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Danvers review committee urges smaller representative body; Finance Committee removes archaic '96' figure
Summary
Debate centered on whether to leave an outdated '96' membership number in the Town Meeting Act. The Finance Committee voted to remove the archaic figure after hearing the review committee’s recommendation to reduce membership and public comments urging either deletion or replacement with a modern number.
The Finance Committee spent its longest block of discussion on a proposed revision to section 2 of the Town Meeting Act that refers to a membership of 96. Review committee chair Sally Calhoun told the committee the panel had recommended a reduction and had proposed replacing the dated number: "The review committee suggests that…
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