Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 8 January '86 ^

Doris Ward SWEARING IN — Freeholder .lames S. Kilpatrick. Jr. was sworn to a second term in office by County Clerk Angela F. Puivino, far right, last Saturday at the old courthouse building. His daughters Staci. 12, and Jodi. 20 and wife Lois look on. The Kilpatricks and Puivino all live in Ocean City.

Sturm Named Director

(From Page 1) better," said Sturm. "Many things that freeholders wrestle with, we can get recommendations from them." And he said the administrative code jvould "make it more easy to assign and Jklineate responsibilities." ' He offered a similar theme after accepting the directorship Saturday. "We (freeholders) are all temporary residents in these seats." he said. "It falls to the department heads and employes to get the job done. We will get you the resources you need within the context of the public's ability to afford." STURM SINGLED OUT Kilpatrick as the person who will "bulldog the college problem and courts expansion." He said the goal of him and his fellow freeholders "is to provide leadership without domination, and to the 16 municipalities, cooperation without coopting." "Cape May County is a good place to live, work and raise a family," said Sturm. "I'm committed to keeping it that way." Sturm was born In Barnegat City and moved to the county when he was six months old. He graduated from Middle

Township High School in 1949 and has attended the University of Maryland and Rutgers University. He is a community** relations manager for New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, where he has worked for more than 30 years. He and his wife, Rosalie, have five children. STURM WAS Middle Township and county Democratic chairman before he changed to the GOP, in time to win its nomination for a second freeholder term in 1973. Saturday's organization meeting, believed to be the first on a Saturday and in the old court house, was highlighted by the swearing in for a second term of Kilpatrick. with his wife and two daughters by his side. He praised their**-* support in later remarks, and added that among the county 's "assets of beaches and bays, the biggest is its 90,000-strong people." County Treasurer and Republican Chairman Philip R. Matalucci made sure all the right people had white carnations and, in the final remark before the 20-minute ceremony endefl. expressed the desire that "May you all win the lottery just one time." He and his family won $3.9 million in October.

Freeholders Had 41 Secret Meets —

( From Pace 1 ) door topic and some, but not all. job appointments have been preceded by secret interviews. Although the law requires that "comprehensive" minutes be taken at closed sessions and released when the topics are no longer sensitive, the county has failed to release minutes of 18, or 43 percent, of the closed meetings held in 1985 Current freeholder policy is to release secret meeting minutes within 90 days of the meeting. Tnis newspaper has taken the position, to the freeholders, that that is an artificial deadline that does not meet the intent of the Open Public Meetings Act. The law Says minutes should be released "promptly and that, "a matter should be released to the public when the reasons for discussing and acting on it in closed session no longer exist." DESPITE THE freeholders' 90-day policy, the county has not released the minutes of any meetings held since Sept. 5, which is more than 120 days ago. And pripr to that, the freeholders have kept the' lid on some meetings held in January, March, April and June. f County Counsel Harry A. Delventhal'Jr. told this newspaper last week that, "Tojmy knowledge, the only ones not released deal with litigated matters which are still in the process, land acquisition and/or personnel matters yet to be resolved." This newspaper criticized the freeholders' closed door meetings policy in an editorial in December. 1984. Two weeks later the freeholders amended their rules, adding two closed meeting requirements previously ignored: stating the matter to be discussed (e.g.. personnel), and specifying when the minutes would be available. WHILE TAKING those steps to assure the public more advance information

about closed meetings, it also ensured that the public would learn less about the meetings themselves. Thorough minutes kept by previous freeholders' clerk Kathryn Willis were replaced last January by a one-page form that merely states who was present and "the subjects considered," without detailed notes or individual comments. The Open Public Meetings Law states that minutes "...should be in sufficient detail to give the public a general description or outline of the subject and issues discussed." Unlike some municipalities, such as Middle Township, the freeholders do not tape record their meetings. THE COUNTY'S policy gives Delventhal the first responsibility for reviewing minutes of closed meetings and then recommending disposition to the freeholders who give the final okay. Last July this newspaper did a recap of the freeholders' use of closed meetings that pointed out they'd met secretly 24 times in the first six months of the year. Then-Freeholder-Director Gerald Thornton responded by inviting two newspapers — the Gazette-Leader, a North Wildwood weekly, and The Press a Pleasantville daily — to a press conference at; which he criticized this ' newspaper's position. Both papers prominently reported his charges. Neither attempts to report the county's closed meetings. • The preamble to the Open Public Meetings Act calls open meetings •...vital J to the enhancement and proper functioning of the democratic process" and states that "secrecy in public affairs undermines < the faith of the public in government and the public's effectiveness in fulfilling its role in a democratic society."

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