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Town government review, home-rule petitions and possible meeting reforms remain unresolved
Summary
Committee members received an update on the town council study committee and related home-rule petitions. The committee that drafted charter amendments submitted a report and some proposals remain pending with the legislature; Select Board will wait for legislative action before deciding whether to reconstitute a town-government study committee.
Nantucket — At its July 12 meeting the Advisory Committee of Nonvoting Taxpayers discussed the status of town-government review efforts, home-rule petitions and possible changes to annual town meeting procedures. Donna (committee member) and Libby Gibson reported that a town council study committee delivered a set of charter amendments to voters in previous years; one home-rule petition to implement those charter changes remains pending in the Massachusetts Legislature. Gibson said the town reapproved the charter changes at town meeting and intends to resubmit the home-rule petition to the legislature. The committee discussed whether…
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