
The search advertisements can be limited to 14 days, as if hiring a town manager should be a quick, painless process.“Shall” means something is required, “May” makes the action optional. If you are voting in person, my bet is that you will glance at the 10 articles, note the recommendations and base your vote on them, rather than take the time to wade through the several pages of official language.īut the changes proposed in Article 9, how the critical office of Town Manager is filled are not just a simplification, they are a complete change in the hiring process ending public participation, information, and control.

If you voted by absentee ballot you had time to read both versions and think about them, as you had with all 10 ballot questions. Comparing the new language to the old, what currently takes more than 500 words is boiled down to a mere 150.

Tuesday, November 8, in-person Rockport Vvoters will be asked by the Select Board, in a 5:0 recommendation, to simplify the way Town Managers are hired in Warrant Article 9, altering the town’s charter, Article 3, Section 2: Appointment Process.
