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Select Board delegates temporary emergency-declaration authority to town administrator, emergency management director
Summary
The Select Board approved a policy that allows the Town Administrator and the Emergency Management Director to make short-term emergency declarations (the latter limited to partial, geofenced declarations) to enable nimble response between Select Board meetings.
The Select Board voted to adopt a policy authorizing delegation of temporary emergency-declaration authority to town officials to enable quicker response in emergencies without waiting for a Select Board meeting.
Fire Chief John Sullivan, who serves as the town's emergency management director, explained the proposed change as part…
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