Littleton Select Board Sends Three Warrant Articles to May Town Meeting

LITTLETON -- March 30, 2026, Littleton Select Board locks in three town meeting articles and debates charter overhaul in joint session. The board voted 5-0 Monday to finalize Articles 13 and 25 for the May 5 Annual Town Meeting warrant, including $1,391,000 to replace a 2012 Smeal fire engine and $100,000 for a feasibility study of 37 Shattuck Street, and voted 3-0 with two abstentions on Article 26 governing repairs to private ways, with Vice Chair Matthew Nordhaus and Clerk Gary Wilson recusing themselves because they live on private roads. In a two-hour joint session with the nine-member Charter Committee, chaired by Betsy Bohling, the board debated whether the Town Clerk should remain elected, with Nordhaus arguing the position "has a unique duty to maintain democracy in this town," while the committee's own deliberations had split six to three in favor of keeping the office elected. Resident George Sanders of Great Road urged the board to "give a clear understanding as to why this was changed so that the people will understand it." The charter remains in draft form, with a November 2026 town meeting vote as the working target.