Hanover selectmen back away from proposal to make town clerk an appointed position
By Johanna Seltz Globe Correspondent,Updated April 28, 2021, 1:35 p.m.
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Town Meeting has rejected the idea three times over the past decade.
The subject was due to come up again at this yearâs May 3 Town Meeting as the Board of Selectmen voted at its April 5 meeting to put it on the warrant. But the board backed away from that decision on April 26 after current Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier accused the board of acting illegally.
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Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier.
Harder-Bernier â who was elected to her first three-year term in 2013 and reelected in 2016 and 2019 â filed a complaint with the attorney general, alleging that the board violated the Open Meeting Law by failing to notify her or the public that the âhighly controversialâ matter would be discussed.