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Town Manager confirms Budget Committee quorum; selectmen debate timing of ordinance change
Summary
Town Manager Sara J. Liscomb told selectmen legal advice confirmed a Budget Committee quorum is seven of 12 members; the board discussed whether to change the governing ordinance before Town Meeting, which could affect committee planning.
Town Manager Sara J. Liscomb told the Board of Selectmen she had confirmed with legal counsel that the Budget Committee quorum is seven of a 12-member committee. "TM confirmed with legal that the quorum for the committee would be 7 of a 12 member committee," the minutes record.
Selectmen discussed whether to change the ordinance that governs the committee before members are elected at Town Meeting and considered the potential effects on the committee’s plan for preparing the budget. No ordinance amendment was recorded as being proposed or voted on at this meeting; the discussion was recorded as part of the committee-planning conversation.
