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New Canaan subgroup weighs electing versus appointing local boards
Summary
At a Jan. 7 meeting, the Charter Revision Commission’s Group 1 debated whether New Canaan’s boards and commissions should be elected or appointed, weighing accountability and public responsiveness against recruitment of technical expertise and continuity.
The Charter Revision Commission’s Group 1 opened a substantive discussion on Jan. 7 about whether New Canaan’s town boards and commissions should be elected by voters or appointed by town authorities. Chair Angela Jamieson, who led the subgroup, said the commission’s task is to provide the full CRC with “issues and questions” to guide decisions about the governance of roughly 25 town boards and commissions.
Jamieson said elected boards “enhance democracy and accountability” but warned that elections can be dominated by single-issue candidates, party…
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