Charter Review Committee Withdraws Recommendation to Change Finance Committee Appointment

By Meredith McCulloch

Charter-ReviewWhen the Charter Review Committee reported to the Selectmen on October 6, a recommended change to the appointing authority for Finance Committee was not included. The previous recommendation had been to add a fourth member to the three-member appointing committee; however Town Counsel advised that state law requires an odd number of members on all committees. (https://thebedfordcitizen.org/2014/09/24/charter-review-committee-recommends-changes-to-selectmen/)

After the vote to approve, Betsey Anderson, Town Moderator and Chair of the Charter Review committee, said that the committee has concerns about the lack of turnover in the position of chair on some committees. She urged the Selectmen to encourage rotation of that responsibility.

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