Jackson Township Council President Mordechai Burnstein has announced that the members of the Jackson council will soon be offering “Meet the Council” sessions and “Council Hours”, where elected representatives will be able to meet one-on-one with their elected officials.

“Years ago, former Mayor Michael Reina hosted these ‘Meet the Mayor’ sessions, and it was a great way for the community to sit face to face with our elected officials, it’s how I got involved in local government,” Burnstein said. “We are going to use these ‘Meet the Council’ sessions and ‘Council Hours’ to hear directly from our residents to hear their concerns and ideas, and to use those sessions to continue providing results and solutions for our residents.”

Burnstein said each of the council members will soon be sharing an office at town hall and that each will be afforded “Council Hours”, to meet one-on-one with residents. A schedule of available council hours will be published soon on the township website.

Meet the Council sessions will be inside the town hall main meeting room, and each session will feature two council members to sit with small groups and talk about what is happening in Jackson, and together, to address problems and come up with solutions.

Those meetings will be held regularly throughout the year to provide residents with an opportunity to speak directly, outside of the formal setting of official council meetings.

“They will essentially be a public meet and greet, and all questions are on the table,” Burnstein said. “Want to talk about new parks, policing, housing, development, even to openly discuss the rampant rumors that always circulate on social media, we’ll talk about any topics, the residents will choose the agenda and topics of the day, not us.”