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Select Board tables vote on adopting VLCT model meeting rules
Summary
Townsend select board delayed action on adopting the VLCT model meeting rules after members said they needed more time to review the proposed language; the board agreed to reconsider the item at its next meeting.
The Townsend Select Board on March 10 tabled a motion to adopt a tailored set of Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) model meeting rules after several members said they had not had sufficient time to review the proposed language.
The chair opened the item by asking for a motion to adopt the new rules, saying the model had been tailored for the board. A board member who proposed tabling the measure said, “I almost wouldn't mind tabling it till the next meeting, so that we could look through it,” and the board agreed to take the item up again at the next meeting. The chair explained the board’s intent to treat select board meetings as a limited public forum and confirmed a three‑minute limit for public comment under the proposed rules to keep meetings moving. The board voted to table the motion by voice vote; no final adoption occurred.
