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Study committee reviews draft county charter, proposes council structure and housekeeping changes
Summary
Nantucket’s Town Council Study Committee reviewed redlined changes in a draft county charter that move legislative powers to a nine‑member council, adjust committee assignments and delete some legacy personnel provisions. Members discussed how duties would move from current bodies and flagged follow‑up work for counsel and liaison meetings.
Committee members reviewed a redlined draft of a proposed county charter that shifts many legislative powers from the current county commissioners to a proposed nine‑member town council and updates numerous section references.
The discussion focused on structural changes in the draft—section 2.1 and related items would reassign legislative authority to a nine‑member council, update member counts in multiple sections, and change a job-title reference from “Nantucket Town Manager” to “county administrator.” Committee members also discussed proposed edits to section 2.7, which would consolidate review duties for annual and special town meeting articles under the county council, and a deletion recommended for section 3.6 that would remove a reference to a county personnel board for the…
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