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Select Board sets special-town-meeting warrant; review committee objects to omissions on recall bylaw language

Town of Danvers Select Board · January 9, 2026
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Summary

The board reviewed and set the Feb. 9, 2026 special town meeting warrant, accepted omnibus motions for groups of articles, and approved an updated recall bylaw (Article 54) despite objections from the review committee that several committee recommendations were not reflected in the warrant.

At its Jan. 7 meeting the Danvers Select Board reviewed the draft warrant for the Feb. 9 special town meeting and accepted omnibus motions to present groups of articles to town meeting. The warrant includes proposed changes to the Town Meeting Act and Town Manager Act and an updated Article 54 (recall bylaw).

A Review Committee member (Sally Calhoun) and other committee participants said the draft warrant circulated two days earlier differed from recommendations the committee produced and argued the committee's report was not included in materials to town…

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