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Select Board debates who can place items on Brentwood meeting agendas
Summary
Select Board members on June 17 argued over whether the chair alone can control the agenda or whether any member may add items; members agreed to interpret the existing policy to allow members to place items on the agenda and to continue using the established deadline process.
Brentwood, N.H. — Select Board members debated governance and agenda control on June 17 after one member said the chair had previously refused to place an item on the agenda.
The dispute centered on the town's select board meeting policy. One board member cited paragraph 3(a)(1) of the policy: "the select board chair shall maintain order and control of the agenda." Another board member contended that agenda items are scheduled by the town administrator on a generally first-come, first-served basis and that any member should be able to…
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