Holland Select Board Tables Warrant Articles, Backs Lake Committee Independence

HOLLAND -- March 5, 2019, Holland Select Board tables town meeting warrant articles and backs Lake Oversight Committee independence. Meeting Tuesday, the three-member board voted unanimously to postpone review of the full warrant until its next session, citing unresolved articles and the absence of a key member. The board also voted to support a proposed warrant article that would strike the bylaw language designating the Lake Oversight Committee as an advisory board to the Select Board, removing the reporting requirement and effectively making the committee a standalone body consistent with the Planning Board and Conservation Commission. A Lake Oversight Committee member presented the draft change, rooted in Article 27 from two years prior, explaining it removes one paragraph from bylaw chapter 2 and renumbers the remaining sections. Members also flagged that a contracted dredging feasibility study, due in September 2018, remains undelivered, with the board planning a joint session with the Lake Oversight Committee to compile outstanding questions for the engineering firm. The board adjourned into executive session to discuss real estate matters under reason six.