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Advisory Committee presses for timely voter materials; budgets to be available 7 days before town meeting
Summary
Committee refined the budget calendar language and agreed the budget document should be available to voters at least seven days prior to town meeting; members discussed sample schedules and removing an appendix before publication.
The advisory committee agreed on wording to ensure voters would have timely access to budget materials ahead of town meeting. Members confirmed that a complete budget document should be made available to voters at least seven days before town meeting and discussed sample calendar entries that will be included in the policy appendix — ultimately recommending the appendix be removed from the final published policy to avoid confusion.
Members also reviewed capitalization and formatting items and requested consistent language across the policy (for example, capitalizing 'Town Meeting' and standardizing references to the finance team). The committee asked staff to produce a clean (no tracked-changes) version for final review before submitting the policy to the select board for September consideration.
