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Chilmark selectmen become a select board
Chilmark selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to become a select board. - Rich Saltzberg
On the recommendation of the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Forum, Chilmark selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to become a select board. The vote follows inroads on the subject made months earlier by the board. That work was never finished, town administrator Tim Carroll reminded the board ahead of the vote. Carroll told the board town counsel recently determined the board could call itself a select board as soon as it desired, but in order for the name to carry legal weight, a home rule petition to the legislature would be required.
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Edgartown selectmen back conversion to select board
Edgartown selectmen showed support Monday night for placing an article on the warrant that would change board’s name to the Edgartown select board. - Rich Saltzberg
On the recommendation of Babson College executive Jane Edmonds and business consultant Kate Putnam, members of the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Forum, Edgartown selectmen voted 2-0 Monday afternoon to add an article to the 2021 warrant that would change the Edgartown board of selectmen to the Edgartown select board.
“I think it’s really important … especially at this point in our societal experience, to use inclusive language and to remove gender references where it’s possible to do that,” Putnam said.
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