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Greenfield approves police regionalization study committee; Town Meeting process review fails
Summary
Voters authorized a Regionalization Study Committee to study a possible Greenfield–Hancock regional police department and rejected a separate Town Meeting Study Committee to review meeting process changes, including SB2 conversion.
Greenfield voters approved Article 16 to establish a Regionalization Study Committee to examine feasibility of a regional police service between Greenfield and Hancock. The article requests no funding; the committee is expected to report back to residents and the Selectboard prior to the 2026 Town Meeting. The minutes note that any creation of a regional police department would require approval in both Greenfield and Hancock before proceeding.
A separate warrant article (Article 17) proposing a Town Meeting Study Committee to review the town’s meeting processes — including the possibility of moving to a fiscal calendar and comparing Traditional Town Meeting versus SB2 under RSA 40:13 — failed. Voting on Article 17 used orange cards: YES 37, NO 48, and the article did not pass.
The Regionalization Study Committee carries no appropriation in the warrant as presented; the minutes record the Selectboard's support for Article 16 and the expected reporting timeline. The minutes do not record details of committee membership or assignment of staff support.
