The Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee held its annual officer appointments and voted to adjust its summer meeting schedule. Committee members re-elected Peter Brace as chair, reappointed Sarah Boyse as vice chair and retained Tim Brain as secretary by roll-call votes.

Why this matters: Officer continuity affects committee leadership, agendas and staff coordination during the year. Members discussed the option of reducing meeting frequency in the summer because of attendance and workload considerations and agreed on a temporary schedule change.

Votes and schedule details

- Chair: The committee voted unanimously to keep Peter Brace as chair. Recorded roll-call ayes included Hillary Hedges Rayport, Gary Beller, Tim Brain, Doug Rose, Jen Carberg, Liz Phelps, Christy Kickham, Joanna Roche, Matthew Fee and the chair.

- Vice chair and secretary: Sarah Boyse was reappointed vice chair by roll call (chair abstained). Tim Brain was reappointed secretary; he abstained from his own vote. All other members present voted aye on those positions.

- Meeting schedule: The committee voted to meet once a month in July, August and September (the August and September meetings to be held the second Tuesday at 10 a.m.) and to return to two meetings per month beginning in October. The motion passed by roll call with one abstention on a single scheduling item. Members noted that it is easier to cancel a scheduled meeting than to add meetings and that smaller working groups could advance work between regular meetings.

Procedural notes and follow-up

- Staff noted that meetings can be increased if the Select Board requests CRAC input on a time-sensitive item.

- Members discussed using task-focused working groups to maintain momentum on priority items while holding fewer full committee meetings during the summer months.