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Wolfeboro Select Board prioritizes hiring a town manager, asks members to group 21‑item work plan
Summary
Select Board members agreed to group a 21‑item work plan into a few priority buckets, with hiring a permanent town manager named the top priority; members recommended forming small subcommittees to tackle short‑term tasks and to clear time for larger capital projects.
Members of the Wolfeboro Board of Selectmen spent a significant portion of their April 22 continuation meeting reviewing a 21‑item proposed select board work plan and agreed on a process to group items for staff consolidation and prioritization.
The board did not vote to adopt a finalized work plan but reached procedural agreement on next steps: each select board member will submit their proposed groupings to town staff (Amy) for collation into a consolidated spreadsheet ahead of the next meeting. Several members argued for a small number of broad buckets — for example, strategic/vital infrastructure, capital projects, near‑term 'do now' items and town‑manager tasks — to make prioritization tractable.
Why it matters: multiple board members said hiring a permanent town manager is the top immediate priority. Members also recommended creating short‑term subcommittees to handle items that are blocking board time (what one member called 'crabs in the bucket'), so the full board can focus on longer‑term infrastructure and capital goals.
Select board members discussed using a SurveyMonkey‑style tool or staff consolidation to compare members’ groupings and to define which items should be completed quickly (parking lot updates, docks and wharves, signage) versus longer term (sewer/water capacity planning and capital improvement planning).
Public context: a public commenter asked the board to prioritize restoring critical staff positions and completing necessary software and organizational upgrades; board members said consolidated weekly notes from the town manager and clearer staff responsibilities would help keep everyone informed.
Ending: Board members will forward their grouped lists to staff for synthesis and expect the consolidated work‑plan buckets to appear on the next meeting agenda for further prioritization and assignment.
