Bilal Ansari later said he would reconsider and pray on his decision about whether to continue with the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee after he received an apology from the vice chair of the Select Board. Ansari was offended by a decision not to engage with a DIRE member while the board was discussing how to improve communications with the advisory group the Select Board created last summer. Andy Hogeland, who ran Monday s meeting in place of Chair Jane Patton, who was out of town, said during discussion of the agenda item labeled DIRE communications that while the Select Board has taken actions in line with DIRE recommendations over the past year, the board should have acknowledged the equity group s resolutions publicly.