Lake Hopatcong Commission Meeting Postponed

The (LHC) meeting scheduled for Tuesday night has been rescheduled, according to the commission’s release.

On the agenda was a vote on an agreement to turn weed harvesting duties for the lake over to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). However, according to LHC chair Russell Felter, the memorandum of understanding (MOU) has not yet been signed and delivered to the LHC.

“(DEP Commissioner) Bob Martin hasn’t signed the MOU yet and we want it to be signed before we present it to our commission for a vote,” Felter said.

which would turn the responsibility for weed harvesting over to the DEP until at least Dec. 31.

“Either we do this and we harvest, or we don’t do this and we don’t harvest,” Felter said at a previous meeting.

LHC administrator Donna Holly said the Tuesday meeting will likely be rescheduled for early next week and that public notice will go out as soon as a date is finalized.