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Select Board approves committee appointments, discusses vacancies and a grant‑policy tweak
Summary
Board agreed to add Kathy Reynolds to the website committee, reappoint several members whose terms expired, discussed multiple vacancies (health officer, energy, recreation, conservation) and agreed to amend a community‑grant policy to avoid naming a fixed dollar cap.
The Select Board approved adding Kathy Reynolds to the website committee after the committee recommended her appointment. The board also agreed to reappoint planning-commission members who sought another term and to repost several committee vacancies including the health officer and conservation commission openings.
On the town’s grant policy for committee applications to the community fund, members debated whether listing a fixed dollar amount was appropriate. The community fund’s maximum award had recently changed; the board favored removing a specific dollar cap from the town policy and instead referencing the community fund’s maximum so that committees could apply without a separate selectboard preapproval when matching funds were not required.
Members asked staff to repost vacancies and follow up with prospective volunteers; for positions that require state confirmation (for example the health officer), board members noted the town’s nomination must still go to the state department for formal appointment.
