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Select Board defers review of operating policy until full board can meet
Summary
Board members discussed numerous proposed edits to the Select Board operating policy, raised concerns about governance language and office coverage, and voted to table the item until the next meeting when the chair is present.
The Select Board discussed a proposed rewrite of its operating policy, raised concerns about governance language and office coverage, and agreed to defer final action until the full board can participate.
Vice Chairwoman Candace Graves described multiple suggested edits intended to clarify who has authority, how the board covers day‑to‑day operations if staff are unavailable, and how agendas and Robert's Rules would be applied. She said the policy currently contains language she views as inconsistent with the board’s actual functions and raised examples about coverage if multiple staff members are out of the office.
Board members debated whether routine management duties should be chartered explicitly in the policy and whether the chair and entire board should be present for any substantive amendments. One member observed that the board’s annual policy review requirement should identify and resolve these issues. A motion to table the operating‑policy review until the next meeting carried; members requested the chair attend that session and asked staff to circulate the redlined proposal and rationale in advance.
No formal amendments to the Select Board operating policy were adopted at this meeting.
