Dear fellow Hanoverians:
Article 16 on the Annual Town Meeting warrant and Question One on the
ballot addresses the issue of an elected vs. appointed Town Clerk. Given
the fact that your “Around Town on the Web” writer is also your Town
Clerk, this e-blast will only provide you with a brief factual history and
the current facts related to this question.
This issue was placed on the warrant this year by the Board of Selectmen to
reprise a similar discussion from three years ago at Town Meeting. At that
meeting in 2011, the Selectmen’s motion to make the position appointed
was defeated, and the question on the ballot also failed. Similarly, the
issue was discussed in 2008 in the context of the Government Study
Committee hearings that created the Town Manager Act, and it was determined
by that body that the Town Clerk should remain elected.
The Selectmen’s motion this year will once again be to make the Town
Clerk appointed, and no longer elected by the people of Hanover. In an odd
twist, the Advisory Committee’s recommendation on this motion does not
appear in the 2014 Warrant booklet sub-titled “With Advisory Committee
Recommendations”.
The Advisory Committee voted unanimously six weeks ago to not support the
motion of the Board of Selectmen. In other words, the Advisory Committee
recommends the position remain an elected position.
It will be up to the people to decide again at Town Meeting tomorrow
(Monday) night. The Special Town Meeting starts at 7:30 at Hanover High
School, and the Annual Town Meeting starts at 8:00 p.m. See you there.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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