Carver selectmen’s decision to dismiss a town panel reviewing a state report on Town Hall operations has drawn criticism from some local officials and residents who say the board’s handling of the issue was politically motivated and will make it harder to attract volunteers to the town’s many committees.

Selectmen voted last month to disband the Audit Committee, which was reviewing the report that called for changes in the town treasurer’s department and recommended that employees be banned from holding elected office in town.