Select Board sets six goals for fiscal 2027, defers charter review
Ipswich Select Board adopts six fiscal 2027 goals after acknowledging most prior-year targets went unmet. Chair Mike Dougherty led the board through a SMART goal-setting framework, carrying forward electric light governance and downtown community planning while deferring a formal charter commission
Select Board (Formerly Board of Selectmen) · Meeting of June 10, 2026
Ipswich Select Board adopts six fiscal 2027 goals after acknowledging most prior-year targets went unmet. Chair Mike Dougherty led the board through a SMART goal-setting framework, carrying forward electric light governance and downtown community planning while deferring a formal charter commission vote pending a spring 2027 review. The board will evaluate staff organizational needs and act on a strategic plan by spring, finalize a downtown safety plan by summer, and review select board policies by summer 2027.
A one-day liquor license for Donald Rivet at the Ipswich Masonic Temple for June 14 passed 5-0. The board will vote on the goals at its June 22 meeting.
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Source: the Select Board (Formerly Board of Selectmen) meeting of June 10, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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