Does anyone know why the Select Board wants us to approve the change on who appoints the Finance Committee from the moderator to the Select board themselves? See the Select Board's news bulletin that was sent to all outlining what the Special Town Meeting will vote on in the upcoming June 25th meeting. Historically, and to this day, the moderator appoints the Finance Committee. When I was Selectman in Belmont, we also had the moderator appointing the Finance Committee, and the mechanism worked to keep politics out of the appointments because the moderator, by nature, was an even handed guy. Why does the Select Board in Lincoln want to change this so that they appoint the committee? Anne Warner
On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM Kenny Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I wanted to provide a quick clarification on our Town Moderator's post. The > meeting on Wednesday, June 11th at 6:30pm, is called by the Town Moderator, > not the Town Meeting Study Committee (TMSC). The purpose of the meeting > is to discuss how the process will work for a dissenting view > presentation. There will be no discussion of the actual Nature Link > proposal or of any other TMSC business. Thank you. > > Kenny Mitchell > (TMSC Chair) > ------------------------------ > *From:* sarah cannon holden <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, June 6, 2025 9:21 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>; sarah cannon > holden <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Special Town Meeting/Opposing Views - June 11 meeting > > Good Morning, > > At the June 4th meeting of the Town Meeting Study Committee (TMSC), a > motion was passed, recommending that the Town Moderator allow a single > presentation of dissenting views for the Nature Link project, with slides, > at the June 25 Special Town Meeting. I have accepted their recommendation > and invite all interested parties to join me for an explanation of > the TMSC Motion and to answer your questions. After conversations on the > TMSC, it became clear that with regard to dissenting opinions, we need to > develop more procedural guidelines than have been followed in the past. I > welcome supporters, dissenters and the undecided to attend. The hybrid > meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 6:30 pm, in the > Donaldson Room at Town Offices, and will also be available on-line. The > link to the meeting is on the TMSC web page at linconltown.org. Following > this meeting I will ask the dissenters to identify their representative > speaker. > > Sarah Cannon Holden > Town Moderator > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- Anne Taubes Warner [email protected]
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