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Council approves charter amendment to expand Board of Health from 3 to 5 members
Summary
The council voted 7-0 to approve a charter amendment that increases the Board of Health from three to five members and authorized staff to prepare a legislative petition to send the change, with other measures, to KP Law and the state legislature.
The council voted to approve a charter amendment to expand the Board of Health from three members to five, passing the measure 7-0 and authorizing staff to prepare a legislative petition for submission to KP Law and the state legislature.
Mister Lapointe moved to approve the proposal, stating, "I move to approve measure 20 26 dash 0 5 3." A second was recorded; the transcript does not identify the seconder. The motion was adopted by voice vote after brief discussion.
A council member who opposed referring the proposal to committee said there was "no burning desire to refer it," calling the change "pretty self explanatory" and noting that the Charter Review Committee had already examined the recommendation. A staff member explained the process that would follow: the measures would be packaged, reviewed by KP Law for scrivener's edits, and then forwarded to the council's legislative representatives and the state legislature.
The council's action authorizes the town manager to develop the legislative petition for the charter change; staff said they would return to brief the council on the petition before submission. The transcript does not specify the meeting date, and the seconder of the motion is not named in the record.
