[Massplanners] Appointing authorities

[Daniel Fortier]

There are a variety of communities that have a Planner employed by the
Planning Board.  Often these are Towns that have separate budgets for the
Board voted at Town Meeting.  In some of these communities there might even
be an Economic Development Office that is employed by the Town
Administrator or Select Board.  I have dealt with a few of these over the
years, some could be described as two-headed beasts with the elected
Planning Board having very different priorities from other elected boards.

It is probably better to have one office, but that is not always possible.

Dan Fortier
Retired
Interim Dennis Town Planner

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 8:23 AM robert leavens via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> A Friday question for a Friday,
>
> Most recently there has been at least one community who is confused about
> who the appointing authority is for the town planner position.  This is in
> a community with a town manager form of government.  The position appears
> not to be a department head, although there is some debate about that
> designation.
>
> The Planning Board rules and regulations indicate that the Planning Board
> is the appointing authority.  This Planning Board is an elected board,
> which makes them a little more independent than a board appointed by the
> town manager.
>
> I am wondering how many elected planning boards have rules and regulations
> that allow them to appoint their town planner, with the town manager being
> in charge of the administration and finance of the planner position.
>
> I'd appreciate some feedback on this and offer my thanks,
>
> Betsy Ware
> Independent Planning Consultant
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