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Charter Review

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Billerica Charter Panel Keeps Two-Year Recall Penalty, Sets September Public Hearing

Billerica's Charter Review Committee voted to retain a two-year appointment ban for recalled officials and rewrote the charter's public notice language to center the town website, at its August 11 meeting.

Charter Panel Adds Vote Requirement to Warrant Process, Rejects Single-Signature Restoration

Billerica Charter Review Committee closes ambiguity in warrant-compilation rule, rejects bid to restore select board single-signature authority.

Billerica Charter Panel Reverses Referendum Vote, Schedules Fall Public Hearing

BILLERICA -- June 23, 2026, Billerica Charter Review Committee reverses course on referendum provision, schedules September 16 public hearing. Meeting Tuesday night, the committee voted 6-3 to strip individual elected officials, including single members of the Select Board, Planning Board, and School Committee, of the right to submit warrant articles

Billerica Charter Review Adds Historic District Commission to Conflict-of-Interest Rules

Billerica Charter Review votes to bar simultaneous service on Historic District Commission and other adjudicating boards.

Billerica Charter Panel Votes 6-5 to Simplify Referendum Ballot Threshold

Billerica's Charter Review Committee voted 6-5 Wednesday to change how citizen referendum questions are decided at the ballot box, shifting from a supermajority standard matching town meeting thresholds to a simple majority of voters turning out.