Charter commission to publish survey asking residents which form of government Lisbon should use

The Lisbon Charter Commission moved to publish a draft survey asking residents to choose among seven forms of municipal government, including town‑meeting/select-board, council–manager and council–mayor configurations. Chair Jeff Ganon said the meeting would focus on Article I of the charter, "which answers the question, what kind of government are we going to have?" and commissioners agreed to circulate one focused question as the first outreach step.

Commissioners debated question format (yes/no, rank choice, pick one) and whether to include descriptive examples or peer-town usage. Bill, who prepared the latest draft, said he would split the materials into two documents (a plain list of forms and a working-questions packet) and "I'll get it to you guys this weekend." The group approved moving the draft to social media and other channels on a nonbinding basis and discussed a two-week public window and staffed in-person collection points to reach residents who lack internet access.