Officer to Be Sworn in at Township Committee Meeting

New officer Patrolman Alexander Yang is expected to be sworn in at the Montville Township Committee meeting Tuesday night.

Also at Tuesday's meeting, public hearings will be held on amendments to an ordinance that designates historic sites and districts within the township and amendments to the ordinance that establishes the Historic Preservation Review Commission.

A public hearing will also be held on . Under the amendments, all entities wishing to film in the township would be required to fill out an application and for-profit companies that would film for an extended amount of time would pay a higher daily fee after 10 days.

Included in the resolutions on the consent agenda for the meeting is one that, if approved, would show the township committee's support for amendments to the Open Public Meetings and Public Records Act. on the state Senate-sponsored legislation which would expand what is classified as public information.

But according to the text of the resolution the committee will be voting on, if approved, while the committee "philosophically supports the main tenets" of the proposed amendments, they would ultimately oppose the amendments because they would create unfunded mandates. Voting in favor of the resolution would also indicate that the commitee feels the state legislature should be accountable under the amendments as well, which would require text messages and handwritten notes passed during meetings to be made public.

To see the full agenda for the township committee meeting, click here. The meeting will be held at the Montville Township Municipal Building on Changebridge Road at 8 p.m.