Select Board reviews website content policy and agrees to social-services procedure for new applicants

The Select Board reviewed a draft website content policy that would cover public-safety and emergency notices, health and welfare information, road closures, legal notices, election and Town Meeting information, and board and committee announcements. Members emphasized the need for accuracy, ease of navigation, manageable staff workload, and avoidance of outdated or duplicative documents; Member Tom Balabon recommended adding criteria for content that should not be posted.

Separately, the Board reviewed a proposed social-services procedure that would distinguish existing social-service agencies that previously received voter approval (which would continue on an established renewal path) from new applicants, who would be directed to the petitioned warrant-article process. The Board expressed general agreement; the Town Administrator said the procedure would be posted with Town policies and procedures.