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Wednesday, August 06, 2008 --- 23 days ago http://www.wickedlocal.com/shrewsbury/news/x903585722/Selectmen-refuse-to-call-S
| Selectman Benjamin Tartaglia’s motion to call a special Town Meeting on Sept. 22 to change the way Finance Committee is chosen was voted down three to two on Monday. At the July 14 selectmen’s meeting, Tartaglia said he wanted a special town meeting to change the Finance Committee from nine to five members, and to have the members of the committee elected by the voters at the annual town election. But in a modified motion Monday night, Tartaglia proposed staying with nine members but one member would be from each of the town’s nine precincts, and be elected instead of appointed. Tartaglia said five out of the nine precincts in the town were not represented on the Finance Committee and said his model for appointing members of the Finance Committee would “ensure equal representation of all the precincts. “The system is broken, and needs to be fixed,” said Tartaglia. “The present model gives one person too much power. People who are paying taxes should have more say than one person.” Since 1954, the Town Moderator, Kevin Byrne, has appointed the Finance Committee members to three-year terms. At the July 14 meeting, Byrne asked, “Is there something wrong with the quality of the Finance Committee now? “I ensure that they (Finance members) have only one agenda, and that’s what is in the best interest of the town. Their purpose is to listen to all poi ... |
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