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Selectboard adopts new practice: complaints must be written or presented in person to be addressed
Summary
The Selectboard asked that public complaints be submitted in writing or presented at a meeting so grievances can be recorded in the minutes, a procedural change noted during approval of recent minutes.
During review of the minutes, Selectboard member Ricky Morin asked that any complaints from the public be submitted in writing or presented in person at a Selectboard meeting before the board will address them. The board recorded this procedural expectation in the minutes so that grievances would be documented.
The minutes state that the procedure "moving forward would allow those making a complaint and their grievances to be recorded in the minutes." The board did not record a formal vote to adopt a written policy nor specify how written complaints should be submitted (email, mail, or form); the entry reads as a procedural expectation and direction for future practice.
The change affects how residents will need to present issues to the board for formal consideration and creates a record of complaints in regular minutes.
