Wyckoff Township Committee fails to act on open space trust fund
The Wyckoff Township Committee does not appear to be taking any steps to make use of the municipal Open Space Trust Fund to lure grants for open space preservation from Bergen County or the state, although the fund was approved by Wyckoff voters in 2006.
It’s standard for towns with local open space trust funds to establish an Open Space Committee composed of local residents to do an inventory of available properties and make recommendations for preservation. The Township Committee has not set up the Open Space Committee nor has it taken any other steps to determine the best way to use the fund. The Township Committee was forced by state law to put the public question concerning the Open Space Trust Fund on the ballot in 2006, because it was petitioned by 1,429 registered voters (more than twice the number required at the time).