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Human Services Commission discusses charter revisions and proposal to merge disability and aging commissions
Summary
Members reviewed proposed charter changes, including combining the Commission on Disabilities with the Human Services Commission into an expanded Commission on Aging and Disabilities, and debated whether youth services and veterans issues would remain properly represented; no charter change was adopted and further review and a draft letter to the first selectman were planned.
The Fairfield Human Services Commission spent a substantial portion of its meeting reviewing possible charter revisions, including a departmental suggestion to merge the Commission on Disabilities with the Human Services Commission into a proposed Commission on Aging and Disabilities.
A presenter from the department said the idea was intended to consolidate overlapping work and improve quorum and participation: "I submitted from the department, an idea to…
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