Wells selectmen hold public hearings on Nov. 4 referendum articles including comprehensive plan, town-clerk change and ADU rules

The Wells Board of Selectmen opened a municipal officers workshop and public hearings on six referendum items that will appear on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot, including a comprehensive plan update, a measure to make the town clerk an appointed position, changes to accessory dwelling units and the town ffordable housing ordinance, expansion of a sidewalk overlay district and a boundary line agreement for a parcel abutting town conservation land.

Town Manager Mike Livingston provided background on the comprehensive plan and other warrant articles. "Article 2 on the warrant is the comprehensive plan update. Our current comprehensive plan dates to 02/2005," Livingston said, describing the 2019 ordinance that created a comprehensive plan update committee and the committee—laborations through 2025. He said the plan has been approved by the state as meeting its…