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Public commenter urges retention and posting of planning commission bylaws; commission retains chair and vice chair
Summary
At the Planning Commission's first 2026 meeting a public commenter urged keeping and posting the commission's bylaws and adding a training protocol; commissioners approved minutes and unanimously retained Chairman Nysse and Vice Chair Alaco, and deferred committee assignments and a bylaws vote until the next meeting.
A public commenter urged the Planning Commission to keep key bylaws and make them publicly accessible, and the commission at its first 2026 meeting approved meeting minutes and retained its chair and vice chair.
Ms. Zell, during the public-expression period, told the commission that “the planning commission is probably the most important team we have in this town. It plans the town for the next 20 years,” and urged commissioners to keep several bylaws adopted in March 2024 and to add an outgoing-commissioner bylaw and a training protocol. She recommended posting the bylaws and application instructions on the town website so opportunities to serve are “accessible to all residents.”
The comment period was followed by routine business. A motion by a commissioner to approve the Sept. 30, 2025 minutes was seconded and carried by voice/hand vote; the chair announced the motion passed unanimously, although the transcript does not record vote counts.
The commission then moved into reorganizational business. A motion to retain Chairman Nysse was made and the commission voted to keep him as chair. A separate motion to retain Mr. Alaco as vice chair was made, seconded and carried; the chair announced both officer-retention motions carried unanimously. The commission discussed assigning the three most senior commissioners to standing committees but deferred final committee assignments to the next meeting.
On bylaws, members and staff noted a 30-day notice period under state code before bylaws can be amended. The chair said staff and the town attorney had reviewed the staff-recommended bylaw changes included in the meeting packet and expressed support for following staff recommendations; the commission agreed to take action on bylaws at the next meeting. A public hearing on a subdivision (Shady Creek) was scheduled for April 13.
The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.
Next steps: committee assignments and bylaws action will be taken at the next scheduled meeting; the public hearing on the Shady Creek subdivision is set for April 13.
