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Select Board considers warrant article to shorten supervisors’ term from six to three years
Summary
A proposed change in state law would allow towns to reduce the term length for supervisors from six years to three years by warrant article; Brookfield’s Supervisor of the Checklist requested the Select Board consider placing such a warrant article on the ballot.
Rose, a town official who oversees the supervisors of the checklist, told the Select Board that a recent change at the state level would allow towns to adopt three‑year terms for supervisors through a warrant article. She asked the board to consider placing a warrant article on Brookfield’s upcoming ballot to change the term length from six years to three years.
Rose said the change would not take effect for the supervisor whose seat is next up for election unless the warrant article is approved in advance. If approved, the shorter term would apply to subsequent elections after the procedural timeline and statutory requirements are met.
The board did not take a vote on whether to place the article on the warrant at this meeting; members asked staff to confirm the statutory requirements and the timing so they could decide whether to include the article in the warrant process for the next town vote.
