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Danvers review committee recommends recall language, removes residency requirement, and shifts town accountant appointment
Summary
The review committee proposed several substantive Town Manager Act edits: a separate home-rule recall article, changing the town accountant appointment to the town manager, eliminating the town manager residency requirement, formalizing select board notifications, and tying select board investigative authority to 0.02 of the annual budget (≈$28,000).
The Town Meeting/Town Manager Act Review Committee presented a set of redlined changes to the Town Manager Act to the Finance Committee, focusing on three substantive changes: a recall-election provision (derived from a citizen petition), transferring appointment authority for the town accountant to the town manager, and eliminating the town manager residency requirement.
On the recall provision, Sally Calhoun said the committee ‘‘lifted out’’ recall language from its general redlines and recommended it proceed as a separate home-rule petition and warrant article. Staff said the select board will discuss the recall language at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 17;…
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