Board amends contacts and forms preliminary comprehensive‑plan committee

The board discussed and approved updates to contact information for a Smart Growth comprehensive-plan grant, clarifying project-manager and grant-administrator roles for state submissions. One board member who helped write the grant objected to her name being removed as a contact for the application; the chair said the change reflects a transition from grant-writing to grant administration and amended the contact list before taking a unanimous vote.

Following that, the board approved a resolution to form a preliminary comprehensive-plan committee (including planning-board representation) to select consultants and begin the RFP process; the chair emphasized the consultant should broaden participation and hold open public meetings for community input. The board asked that communications about the grant and required submissions include prior contributors and that updates be shared with relevant liaisons.