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<p>All,</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>I look forward to hearing from you all regarding this important
matter. Thank you!</p>
<address>Carolyn Britt AICP</address>
<address>Ipswich Government Study Committee</address>
<address>1 Shagbark Woods</address>
<address>Ipswich, MA 01938</address>
<address>978-356-9881</address>
<address>978-317-2145<br>
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