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Hochatown sets Nov. 6 special town meeting, approves ordinances to make clerk and treasurer appointed positions
Summary
Trustees amended proposed special-meeting timing to 3'7 p.m. and approved ordinances (and emergency clauses) that would make town clerk and town treasurer appointed positions, sending the questions to voters at a Town Meeting on Nov. 6.
The board voted to set a special town meeting on Nov. 6 to consider ordinances that would change the town clerk and town treasurer from elected roles to positions appointed by the Board of Trustees. Trustees amended the proposed start time to run voting from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and approved related ordinances and emergency clauses.
Trustees discussed the legal mechanics under the Town Meeting Act and whether to use the county election board (with different scheduling and absentee-ballot rules) or run the town meeting themselves with polling open to in-person voters. The board agreed to advertise the special town meeting in the newspaper and online and to run voting from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 6.
By separate motions the board accepted Ordinance 13 (town clerk appointment) and Ordinance 14 (town treasurer appointment), and approved emergency clauses to make the ordinances effective immediately if the voters approve them at the special town meeting. Trustees emphasized outreach and discussed making the vote accessible to working residents.
