Analysis: Town and Schools
Charter Review Committee — votes
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- Town minutes ✓ — source: the town’s own minutes
- from video — source: our reading of the meeting video — may be wrong
- No town minutes yet — the record it should come from isn’t available
58 votes at 15 meetings, 6 September 2017 to 23 January 2019 (FY2018-FY2019). What this covers
FY2019 July 2018 – June 2019
Town minutes read for 7 of 13 meetings
what we have for FY2019
FY2019: 13 meetings on the town's calendar; 7 with the town's minutes read; 6 with no record we can use.
Approve Section 7-10 Town Counsel language change regarding appointed multiple-member bodies
✓ Passed unanimouslyTown minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
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
Moved by Heather; seconded by Jim.
Approve Section 7-8(f) language regarding filling of vacancies in appointed multiple-member bodies
✓ Passed unanimouslyTown minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
jim moved to approve, heather seconded; amended to purple, all in favor
Moved by Jim; seconded by Heather.
Approve Parks Committee request to change composition to 5 members with 3-year terms
✓ Passed unanimouslyTown minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
heather moved to approve, tanner seconded, vote unanimous
Moved by Heather; seconded by Tanner.
Approve adding "Finance Committee" to Section 2-3(c) Powers and Duties
✓ Passed unanimouslyTown minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
jim moved to approve, heather seconded, vote unanimous
Moved by Jim; seconded by Heather.
Include a minimum number of votes required for write-in candidates to be elected
✗ Failed 4-5Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
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.
Moved by Jamie; seconded by Phyllis.
Adopt "selectboard" in place of "selectmen" with a more inclusive definition
✗ Failed 2-7Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
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
Moved by Terri; seconded by Nancy.
Approve "selectboard" in place of "selectmen" in the charter
✓ Passed 6-3Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
jim moved we approve "selectboard" in place of selectmen, jamie seconded; heather, phyllis, mark opposed. rest in favor
Moved by Jim; seconded by Jamie.
Approve recommended language for section 2-4 on Second Town Meeting
✓ Passed 9-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
jim moved to approve, phyllis seconded, vote unanimous (9- 0
Moved by Jim; seconded by Phyllis.
Define day as calendar day unless defined otherwise
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
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).
Moved by Terri; seconded by Jim.
Convert months to days and mark the changes as brown
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
terri moved to convert months to days and mark the changes as brown; jim seconded; vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Terri; seconded by Jim.
Approve purple items except those that refer to days or months
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
mark moved to approve purple items except those that refer to days or months, tanner seconded; vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Mark; seconded by Tanner.
Approve changes to sections 2-3 (b) and 3-2 (d) regarding voter requirements
✓ Passed 7-1Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
mark moved to approve, jim seconded; some discussion back and forth; vote 7-1, jamie opposed.
Moved by Mark; seconded by Jim.
Accept wording added in brown for Section 3-10 (c)
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
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).
Moved by Terri; seconded by Mark.
Approve Section 3-13 (c)
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
jim moved to approve, jamie seconded; vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Jim; seconded by Jamie.
Approve Section 4-1 with amendment to 2 town residents
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
terri moved to approve, jamie seconded; discussion: amended to 2 town residents; vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Terri; seconded by Jamie.
Approve Section 4-2(c)
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
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The minutes, word for word
jim moved to approve; terri seconded; discussion: none; vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Jim; seconded by Terri.
Approve Section 4-2(i) and make cemetery red
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
jamie moved to approve, terri seconded, vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Jamie; seconded by Terri.
Approve Section 4-2(l)
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
mark moved to approve, terri seconded, vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Mark; seconded by Terri.
Approve Section 4-5(b)
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
terri moved to approve, jim seconded, vote unanimous (8-0).
Moved by Terri; seconded by Jim.
Accept brown language for Section 7-8(f)
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
terri moved to accept the brown language; jim seconded; vote unanimous (8-0)
Moved by Terri; seconded by Jim.
Approve Section 7-11
✓ Passed 8-0Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
mark moved to approve, nancy seconded; no discussion; vote unanimous (8-0)
Moved by Mark; seconded by Nancy.
recommend approval of the write-in language and voting threshold
✗ Failed 5-2Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
steve archambault moved we vote to recommend approval, jamie toale seconded
Moved by Steve Archambault; seconded by Jamie Toale.
FY2018 July 2017 – June 2018
Town minutes read for 11 of 18 meetings
what we have for FY2018
FY2018: 18 meetings on the town's calendar; 11 with the town's minutes read; 7 with no record we can use.
Not approve the proposed changes to the Charter
✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
s. archambault - motion to not approve changes to charter, second by n. gray; all aye
Moved by S. Archambault; seconded by N. Gray.
Continue the discussion on the proposal to require a minimum number of votes for write-in candidates to be elected to town office
✗ Failed 2-6Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
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.
Change the town clerk position from elected to appointed
✓ 5-3Town minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
straw poll - 5 of 8 support changing to appointed from elected.
Establish an operating procedure of a supermajority (six out of nine members) as a voting requirement for major items
✓ PassedTown minutes ✓details
From the town's minutes of this meeting.
The minutes, word for word
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.
Moved by M. Jeffreys; seconded by S. Archambault.
What this covers
- 58 votes at 15 meetings, 6 September 2017 to 23 January 2019 (FY2018-FY2019).
- 58 from the board's own minutes (18 of the 18 sets the town posted have been read), 0 of them matched to the recording; 0 from our minutes of a recording only.
- A meeting with neither minutes read nor a recording we have written up has no votes here, which is not the same as no votes taken. Each fiscal year says how many such meetings the register knows of.
Where each result comes from
- The town’s minutes, matched to the video (0): the board's own minutes, matched to the same vote in the video.
- The town’s minutes (58): the board's own minutes, as the town posted them — the official record.
- From our reading of the meeting video (0): our reading of the meeting video, from a machine transcript — not an official record, and may be unreliable.
Fiscal years run 1 July to 30 June; a meeting is filed under the fiscal year it was held in.
A quote is the minutes' own words, checked verbatim when they were read. A vote from the recording only is a motion as heard by a language model from captions, never a quote.
One row per motion voted. Procedural votes (minutes, adjournment) are hidden unless asked for.
Every row, as data: /data/votes/charter-review-committee.json. What the record cannot answer is on what we cannot answer.
As of 2026-10-24. All boards.