Analysis: Town and Schools
Charter Review Committee
Posted since 2017: 28 agendas, 18 sets of minutes, 24 recordings. All boards.
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At least once every ten years a special committee consisting of nine members shall be established for the purpose of reviewing the Town Charter and making a report, with recommendations, to the Town Meeting concerning proposed amendments which said committee may determine to be necessary or desirable.
The rest of what the town says about it (86 more words)
The committee shall consist of nine members who shall be chosen as follows: the Select Board, the Finance Committee and the School Committee shall each designate two persons, the Planning Board shall designate one person and two persons shall be appointed by the Town Moderator.
Persons appointed by the agencies may, but need not be members of the agency by which they are designated. The committee shall organize forthwith following the final adjournment of the Annual Town Meeting.
Members and Contact Information are to be determined.
No Facebook page of its own is linked from the board’s page.
— minutes posted, FY26 (0 of 0) · — on YouTube, FY26 (0 of 0) · compared
How the Charter Review Committee compares with the other boards →
The people: 9 named in Charter Review Committee in FY2018, across 2 years of charts →
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Upcoming meetings
Nothing on the calendar for a future date. The site was last updated 2026-10-10; a meeting noticed since then appears when it is next built, and one that has already happened moves to recent meetings by itself.
Recent meetings
| date | our minutes | recording | agenda | official minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18 2019 | needs video | not available | agenda | not available |
| Mar 13 2019 | pending | video | agenda | not available |
| Mar 6 2019 | pending | video | agenda | not available |
| Feb 13 2019 | pending | video | agenda | MISSING |
| Jan 23 2019 | pending | video | agenda | minutes |
| Jan 19 2019 | needs video | MISSING | agenda | minutes |
| Jan 9 2019 | pending | video | — | MISSING |
| Dec 12 2018 | pending | video | agenda | minutes |
| Nov 28 2018 | pending | video | agenda | minutes |
| Oct 24 2018 | pending | video | agenda | MISSING |
| Sep 12 2018 | pending | video | agenda | minutes |
| Aug 22 2018 | pending | video | agenda | minutes |
| Aug 8 2018 | pending | video | agenda | minutes |
| Jun 27 2018 | needs video | MISSING | agenda | MISSING |
| Jun 13 2018 | pending | video | agenda | minutes |
The last 15 dates this board met, by today’s date rather than the day the site was built — so a meeting moves here on its own. For a program, every agenda and set of minutes as one text file: /minutes/charter-review-committee.txt.
Votes, newest first
From the town’s minutes (18 of 18 sets read) and our minutes of the recordings (0), joined per meeting: 26 substantive, 32 procedural (accepting minutes, adjourning). Where both records have a vote the town’s wording stands; none disagree on the outcome.
| date | motion | outcome | record | check it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23 2019 | Approve Section 7-10 Town Counsel language change regarding appointed multiple-member bodies — moved by Heather“section 7-10 town counsel language change marked in purple by a town employee, other than those on multiple-member bodies; heather moved to approve, jim seconded, vote unanimous” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 23 2019 | Approve Section 7-8(f) language regarding filling of vacancies in appointed multiple-member bodies — moved by Jim“jim moved to approve, heather seconded; amended to purple, all in favor” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 23 2019 | Approve Parks Committee request to change composition to 5 members with 3-year terms — moved by Heather“heather moved to approve, tanner seconded, vote unanimous” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 23 2019 | Approve adding "Finance Committee" to Section 2-3(c) Powers and Duties — moved by Jim“jim moved to approve, heather seconded, vote unanimous” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 23 2019 | Include a minimum number of votes required for write-in candidates to be elected — moved by Jamie“jamie moved to include a minimum of some number of votes, phyllis seconded. jamie said he agreed with carl luck's memo. tanner argued that if the minimum was 53 and you only got 50 votes you would not be elected. it was agreed they would likely be appointed. mark asked whether the charter is truly broken on this issue. tanner argued that regardless of the number of votes, the election result should stand. jamie argued that in the past, write-ins were elected and became disruptive to their boards and did not finish their terms. phyllis said she worked very hard to get elected. in favor: phyllis, jamie, jim, steve; opposed: nancy, mark, terri, heather, tanner.” | failed 4-5 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 23 2019 | Adopt "selectboard" in place of "selectmen" with a more inclusive definition — moved by Terri“terri moved to adopt "selectboard"; nancy seconded . nancy argued that selectmen is archaic; selectboard is more inclusive. jamie pointed out th at many do not want to change it. various arguments for and against; some ambivalent. terri changed her motion to add a definition that is more inclusive. nancy seconded. discussion: the change would show in red. terri and nancy in favor, rest agains” | failed 2-7 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 23 2019 | Approve "selectboard" in place of "selectmen" in the charter — moved by Jim“jim moved we approve "selectboard" in place of selectmen, jamie seconded; heather, phyllis, mark opposed. rest in favor” | passed 6-3 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 19 2019 | Approve recommended language for section 2-4 on Second Town Meeting — moved by Jim“jim moved to approve, phyllis seconded, vote unanimous (9- 0” | passed 9-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Define day as calendar day unless defined otherwise — moved by Terri“terri modified her motion to define day as calendar day unless defined otherwise; jim seconded; jamie agreed based on his second of the previous motion; vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Convert months to days and mark the changes as brown — moved by Terri“terri moved to convert months to days and mark the changes as brown; jim seconded; vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve purple items except those that refer to days or months — moved by Mark“mark moved to approve purple items except those that refer to days or months, tanner seconded; vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve changes to sections 2-3 (b) and 3-2 (d) regarding voter requirements — moved by Mark“mark moved to approve, jim seconded; some discussion back and forth; vote 7-1, jamie opposed.” | passed 7-1 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Accept wording added in brown for Section 3-10 (c) — moved by Terri“terri moved to accept wording added in brown; mark seconded. discussion: tanner raised concern about 15 days to reject an appointment; however, this is not marked as a change; vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve Section 3-13 (c) — moved by Jim“jim moved to approve, jamie seconded; vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve Section 4-1 with amendment to 2 town residents — moved by Terri“terri moved to approve, jamie seconded; discussion: amended to 2 town residents; vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve Section 4-2(c) — moved by Jim“jim moved to approve; terri seconded; discussion: none; vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve Section 4-2(i) and make cemetery red — moved by Jamie“jamie moved to approve, terri seconded, vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve Section 4-2(l) — moved by Mark“mark moved to approve, terri seconded, vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve Section 4-5(b) — moved by Terri“terri moved to approve, jim seconded, vote unanimous (8-0).” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Accept brown language for Section 7-8(f) — moved by Terri“terri moved to accept the brown language; jim seconded; vote unanimous (8-0)” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 12 2018 | Approve Section 7-11 — moved by Mark“mark moved to approve, nancy seconded; no discussion; vote unanimous (8-0)” | passed 8-0 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Nov 28 2018 | recommend approval of the write-in language and voting threshold — moved by Steve Archambault“steve archambault moved we vote to recommend approval, jamie toale seconded” | failed 5-2 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Apr 5 2018 | Not approve the proposed changes to the Charter — moved by S. Archambault“s. archambault - motion to not approve changes to charter, second by n. gray; all aye” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 28 2018 | Continue the discussion on the proposal to require a minimum number of votes for write-in candidates to be elected to town office“b. ebersole called for a vote to continue this conversation. j. toale and m. mackin supported continuing the conversation, m. jeffreys, k. adams, n. gray, m. erickson, b. ebersole, and t. burchfield were opposed.” | failed 2-6 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Feb 28 2018 | Change the town clerk position from elected to appointed“straw poll - 5 of 8 support changing to appointed from elected.” | 5-3 | the minutes | the minutes |
| Sep 27 2017 | Establish an operating procedure of a supermajority (six out of nine members) as a voting requirement for major items — moved by M. Jeffreys“motion, m. jeffreys, to have an operating procedure of a supermajority (six out of nine members) as a voting requirement for major items; second, s. archambault; all aye.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
The town’s minutes are the record: a vote from them carries the minutes’ own words, checked verbatim. A vote from the recording only was written by a language model from machine captions — a motion as heard, and “not audible” a finding about the recording — and links to the second in the video. Both records are read as they arrive and joined here, whichever came first.
Budget schedule
Measured from this board’s own posted agendas over the last 2 budget cycles (July to June): the dates each subject appeared. The “expect” column is the typical first and last date across those cycles — a scheduled subject, not a decision.
| subject | expect | FY19 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Meeting | Dec 27 → Mar 14 | Dec 27, Jan 10, Jan 24, Mar 7, Mar 14 | Oct 24, Jan 23, Feb 13, Mar 6, Mar 13 |
A cycle is named for the fiscal year it builds: FY21 is the budget being built now. Read off the agenda text with a word search, so a subject named differently on an agenda is missed and one mentioned in passing is counted.
As of 2026-10-10.