[Massplanners] How to select Planning Board members

[Bob Mitchell]

Carolyn: Below is a link to a map that the Nantucket Planning & Economic
Development Commission created in 2007 of all 351 cities and towns which,
at that time, had either appointed or elected planning boards.
I would note it is somewhat out-of-date as, in the case of Amherst, the
planning board is not appointed by the Mayor (Amherst does not have a
mayor), but by the town council. As more towns moved from the select
board/town meeting to town council form of government over the last 10-15
years I suspect that other towns also have their town council as the
appointing authority.

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Bob

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On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 1:50 PM Carolyn Britt via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> All,
>
> There was a citizen-petitioned article at Town Meeting in Ipswich in May
> to remove the appointment of Planning Board members from the responsibility
> of the Town Manager, and instead have them appointed by the Select Board.
> Further, the article indicated that the terms of all appointees of the Town
> Manager would expire no later than 7/31/25 and their replacements would be
> appointed by the Select Board. Town Meeting referred the article to the
> Government Study Committee which is just now beginning research on this
> article.
>
> I believe there have been queries on this listserve regarding appointed
> vs. elected. If you have in your files the results of the earlier queries
> on the manner of selecting Planning Board members, please send them to me,
> whether they are about elected vs. appointed, or the source of
> appointments. It would be great to hear from a few of you individually
> regarding what form your community uses and what you think is effective, or
> not.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you all regarding this important matter.
> Thank you!
> Carolyn Britt AICP Ipswich Government Study Committee 1 Shagbark Woods Ipswich,
> MA 01938 978-356-9881 978-317-2145
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