A Lehighton resident questioned borough officials at Monday’s meeting for not following the required transparency standards.

Joe Flickinger, who previously questioned borough council on the matter said, “I want to know why the borough continues to violate the Sunshine Act.”

Flickinger said that Monday’s meeting agenda was posted on the borough’s website at 11:20 a.m., which was not 24 hours in advance as required.

In addition, he called out council for using what he called generic wording when describing what they plan to discuss before going into executive session.

Flickinger then cited several instances in which action has been taken against several governing bodies.

One of those instances occurred when The Reading Eagle Company brought action against the Council of the City of Reading in 1993.

In that case, The Reading Eagle brought the action against the Council of the City of Reading for declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction requiring that subject of closed meeting be announced with specificity before closed executive session could be held.

The Commonwealth Court held that city council had to give specific reasons before calling a private executive session.

“Why are you violating the rights of this borough?” Flickinger asked Lehighton Borough Council.

Council did not comment on Flickinger’s claim.