When the Camden County Board of Commissioners held its annual reorganization meeting last Tuesday, a member of the public brought up an issue of government transparency.

The commissioners approved en masse 56 resolutions on the agenda that were listed by titles only. But a copy of each resolution was not available for review in advance in an agenda packet.

"There's a lot of resolutions here," Kate Delany of Collingswood told commissioners during the public comment part of the session. "They seem like really, you know, weighty matters...it would be great if there were resolutions, and not just four pages that I can find online."

Delany, of Collingswood, is president of the South Jersey Progressive Democrats, a faction of the political party often at odds with the traditional Democrats, which long have been controlled by political power broker George E. Norcross III.

Delany urged the commissioners to provide resolutions in advance of meetings: "It looks like there's lots of decisions being made today. ...It's impossible to tell, from just four pages, what those are."

Commissioner Deputy Director Edward T. McDonnell, who was reelected deputy by fellow commissioners at the meeting, told Delany the resolutions would be posted after the meeting. Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr., who also was reelected at the meeting, was ill and missed the session.

Expansion of parks — including pickleball courts at Challenge Grove Park in Cherry Hill — will be among the achievements of 2026, said Commissioner Jeffrey L. Nash. He said improvements in the water quality and air quality also are expected in Camden County.

Commissioners elected in November — Colleen Bianco Bezich, Jennifer Cooley Fleisher and McDonnell — were sworn in at the meeting.

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