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Residents question reduced town clerk hours; Select Board says appointments available
Summary
Members of the public raised concerns about a proposed reduction in town clerk office hours (previously open until 6 p.m. on select-board days), noting roughly 10 after-hours visits over several years; the board said appointments can be scheduled and that the clerk had reported the low after-hours usage.
A public commenter asked the board to reconsider proposed reductions to the town clerk's hours, noting that the clerk had previously been open until 6 p.m. on select-board meeting days and that, according to correspondence, about 10 people had visited between 4 and 6 p.m. over the past few years. "The clerk is available to the public 28 hours a town... The town clerk's salary is about 42,000 a year," the commenter said while comparing staffing and library hours.
Board members responded that appointments could be made outside normal posted hours and that the clerk27s correspondence cited a small number of after-hours visits, which made the proposed change appear manageable from an operations perspective. Members emphasized that comments were being heard but that staffing and salary decisions are set by the clerk and established processes.
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