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Select Board forms General Bylaw Review Committee to address conflicts and outdated language
Summary
The Select Board announced a General Bylaw Review Committee to examine enforceability, internal consistency, and compliance of Town bylaws; two Select Board members (Freiman and Largess), the Moderator, Town Clerk, Executive Director or designee, and three Town Meeting Members will serve.
Select Board Chair Majorie Freiman announced the formation of a General Bylaw Review Committee to identify and recommend fixes for conflicts, outdated language, and internal inconsistencies in the Town’s general bylaws.
Freiman said the committee will include two Select Board members (Freiman and Kenneth Largess), the Town Moderator (ex officio), Town Clerk, the Executive Director or designee, and three Town Meeting Members. The committee is expected to begin work in June with staff work continuing over the summer and reconvening in September; applicants are currently being accepted.
The committee’s scope will include enforceability, internal consistency, compliance of existing bylaws, and review of proposed bylaw amendments and new bylaws to come before Town Meeting. Freiman directed interested residents to submit applications and indicated the committee’s work will inform any bylaw articles brought forward at future Town Meetings.
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