The Review Committee Has Met But This Isn't the Committee's Blog

The Charter Review Committee has met for the first time. I'll look for the minutes of the meeting to be available after they are approved.

My hope in writing this blog is to invite discussions on the Charter by residents and interested people. If you have an idea that you'd like to share, please post it here. I'm not on the Charter Review Committee, but as an elected town councilor, I wanted to add another channel for online discussion. The more discussions that take place on this topic, the better.

Feel free to chime in, but my goal is to look at ideas that can benefit the charter and the town and not to get into personalities or characterizations of individuals. In addition, I hope to post various parts of the Charter so discusssion can take place on the Charter as it currently exists. Of course, I have some ideas about these and areas that may be ripe for change, but in the end, I'm only one resident with some ideas.

In many ways this blog is an experiment and your comments will tell if was a useful one. I welcome and invite your ideas...

Charter Review Is About to Begin

Weymouth's Charter is about to be reviewed by a committee chosen by the mayor and council president. I'm not sure where they are in the selection process, but if you are interested in serving on the committee, then you should let them know.

Even if you are not interested in serving on the recommending committee, what issues would you like to see examined by the committee. What areas of the charter do you like and want to see left alone? What don't you like, and why?

In about a year, I expect the council will take up the committee's recommendations and decide what to do with them. Under Weymouth's Charter, this review takes place every ten years. Let me know your thoughts as I suspect the debate will begin to pick up once the committee is chosen, announced, and begins meeting.