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Stockbridge committee to use standardized interviews, Belmont study as template
Summary
Committee members agreed to draft and standardize interview and survey questions for former select-board members, leaning on a Belmont template to collect comparable data on time commitment, communication, division of labor and satisfaction.
The committee resolved to draft a consistent set of questions to ask former select-board members and other town officials as part of the study on whether to expand Stockbridge's select board. Members said a standardized question set will ensure comparable answers and cited a Belmont study as a useful template, noting Belmont's interviews dated to 2015.
Topics the committee agreed to cover include why people ran for the select board, hours per week devoted to duties (Belmont respondents reported about "10 hours a week"), satisfaction with service, communication with staff and division of labor among members. One member emphasized that "we have to get people to get beyond the personal" and focus on logistical, repeatable questions for analysis. The committee assigned small teams to draft initial questions and circulate them for review ahead of the next meeting.
