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New Canaan Charter panel advances redline on town-clerk provisions after debate on assistants and term lengths
Summary
Group One of the New Canaan Charter Revision Commission voted 3–0 to forward a redlined draft of Article 19 (town clerk) to the full commission after debating whether assistant town clerks should be appointed, who should set their compensation, and whether the clerk should remain elected or become appointed.
The New Canaan Charter Revision Commission’s Group One voted March 18 to forward a redlined draft of Article 19 — the section that governs the town clerk — to the full commission after a lengthy discussion over assistants, compensation, and whether the job should remain elected.
The decision to advance the draft came after commissioners reviewed responses from the town clerk to 15 written questions and debated several structural choices. Steve Pace, the meeting’s acting coordinator, moved to send the redline version up for full-commission consideration; the motion passed by voice vote, 3–0.
Why it matters: Article 19 defines how the town clerk’s office operates, who appoints or supervises deputies, and how continuity is preserved when the elected…
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