Resident accuses Forest Hills council of secrecy, urges end to deer-killing program

A resident identifying himself as Bill of 140 Tanglewood Drive used the public-comment period to criticize borough spending on a deer-control program and to accuse council members of operating under an undisclosed policy limiting resident participation in committee meetings. Bill urged the council to address what he called "wasteful spending" and to put the alleged policy and related minutes to a public vote.

"It costs us about $2,030,000 dollars a year," the resident said when urging the council to reconsider the deer-control program as a place to cut taxes. He also described repeated requests for minutes and said he had filed a right-to-know request after being unable to find documentation for a November 2024 meeting he said showed a vote had been taken; the council did not take substantive action on the allegations during the meeting, but the president told him he could raise the matter as new business.