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Finance committee adopts bylaw change to allow alternate appointment route for CRC seat
Summary
The committee approved Article 69 to amend CRC membership language so that a seat held by an NPDC appointee can be filled by appointment (rather than an occupied-seat requirement) to preserve quorum and continuity.
The Finance Committee voted Feb. 17 to adopt Article 69, a bylaw amendment that adjusts how one seat on the Contract Review Committee (CRC) is filled. The change was proposed after CRC reported two consecutive cycles without an NPDC (planning/economic development commission) appointee available to fill the seat, creating repeated quorum concerns.
Veronica Volchick, CRC chair, said the committee has functioned with six rather than seven members for two cycles and that the bylaw change would allow NPDC to appoint someone or, effectively, permit an alternate appointment mechanism to ensure a full committee. "We just have not been able to, have that seat filled by NPDC," Volchick said, calling the amendment a pragmatic, minimum-change solution to maintain quorum and deliberative capacity.
Committee members raised procedural concerns. Chris Glowacki argued returning the appointment authority to the select board would preserve cross-committee representation and avoid creating additional at-large appointments. Counsel said the moderator would ultimately rule on the scope of any amendment at town meeting but indicated the proposed change likely fell within warrant scope. After debate the committee voted to adopt the printed bylaw amendment as presented.
Committee members said the amendment is intended as a short-to-medium-term fix while CRC and NPDC work toward better rotation and representation on town boards.
