Little Compton Charter Review Commission

The Little Compton Charter Review Commission is seeking proposals

from the public for potential Charter amendments at its meeting at 6:00PM on

Monday, February 3rd in the Town Council chambers. 

A Charter Review Commission is appointed by the Town Council

every four years to review the Town’s charter and make recommendations of

changes that are deemed desirable.  The

current Commission was appointed in January of last year and has been meeting

monthly since then.  We have reviewed the

Charter article by article and have solicited input from Town elected

officials, department heads, and all Town boards and committees.  We have a number of potential recommendations

for amendments that we will be evaluating further over the next several months.

 These include moving to a single

assessor, strengthening the current Business Manager position, and reorganizing

the committees that address recreation and conservation.  Those recommendations that are approved by

the Commission will be submitted to the Town Council by July 3rd of

this year.  The Council can approve,

reject, or amend those recommendations or offer their own proposed

amendments.  The proposals that are

approved by the Council will appear on the ballot on November 4th of

this year for the voters to decide if they should be adopted.

Our next meeting, on February 3rd, is focused

solely on receiving input from the public on amendments to the Charter.  If you have ideas on changes that you believe

should be made, then please attend this meeting in person or submit your ideas

in writing to the Commission through the Town Clerk’s office.  This is not a hearing or workshop on the

Commission’s recommendations.  That is

tentatively scheduled for our meeting on April 28th.

                                                                                                                Sincerely,

                                                 Little

Compton Charter Review Commission