BOARD OF SELECTMEN
June 20, 2019

Please read this week's blog for information on Volunteer Opportunities, Seeking Board of Health Board Members, and Trash, Recycling, Compost Schedule
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FROM THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S DESK
June 6, 2019

Historically Manchester residents have always shown a high degree of civic engagement.  Residents respond to surveys, share their opinions at meetings, and volunteer to serve on a host of town boards and committees.  Relative to other towns, turn-out for town meetings is good (though the bar is pretty low – we see 7-18% of registered voters show up depending on “hot topic” items which is actually a strong turn-out compared to other communities.) Election turnout, again, relative to other communities is good, especially for national elections.  However, our most recent election saw an uncharacteristically low turnout with only 216 voters coming out, 5% of eligible voters. Hopefully this is an aberration and not a sign of a trend towards less engagement.  

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On December 5^th around 70 Manchester residents, town staff and others gathered at the Manchester Essex Regional High School to discuss the recommendations of the draft Manchester’s Master Plan