Update on Article 4

Published October 9, 2012 | Select Board | Automatically Archived on 10/10/2012

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Article 4, requesting that the Town’s Board of Selectmen/Town Manager form of Administration be amended to increase the selectmen membership from 3 to 5, was passed by a majority vote at the Special Town Meeting on September 24, 2012. The Special Act containing the wording of the motion passed at the Town Meeting has been forwarded to the State legislature.

A cover letter, accompanied by the official vote of Town Meeting attested by the Town Clerk, was sent to Representative Thomas P. Conroy with copies to Senator James G. Eldridge and Senator Susan C. Fargo on Wednesday, October 3, the day after it was signed by the Board of Selectmen as its meeting the prior night.

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