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Committee debates town clerk’s reporting line and limits on commissioners’ direct requests to staff
Summary
Charter reviewers debated whether the town clerk should remain under the town manager’s administrative control and how to limit individual commissioners from directing or overburdening staff.
The Charter Review Committee devoted a large portion of the Feb. 18 meeting to how the charter allocates hiring, suspension and supervisory authority between the town manager and the commission — especially with respect to the town clerk — and to rules limiting direct commissioner contact with staff.
Several members recalled a 2017 charter change that moved the town clerk’s personnel authority under the town manager; others said the clerk’s role supporting elections and the commission argues for functional independence. "The commission cannot remove the town clerk," one member said, noting a past referendum and that the clerk’s duties have historically supported the…
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