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| BOS disagrees on bylaws |
| By Susanna Sheehan |
| Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:18 AM |
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A discussion this week on how the Duxbury Board of Selectmen oversees and directs the Town Manager revealed that selectmen interpret the town’s bylaws and Town Manager Act differently. Listed on Monday’s agenda as a “discussion of legal services,” the topic was the result of a debate among selectmen two weeks ago regarding how and when the town manager is allowed to hire Town Counsel Robert Troy, and why Troy was used during a recent lawsuit against Duxbury instead of an attorney provided by the town’s insurance company. At the Jan. 9 meeting, Selectmen Christopher Donato pushed to have the topic of hiring town counsel on a future agenda, but began discussing
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