Charter Commission Update

The June 21, 2023 Charter Commission’s first public hearing has been held. By statute, it needs to hold one more public hearing before submitting final report to Secretary of State. Tentatively, that will happen before the October 15, 2023 deadline. No official vote...

Charter Commission Public Hearing June 21

If you want Bedford voters to have a say as to whether our town budget comes before the voters in the form of official ballot each March when we also vote on school budget, please attend the June 21, 6:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING at BC-TV to show your support. You are also...

Charter Commission to Meet 4-19

The Charter Commission is scheduled to meet to organize on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:00 PM at BCTV. It will be up to the Charter Commission when they decide to hold their public hearings. Charter Commission timeline, agendas and meeting minutes will be posted on the...

Success!

The results are in, and Bedford voters have sent a clear and unambiguous message about putting the budget on the ballot and the charter commission. A final THANK YOU to everyone; the petitioners, the early individual supporters, the candidates who ran, and the...

Elect Charter Commissioners who will work for You

On Tuesday, March 14th head to the polls and vote YES on Article 2, the next step in the process to Put the Budget on the Ballot in Bedford. Then vote for nine (yes nine) of these people to become charter commissioners; Paul Brock Linda Camarota Hsiu Chang Russan...

Vote YES on ARTICLE 2 – “Put the Budget On the Ballot”

Citizens of Bedford, please vote YES on Article 2 at the Tuesday, March 14th town polls. Article 2 creates a Bedford Charter Commission for the “…sole purpose of establishing official ballot voting” on the Bedford Town Budget. Last year 5105 voters...

Voting Day March 14, 2023

We have two weeks until voting day. These next two weeks are the time to spread the word on your social media accounts YES on ARTICLE 2, and the election of NINE charter commissioners who will respect the will of the voters, and will do the work of commissions...

Please Run for Charter Commission

This is a one-shot deal, not a term position in the usual sense. It is necessary to do this in order to get the budget on the ballot. The information about Charter Commissioner election is now posted at the town clerk’s page along with other openings for regular...

Charter Commissioner Duties

Please read THIS FILE to learn what becoming a Charter Commissioner entails. Basically you will oversee the change to putting the budget on the ballot.

Petition Action at the Town Council Meeting Tonight!

The Town Council will act on our petition at tonight’s Town Council Meeting. See here for the details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18qS100KuRFQ2VcEJ-1TQSD7sRjuCLpGl/view We now need to spread the word to all voters in Bedford, and ask for their support at the...