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Charter Revision Commission delays adoption, schedules Jan. 20 public hearing and Jan. 6 report review
Summary
The Charter Revision Commission reviewed text edits and referendum timing for a proposed charter, decided not to vote at the meeting, and set a Jan. 6 session to finalize the draft report and a Jan. 20 public hearing to take public testimony before sending materials to the board of selectmen.
The Charter Revision Commission reviewed a circulated draft of a proposed town charter and agreed to delay any vote after commissioners said they wanted more time to review redlines and to hear absent members. Speaker 3, Commission member, opened the agenda item by saying, “So next item on the agenda is to review and adopt the proposed charter,” noting Franklin had circulated the draft the previous day.
Commissioners spent the meeting working through wording choices and cross-references in multiple sections, debating when to use the phrase “board of selectmen” versus “selectmen” depending on whether a passage refers to the body or to individual members. Speaker 1,…
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