Board says encampment was removed after notice; staff to propose policy refinements

Select Board members discussed a recent encampment that reached the end of the town’s notice timeline and was removed in place by police after outreach efforts involving Charter House, SEESAC, public works and police.

Danielle said staff had followed the adopted policy and that the town would return with proposed operational reforms: "We're hoping at some point this summer to bring back to the board some possible reforms to that policy based on the police department's experiences and Heidi and Charter House's experiences," she said.

Board members asked that routine updates and case outcomes be shared in board packets and suggested a select-board mailing list so members are kept in the loop on operational responses to encampments. No new enforcement actions were decided at the meeting; staff recorded the incident and will return with policy suggestions.