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Select board withdraws motion to rescind 1995 requirement that new permanent positions go to voters
Summary
The board voted to withdraw Article 21, which sought to rescind a 1995 warrant article that had required voter approval for the creation of permanent full- or part-time positions. Board members and the budget committee discussed the legal status of the 1995 article and the trade-offs between statutory authority and voter oversight.
Kingston — The select board moved to withdraw Article 21, which would have rescinded a 1995 warrant article requiring voter approval for any new permanent full-time or part-time town position; the board’s motion to withdraw carried unanimously.
The discussion recounted the 1995 warrant article’s history and how the town has treated it as a procedural direction to the budget committee for decades. Some board members and the budget committee argued the requirement was advisory and…
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