Select Board Directs Revisions to Committee Charge, Policies
Select Board directed staff to revise committee charge and policies in workshop review. Chair Mefford R. Runyon led the session with Vice Chair Michael A. Herman, Member Mary V.L. Wright and Member Kevin F. Galligan present; Clerk Mark W. Mathison was absent.
Select Board · Meeting of August 5, 2026
ORLEANS — Select Board directed staff to revise committee charge and policies in workshop review. Chair Mefford R. Runyon led the session with Vice Chair Michael A.
Herman, Member Mary V.L. Wright and Member Kevin F. Galligan present; Clerk Mark W.
Mathison was absent. The Board reviewed proposed revisions to the Transportation and Bikeways Advisory Committee charge, which would emphasize the committee's advisory role and shift implementation responsibilities to staff. The Board also reviewed multiple Select Board Policy sections and FY27 goals, directing staff to combine, archive or clarify various provisions affecting town operations, emergency closures, private roads, snow removal and other matters.
A possible vote on the committee charge revision is anticipated for August 26, 2026.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of August 5, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
Checked against the official minutes. It was corrected where it differed.
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