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Dennis amends flag policy to allow military service flags with prior select-board approval
Summary
The select board amended its flag policy to clarify that official U.S. military service flags may be flown with prior select-board approval, keeping prior-approval language to avoid opening the roster to any nonmunicipal flags as-of-right.
The Select Board amended its flag policy to preserve prior‑approval requirements for nonmunicipal flags and to add language explicitly allowing official U.S. military service flags to be flown with prior select‑board approval.
Select Board Member (S3) proposed removing the requirement that the MIA/POW flag be flown only with prior approval and adding the military-service flags to the policy; town counsel Amy Questle recommended retaining prior-approval language to avoid obligating the town to allow any and all flags on municipal property. The board amended the motion to include military service flags under the prior-approval rule and approved the change by voice vote.
Members said the language mirrors recommendations from town counsel and noted the policy addresses recent municipal questions about which auxiliary flags may be displayed.
