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Council discusses officer elections, vacancies and outreach to fill seats
Summary
Members discussed timing for electing chair and vice chair, confirmed the council27s baseline membership will remain at 11 seats for now, and noted four current vacancies; they proposed flyers, newsletter placement and social-posting to recruit new members.
The council debated whether to hold officer elections immediately or wait until new members are appointed.
Members noted that officer terms had been discussed previously and that membership terms differ from officer terms (membership appointments run three years, while the officer role is an annual decision). With several openings on the council (members referenced four vacancies), the group agreed to wait for potential new appointees from the town manager27s office before finalizing elections. Speaker 5 recommended that the chair contact the town manager's office (Amanda) to check for applicants and suggested the council prepare a flyer describing the council27s purpose for the August newsletter and social channels.
The council reaffirmed it would generally keep a membership size of 11 and asked staff to include a brief public-notice mention in the next newsletter that an open forum is available for public comment at meetings to encourage attendance. No formal election took place at this meeting; members agreed to revisit officer elections when attendance and membership numbers allow.
