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Wayne board reviews attorney edits to Aging At Home ordinance and appoints Ellen Randall to the committee
Summary
Select Board reviewed legal redlines to the proposed Aging At Home ordinance (discussion on whether to define an age threshold, meeting frequency, volunteer language and budget wording) and unanimously appointed Ellen Randall to the Aging At Home committee.
The Select Board spent time March 17 reviewing attorney edits to a proposed "Aging At Home" ordinance. Counsel recommended defining the age at which someone is considered an elder; board members generally agreed not to add an explicit age and left the definition out to let the committee decide its scope.
Members also debated whether the ordinance should set a minimum meeting frequency for the committee and whether volunteer participation language should read "shall" or "may"; the board favored giving the committee latitude and changing the volunteers clause to "may". Staff said they would incorporate editorial corrections noted in the packet and return a certified clean copy for signatures at the next meeting.
Separately, the board unanimously approved the appointment of Ellen Randall to serve on the Aging At Home committee. The board asked staff to circulate a final, clean ordinance draft for additional review and to schedule any required public hearing as part of the ordinance adoption process.
No final ordinance adoption occurred at this meeting; next steps include staff consolidation of edits, counsel review and placement of a finalized copy on a future agenda with certification for the clerk.
