John J. Polillo, a Resident and Taxpayer of the City of Atlantic City, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Adelaide Deane, Clerk…

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that charter commissions created under the Faulkner Act are public bodies subject to the Open Public Meetings Act and that the Atlantic City charter commission’s meetings violated the Act’s notice requirements. The Court rejected the argument that substantial compliance sufficed, declared the commission’s final recommendation void, and remanded for a new recommendation made in full compliance with the Act.