The Planning and Zoning Commission last evening considered changing their bylaws governing the election of officers. Currently, officers of Planning and Zoning are elected every November, unlike the officers of most other boards and commissions.
The election of officers has in past years deadlocked the Commission, which has as a result been without an elected chair for some time. Chair Richard Pelletier proposed to change the bylaws so that officers would be elected once every two years, when new members are elected in municipal elections.
All of the Democrats, in the majority on the Commission, supported the change. Commissioner Dan Russo said, "We have seen in our history instances where we have had problems electing officers."
The Republicans disagreed. Commissioner Les Adams pointed to the difficulties of several years ago and said that the Commission had learned from this and was now more functional.
With 4 Democrats and 3 Republicans on the Commission, the proposal did not pass, as every action requires at least 5 yes votes.
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