The meeting was called to order by President Joe Marcianti. Officers and Directors present were Lach Cameron, Celeste Brockwell, Pamela Boright, and Ann Gorga. Treasurer Alice Bass was absent.

Scholarships were presented to Katie Gorga and Taylor Toscano. LVT's third scholarship winner, Meredith Pfister, was not present this evening.

Guest speaker John Paff, an open-government advocate, presented a wealth of information about citizen's rights to access public information. Highlights of his presentation were:

• The Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) was passed in 1975. Any person can apply to the Courts to file complaints for violations of OPMA. Legal fee cannot be recouped for filing an OPMA complaint.
• Legal fees ARE recoupable, however, for filing complaints under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA).
• Allowable discussion in closed session is strictly outlined in State Statutes. There are NO EXCEPTIONS.
• Citizens must be informed as to what is going to be discussed in closed sessions.
• If the topic is litigation, the public must be told the nature of the lawsuit and why.
• If the topic is personnel, again the public must be told "who" and "why." Must specify why the discussion has to be private rather than public.
• CLOSED SESSIONS SHOULD BE TAPE-RECORDED. Makes Mayor and Council more accountable and more vigilant not to cross over into discussion of issues which should be discussed in public.
• Council members should go on record as to objecting to discussion in closed session that they feel should be public. Their objections should be part of the closed session minutes.
• There is a county data base-ACMS-which gives lawsuits in which a town is involved; PACER is the Federal data base.
• JIF-Joint Insurance Fund-which is a fund many municipalities use to pay out settlements on lawsuits-MUST provide you with settlement information. You CAN file an OPRA (Open Public Records Act) request with JIF-but you CAN'T file an OPRA with private insurance companies.

• "Binding initiative and referendum" can force a referendum question onto a ballot giving citizens final authority-allowing them to go around the dictates of Council.

Minutes from the May, 2007 meeting were accepted as read.

Treasurer's report read by President Joe Marcianti, in the absence of Treasurer Alice Bass, was accepted as read.

Correspondence: was an internet inquiry to LVT's e-mail about the date of a hearing about the liquor license transfer of Lenny's Pizzeria.

Membership climbed from 362 to 502 in the past month due to Membership Chairperson, Ann Gorga's "friendly reminders." Follow-up calls will be made to those not yet responding, letters will be sent to new residents and letters will be sent to past members from 2004 and 2005.

Municipal:

• Need to update painting of street signs
• Beach badge sales were down $6,000 from the same time last year.
• Boat ramp will not be in use for several weeks due to dredging project
• Fireworks will be July 8th and September 8th
• NJDOT regulates parking along State Highway Route 35 North. 2 Hour parking signs posted by the borough are illegal and not enforceable.
• Budget was adopted-does not include Boardwalk south of Philadelphia Ave., instead, a bond was adopted for $145,000 to cover the costs.
• Improvement to the 4 tennis courts was funded by bonding $150,000.
• Police Chief Colin Grant recommended to Mayor and Council to allow bikes on the boardwalk from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Only one council person supported this idea.

LVT approved expenditures for:

• Liability insurance
• Printing and mailing of our Newsletter