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Residents press Select Board on process for board pay and W&F committee statements
Summary
During public comment March 19, a land-use assistant raised concerns about recent Warrant & Finance Committee statements and a resident said he opposed a warrant article because he believes the Select Board should not vote on pay increases for themselves, suggesting that be a separate town issue.
Public comment at the March 19 Select Board meeting focused on recent Warrant & Finance Committee statements and the process for board compensation. Dave Riley, the town’s Land Use Assistant, read a prepared statement expressing concern about public remarks from the Warrant & Finance Committee and thanked the board and Town Administrator for their continued support.
Resident Steve Buyck explained why he voted against a warrant article, saying the vote was not about town employees but that he believes the Select Board should not vote on raises for themselves. Buyck said such an item should be presented as a separate warrant article for town voters rather than decided by the board. Chair Winchell and the Town Administrator responded that the practice of including such items on the warrant has historical precedent in Acton records going back to 2006 and that it had been handled that way previously.
The board listened to the comments and did not reverse or change the warrant items at the meeting; the exchange was recorded as part of the public comment period.
