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Chariho committee tables chair election after dispute over state statute
Summary
Members debated whether to elect a new chair at the first meeting after the election, citing Section 10 of the Chariho Act; a motion to postpone the vote until the next agenda passed after debate and a recorded roll-call.
Vice Chair Karen Reynolds was nominated to be chair of the Chariho Regional School District Committee, but a motion to table the election until the next committee meeting passed after extended debate over the Chariho Actrequirements and whether an appointed member should be allowed to participate.
The dispute centered on Section 10, item 2, of the Chariho Act. A district staff member read the statute to the committee, saying that "within 10 days after the election and certification of the members of the regional school district committee, said regional school district committee shall meet and organize by selecting one of their number to be…
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