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Select Board weighs hybrid-meetings requirement, asks Town Counsel for legal guidance
Summary
Town leaders debated whether the Select Board may require hybrid (in-person + Zoom) meetings across town boards and commissions. Members split between making a mandatory policy and using aspirational "best-effort" language; staff was asked to get Town Counsel guidance and track pending state legislation before the Select Board pursues formal changes.
The Select Board on Dec. 17 opened a broad discussion about the town’s remote- and hybrid-meetings policy as the statewide remote-meeting authorization (Chapter 20, Acts of 2021) approaches a March 31, 2025 expiration.
Lisa Kuchacan asked the board to revisit the town’s remote-meeting guidance and consider whether hybrid meetings should be required for town boards and committees. "I think the technology is there, we…
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