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Selectmen appoint members to budget committee amid debate over vacancy postings
Summary
The Rangeley selectmen appointed Mark Beauregard and another nominee to the budget committee but members debated whether the town had properly posted the vacancies; selectmen agreed to revisit posting procedures and to accept applications if additional candidates appear.
The Rangeley selectmen on Jan. 6 appointed Mark Beauregard to the town's budget committee and approved an additional appointment that was moved during the meeting.
"I made a motion to appoint Mark Beauregard with the budget committee, with term ending 6/30/20/28," a board member said while moving the appointment; the vote was taken and recorded as carried.
The appointment discussion prompted a wider debate about whether the town had properly posted committee vacancies. Board members and residents said they had received calls asking whether vacancies were advertised; some selectmen said vacancies had not been posted recently because committees had sufficient membership. One resident urged that posting vacancies publicly yields diverse applicants and said he had taken the initiative to check committee listings online.
Town staff cited charter language that allows the selectmen to appoint a member to serve until the next annual town meeting to complete an unexpired term. Selectmen agreed to push remaining related business to the next meeting so the board can confirm posting procedures and consider any additional applicants.
Next steps: the board will revisit committee vacancy posting procedures and may accept further applications at the next meeting; appointed members will serve per the town charter appointment provisions until the next annual town meeting or for the unexpired term as applicable.
