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Hinesburg seeks new library director
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Hinesburg’s Carpenter-Carse library is searching for a new director following the resignation of its current head of staff. Beth Royer, who has been the library’s director since 2019, announced in June that she would be stepping down from the position. Jill Andersen has stepped into an interim role while the library searches for a new director. “I appreciated the friendliness of Carpenter-Carse Library before I worked there in any capacity, so I am hopeful that they will find a great candidate to keep it the beloved community hub it was before (and while) I worked there,” Royer said in an email. “Certainly the existing staff, resources and volunteers will keep the trusty ship running until the board finds a new person to be in charge.” During her four years, Royer “expanded our community’s vision of what a library can and should be,” staff at the library said, adding that during her tenure, See LIBRARY on page 12
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Fort Ticonderoga presents “Defiance & Independence,” a two-day battle reenactment with over 300 participants. More on page 6.
Consultant advises Charlotte on governance model LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Should Charlotte switch to a town manager form of government? That question has been looming over the town for nearly five months since a group of residents collected signatures on a petition that got over 200 votes in favor of the switch.
Although the petition has collected enough votes to force a town-wide vote, the selectboard has pleaded with petitioners to hold off the vote until all the information about the change has been presented to the public and town officials. In order to gather threads, the town hired resident and former Shelburne town manager Lee Krohn as a consultant for $2,500 to thoroughly study what this could
mean for the town. In a 13-page presentation given to the selectboard on Tuesday night, Krohn weighed the pros and cons of the switch along with sourcing from other similarly sized towns that have undergone the switch. The two roles are different in that the authority of the town manager is laid out in state statute and they act more as a liaison
between staff and the board. An administrator works under direct supervision and direction from the selectboard. Krohn explained that the foundation for the petition comes from a concern that the selectboard is too constrained in minor issues that it never has time or bandwidth See KROHN on page 12