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Commission presses for clearer reporting, agenda timing and grant rules for town administration
Summary
Charter reviewers and selectmen pressed for clearer town-manager reporting schedules, earlier agendas, and streamlined rules for applying for grants. They also discussed aligning the town manager performance review with charter duties and a required review timetable for temporary advisory panels.
Charter Revision Commission members raised several operational issues Wednesday that they said should be clarified in the charter or by internal policy: the town manager’s reporting cadence and the board’s access to timely agenda materials, the town’s process for applying for grants, alignment of town-manager performance review items with charter duties, and automatic review dates for temporary boards and commissions.
Multiple commissioners said the charter’s current language requiring “periodic reports” from the town manager is too vague. One commissioner suggested replacing “periodic” with a specific cadence — for example, monthly or quarterly — and adding a short status report for major projects and near-term budget issues…
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