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Nantucket regional commission talks to merge competing warrant articles on membership; no vote taken
Summary
At a Jan. 6 meeting, commissioners and petitioners debated how to restructure the Nantucket Regional Commission's membership — including whether at-large seats should be elected or appointed, sector representation, and term limits — and agreed to let staff draft merged language for review at a follow-up meeting. No formal vote was taken.
The Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission and supporters of a citizen petition spent two hours on Jan. 6 negotiating how to revise the regional commission's enabling legislation but did not take a formal vote, instead asking staff to draft merged language for further review.
Facilitator Julie Fitzgerald opened the meeting by summarizing the process and timeline: "this is proposed warrant articles that would amend the enabling legislation for a regional commission," she said, noting the commission has a Jan. 21 deadline to submit a warrant article and that any article approved at town meeting would then go to the Massachusetts Legislature. Commissioners also agreed to rename the body the "Nantucket Regional Commission" to reduce confusion…
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