartedly applaud this idea.

Trustee Casadei said –

“I’d like to start on a regular basis an informal open Trustee meeting, to be held the third Monday of every month 3 to 5 PM here in the Board room at Township Hall. The first meeting is scheduled for November 17^th with three of the newer Trustees, myself, Trustee Campbell and Trustee Langlois. I’m hopeful that we will rotate Trustees as their schedules permit.

Having been on the Board of Review for ten years, I thought it was very valuable to have these informal meetings and listen to residents from every corner of the Township. It was informative, educational, and quite honestly, I think it lead to better decisions.

I’m hopeful that this gives residents, business owners, staff, or employees an avenue where they can come in – no video, no podiums, no mikes, no three minute timer, just come in and tell us what is important to them. Get to know us;  we are your neighbors, we are residents. I think the better we communicate and have dialogue between us the better this township will be. So, I’m hopeful that this is the start of something we will do on a regular basis.

This is Trustee John Casadei’s first term as a Trustee. You may recall that this is his 2024 election campaign signs said “Closing Zoning Loopholes”