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Select Board previews streamlined town meeting agenda; warns against mid-meeting budget changes
Summary
With the warrant pared from roughly 130 to about 20 articles, the board urged preparedness for town meeting, warned that floor motions altering school-budget numbers could complicate tax-rate setting, noted a member’s recusal on a CPA article, and discussed electronic voting trials and tradeoffs.
Chair Bob and board members said the annual town meeting warrant has been trimmed to roughly 20 items and scheduled a noon review of motions with staff to confirm wording. Members discussed how a floor motion to increase school or other budget lines could force advisory or stabilization steps and complicate timely tax-rate setting; one board…
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