Bridgewater charter panel revises survey question, sets fall meeting dates

Other Committee · Meeting of August 26, 2026

Bridgewater Charter Review Committee revises recall-provision survey question after internal dispute. Member Eric Enos told the committee that testing the newly launched citizen survey revealed unclear language around a proposed no-confidence recall provision, prompting sharp disagreement over whether already-finalized survey content could be reopened, with a fellow member countering that "the boat's been taken, we can't do it." The panel voted 7-0 to add clarifying language specifying the provision applies "of elected officials" and to flag the 46 responses already collected with an asterisk marking them as pre-revision. Committee member Brad reported that stakeholder interviews, including with residents Steve Salari and Larry Gerini, generated broad support for restructuring the Finance Committee into three councilors and six citizen appointees.

The survey closes September 30; the panel next meets September 16, then September 30, October 14 and October 28.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of August 26, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.