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New Canaan charter panel debates term limits and forms working groups on appointments
Summary
The Charter Revision Commission debated term limits for appointed boards and a separate overhaul of the appointments process. Commissioners split on whether to add limits broadly or only for land‑use panels; a working group will draft specific language and a straw poll showed narrow informal support for pursuing limits.
The New Canaan Charter Revision Commission spent much of its March 31 meeting weighing whether to add term limits for members of appointed boards and commissions and how to make the appointment process more transparent.
Commissioner Jennifer, who prepared a detailed 'term analysis V3' using town clerk records, said the data show a mix of long‑serving members and newer appointees across commissions and argued that term limits "bring in fresh blood" and update perspectives. Several other commissioners, including Steve and Russ, urged targeted approaches — for example limiting terms on land‑use bodies such as…
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