Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail some residents of New Baltimore may want to shorten the term of office for the town's highway superintendent, based on comments made during the Town Board meeting, Mon., Jan. 12. New Baltimore hamlet resident Dot Davis told the board that during the recent election campaign several of the current board members said they favored reducing the term from four to two years, as well. Davis said she and other residents were curious to know if the change would be made. She was told Monday a petition to place the question on the ballot would start the process. Davis said the reduced term idea was based on a feeling that if the voters are unhappy with a superintendent, a change could be made in two years, rather than waiting for four years to pass. The town held a mandatory referendum 14 years ago to increase the highway superintendent's then two-year term to four years, and the proposition passed. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.