Select Board Work Session Pt. 2 - September 16, 2026

Yeah. I mean, you could also just keep it at chair's discretion and then like it's a case by case basis of like if if we feel that they need to, but then like we're actually paying attention. At the very least, we should

So, so the question is how do we reject someone like that? And I guess it's decision that uh the chair and um well someone would have to move to vote, right? And if there is no person moving to appoint said individual, i

I just want to make sure that the chair has an opportunity to uh make sure that we're not giving the impression that someone who, for example, has a history of being abusive to um staff or or for some other reason is jus

Um David you raised this question on the uh the second bullet. Members retain the right to descent from any action may vote against a measure. I added some additional language. They may continue to express public disappr

Yeah. And I think I think you're I actually I like the the language that you have here because it's it makes clear why this is in here. Um and it's it makes it differentiates between right like you can you know you vote

you entitled be mad about it. You're entitled to go post on Facebook about it. You can be you can be mad. Um but what you can't do is you can't actively subvert it. you can't like you know then you know because that's no

Uh I yeah I think that's where I mean the Yeah. Well, I well, I think I think that's that to me is a question that I I don't think that's I think that's a question for you on the selector, right? Like I think if you from

Select board approves a contract.

Yeah. But when you say with any other board, what other boards like get into this question of funding?

Can a member of the losing faction then because I'm less worried about proposing something at town meeting like that's an open process. That's an open vote. I am however concerned about like uh if they have any power to

So for example, when we have a debt exclusion, we then need a generally a twothirds majority of town meeting to support it. And there's always a contingent that votes no even though the voters have passed it.

No. Um I I I think what it's what this is saying is right like you're it's trying to thread the needle between you can you can continue to express disapproval of something but take man's example right so the paper countr

That that makes perfect sense. But like a lot of times there are two votes.

Yeah. But those would not be as I I also think this is an opportunity for you as board you know we have gotten you know members of the public have raised concerns that certain boards and committees do not meet uh virtual

The concern is going against state law, but we can always have a higher minimum.

So, yeah. So really the question is has is the cap the reason we are not getting as much funding to the affordable housing trust fund and what you're saying is in most years past um no that is not the case. Uh but now cu

[laughter] I think I but that's another way that's another way to go around it. But I mean I think that um you know we fund our I injured our duty trust um with operating revenue but sometimes we boost the fund with free