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Select board discusses restricting and restoring building access codes for elected officials
Summary
Staff removed inactive door codes during an audit and temporarily disabled select-board access; the board discussed allowing limited access (broadcast studio, town hall) while preserving logging and security controls.
Staff conducted an audit of door codes and access privileges and temporarily removed access for select-board members and former employees until the board set a policy. The town manager said roughly 92 accounts were deactivated during the cleanup.
The manager recommended that elected-official access be decided collectively in open session rather than by staff. Board members discussed limiting codes to the broadcast studio and town-hall access for convenience and said they were comfortable with logging and camera monitoring of door activity. No permanent policy was adopted at the meeting; the manager will implement access consistent with board direction and bring a policy forward if desired.
Board members emphasized practical concerns: weekend access for agenda work, preventing accidental open doors and the operations impacts of logged access. The manager said he would implement the board’s consensus and can restore access for specific buildings.
