Littleton Select Board Appoints Nine-Member Charter Committee to Study Town Government

LITTLETON — February 3, 2025 — Littleton seats nine-member Charter Committee after competitive field of 15 applicants and multiple rounds of balloting. The Select Board voted 5-0 at a special February 3 meeting to appoint Alan McRae, Betsy Bowling, Charlotte Dolans, Joseph Knox, Kevin Brogan, Kyle Bupp, Karen McCloskey, Robert Rauts, and Timothy Goddard to a committee that will study whether the town's government structure should be revised through a formal charter, a home rule petition, or updated bylaws. The board debated size before settling on nine members with no alternates, with member Gary Wilson noting "this is a heavy lift" and that a nine-member quorum of five provides needed flexibility. Goddard, the current Town Moderator and a former Littleton Town Administrator, said the committee "doesn't have to" produce a formal charter — "it could simply be a strong bylaw" — and pledged to recuse himself from moderating any town meeting session where the committee's recommendations come to a vote. Wilson was designated the Select Board's non-voting liaison, with Chair Mark Grandbacher as alternate. The Collins Center for Public Management will facilitate the committee's first meeting, expected by late February or early March.