New Canaan charter panel settles term-limit ballot language
Other Committee · Meeting of June 2, 2026
New Canaan charter panel spent Tuesday's meeting fine-tuning ballot questions on board term limits and town property referendums. Commissioners approved May 26 minutes and heard from legal counsel Nick that a Town Council reversal upheld after referendum "is final and not subject to further referendum." A member identified as Joe argued dropping a reappointment clause from the 12-year term-limit question would "create a bias," while others favored a leaner question for voters. Chair Kathleen reported legal fees of just under $25,000 against a $51,000 total commission budget through June, and described spending a weekend reading 20 years of meeting minutes after the town clerk's office could not supply data on how many people, roughly 42 for the Board of Finance and 39 for Planning and Zoning, have served over two decades.
No votes were taken on charter language; the panel adjourned unanimously after Joe moved and Angela seconded, ahead of a Town Council public hearing June 10.
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Source: the Other Committee meeting of June 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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