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Select Board leans toward putting recall-election language on warrant; committee to refine language with town counsel
Summary
After robust discussion of thresholds, affected offices and process, the board signaled support for advancing a recall-election provision as a Select Board warrant article and asked staff and town counsel to refine language ahead of a December hearing.
Members of the review committee and several Select Board members resumed deliberations on proposed changes to the Town Manager and Town Meeting Acts, centering on a recall-election provision the committee drafted. Board members said the proposal is a "nuclear option" intended only for extraordinary misconduct; the legal path to implement such a change requires a home-rule petition to the legislature and coordination with town counsel.
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