Commission discusses term limits and a proposal to bar PAC money from local races

A commissioner (speaker 8) proposed adding term‑limit language to the charter and described the policy rationale and trade‑offs between experience and preventing power concentration.

"My my mom‑in‑law was part of Bowdenham's planning board for 25 years and held a seat for 20 of it," the commissioner said as part of a broader argument for limits. Another commissioner suggested alternative language that imposes a maximum consecutive service period followed by a break. In the same thread, a different commissioner proposed considering campaign‑finance language that would bar PAC money for local elections, citing models used in other jurisdictions.

Commissioners did not adopt final language at this meeting; several said term limits and campaign‑finance restrictions could be refined and circulated as draft charter language for future meetings rather than appearing on the initial nonbinding public survey.

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