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Commission agrees to draft letter on stipends after city council request
Summary
Following a city council discussion, the Taunton Conservation Commission agreed to draft a letter expressing its views on stipends for board members and forward the draft to the council clerk for consideration.
Taunton’s Conservation Commission discussed whether municipal boards should receive stipends and voted March 3 to have a commissioner draft a letter for the group to review and forward to the city council.
The item followed a recent city council meeting in which stipends for various boards were raised. The commission’s speaker said members should be treated equally and noted the commission meets more frequently than some other boards because of 21-day filing deadlines. The speaker asked fellow commissioners to send input for a draft letter; the motion to draft and circulate a letter passed by voice vote.
Commissioners did not set specific stipend amounts; instead the approved action was to produce a draft letter reflecting the commission’s views and to circulate that draft to commissioners for comment before sending it to the city council clerk of committees. The chair indicated the draft would be prepared later in the week and shared with fellow commissioners for revisions prior to submission.
