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Charlton Select Board debates overnight parking policy for library spaces; no final vote
Summary
Select Board members and the library trustees clashed over who controls overnight parking on town-owned spaces next to the library, with Select Board member Singer calling a privately arranged parking agreement 'grossly inappropriate' and the board agreeing to further review with staff and counsel rather than adopt a new policy at the meeting.
The Charlton Select Board spent the bulk of its meeting on Tuesday addressing a proposed overnight parking policy for municipal lots after Stefan Sage, chair of the Library Board of Trustees, asked the board to clarify the policy’s basis and purpose. The board did not adopt a policy and directed further review.
Sage said he was "a little confused" about the policy’s origins and asked for more information about why the overnight-parking rules were proposed. "I'm chair of the library board of trustees," Sage said, and requested background so trustees could comment with full context.
Select Board member Singer pressed that…
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