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HDC member flags Article 71 (LED traffic signage) ahead of town meeting; asks for committee input
Summary
Committee Chair Chris Young and members discussed Article 71 — a warrant article to authorize the town to acquire portable LED traffic signs — and planned to attend the April 28 HDC meeting to advise on any floor amendment.
During commissioner comments at the April 15 meeting, member Mark Catone said he is speaking with Town Moderator Stephen Welch about Article 71 on the upcoming town meeting warrant, which would authorize the town to acquire portable LED traffic signage.
Catone said HDC representation and input would be useful at the HDC’s April 28 meeting to discuss any potential floor amendment. The article, as drafted, reportedly would “authorize the town to acquire them” with few limitations; Catone and other members expressed concern that the warrant article contains no numeric limits or placement constraints and that committee members might offer a floor amendment or advisory opinion to the HDC.
Committee members discussed attending the April 28 meeting and the subsequent town meeting dates to weigh in, noting the article’s lack of site‑specific limitations. Paul Wolf and others said they found the portable signage visually disruptive and asked for details such as quantity and proposed siting; staff said the article does not identify those details and the article’s sponsor had asked for the committee’s input.
Ending: Catone asked members to send comments to him and to Nikki Sherr so the committee’s views can be recorded; the committee planned to discuss the article in public at its April 28 meeting.
