The Town of Winchester is proposing changes to the Town Charter on November 6, 2018 as part of the Election Day ballot. These Charter changes are in regard to the current required posting of items in a costly newspaper ad. The change will allow changes to be posted to the Town's website to save taxpayers an estimated $25,000 to update our ordinance regulations as well thousands of dollars more in the future. The Town of Winchester Charter Revision Commission recommended the changes to the Board of Selectmen which, in turn, unanimously voted to send these changes to referendum.
The two questions (#3 & #4) specific to the Town of Winchester will be found on the ballot directly following the two State of Connecticut ballot questions regarding transportation funds and sale/transfer of state land. The two Town of Winchester questions are:
3. Shall Section 303 be amended to eliminate the requirement of publishing the entire text and eliminate the requirement for newspaper publication, instead allowing the publication on the Town’s website and any other place chosen by the Board of Selectmen?
4. Shall Sections 911, 912, 1504 and 1107 be amended to eliminate the requirement for newspaper publication, instead allowing the publication on the Town’s website and any other place chosen by the Board of Selectmen?
The full Charter Revision Commission report can be found at: https://www.townofwinchester.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1461/f/uploads/draft_report_june_2018.pdf