Town Meeting: Hanover OKs power-sourcing plan, keeps town manager
Modified: 7/14/2021 3:58:19 PM
HANOVER Voters in Hanover decided Tuesday to adopt a plan that officials hope will allow households and businesses to purchase power from more environmentally friendly sources.
Residents in a show of hands overwhelmingly voted to adopt a community power plan during Town Meeting that gives municipal officials the ability to contract and bid for the energy needs of about 2,500 residential customers.
Meanwhile, residents also opted to maintain Hanover’s town manager form of government and elected two incumbents to the Selectboard in ballot voting, which was held at Dartmouth College’s Dewey Field parking lot.
Hanover Town Meeting includes petition to eliminate town manager >Modified: 7/9/2021 9:39:56 PM
HANOVER Voters will decide on Tuesday whether to maintain Hanover’s town manager form of government or instead delegate more responsibilities to its five-member Selectboard.
A petitioned warrant article on this year’s Town Meeting ballot asks residents if they support “the continuation of the town manager plan as now in force in this town?”
A “yes” vote would continue the work of Town Manager Julia Griffin, who was hired in 1996, while a “no” vote would redistribute some of her responsibilities to elected officials.
In New Hampshire, town managers have hiring and firing power, can pay the town’s bills and set salaries. Hanover, which has a population of about 11,500, switched to the model in the 1970s as the town and Dartmouth College grew.