Selectmen Size Study Committee

Mission

Appointed by the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Selectmen Membership Size Study Committee will conduct a study to explore the aspects of the Town adopting, within the next several years, a five member BOS structure.

Membership

The Committee will consist of seven voting members, made up of Town residents with varied town-related board or committee experience within the past 15 years, and a current member of the Board of Selectmen and the Town Administrator serving as ex-officio members.

Activities

The Committee will conduct a study to explore the aspects (pros, cons, risks, issues to consider, potential timetable, and pathway to implementation) of moving the Town's Board of Selectmen membership from three to five members. The study will include an assessment of communities who have increased their Board of Selectmen size and will also take into account Dover's long-standing community ideals. 

The Committee will engage a consultant or consulting firm with operational improvement experience in Massachusetts municipal governments to assist the Committee in achieving this work.

The Committee and selected consultant will present the results of the study to the Board of Selectmen and to the Town within the next eighteen months, and to the extent possible, before a Town Meeting in the near future.

Approved by the Board of Selectmen, September 8, 2022

As voted by the 2022 Annual Town Meeting Article 28

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