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Board Of Selectmen Increase

Friday, December 7, 2012

Resident, Official Chime in on Legislation's Decision on Selectmen Increase

Residents were told to vote on again at Annual Town Election.

The Town of Sudbury's drive to increase its Board of Selectmen from three to five members hit a hurdle on Nov. 29 when state Legislature ruled the town's residents must go back and vote on the measure at Annual Town Election. The ruling came two days after the hearing on Bill H.4471, “An Act Amending Chapter 131 of the Acts of 1994 to Increase Board of Selectmen Membership in the Town of Sudbury,” when numerous residents addressed the Legislature, arguing for and against the town's vote at Special Town Meeting in September. One resident who voted against the town's vote, Stan Kaplan, told the Legislation a lack of facts prevented him from supporting the move. "In Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 43B the legislature describes in great …

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Conroy: Town Must Vote for Selectmen Increase at Next Annual Town Election, Push to Increase Board of Selectmen to 5 Members Gains Momentum, and VIDEO: Selectmen Not Opposed to Adding 2 Members

Friday, November 30, 2012

Conroy: Town Must Vote for Selectmen Increase at Next Annual Town Election

State Rep. Tom Conroy announces committee’s revision to and approval of Sudbury’s petition to increase Board of Selectmen from 3 to 5 members.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was submitted by State Rep. Tom Conroy.) Yesterday, the Joint Committee on Election Laws amended and approved H.4471, “An Act Amending Chapter 131 of the Acts of 1994 to Increase Board of Selectmen Membership in the Town of Sudbury.”  The Committee vote approving the revised bill occurred two days after the November 27 hearing on the bill, at which several Sudbury residents testified, many for and many against the bill.  The revised bill requires a ballot vote in Sudbury on whether to increase the board of selectmen from three members to five at the next regular annual town election, which will occur in March 2013. According to the revised bill, if a majority of voters favor the increase, an election for two …

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