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Stamford commission debates tightening attendance rules for planning members
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to keep a three-absence threshold or shift to six and whether to require consecutive absences; the group signaled a preference to keep three unexcused absences per term and to remove percentage-based language.
The commission reviewed proposed edits to the attendance policy for board members. One member said the existing standard—"unexcused absence of any member for more than 3 total meetings over a period of 1 term"—was lenient given the new twice-monthly meeting cadence. Members debated whether to require three consecutive absences, to set a calendar-year cap, or to remove the percentage-based threshold; several favored simplifying to three unexcused absences per year while eliminating the consecutive requirement.
The group agreed the chair should retain discretion to review participation and that a majority vote could advance a removal recommendation to the Select Board. Commissioners asked staff to retype the revised language and return it for inclusion in the bylaws.
