Meeting, April 18, 2001

Present:  Linda Wollschlager, Raphael Herz, Jeffrey Phillips, Paul Connolly,Philip Verzani

Others present:  Ruth Cashman

The meeting was called to order by the chair at 7:05 PM in the School Department Training Room, Third Floor, Town Hall.

Minutes of the April 5 meeting were approved as written.

The committee discussed the four specific items on the agenda for the meeting. (In these minutes, the items are referenced by the short designation that appears in the agenda.)

By-Laws, Art. 10, s. 2. Ruth Cashman noted that the Acting Town Administrator requested that the listing of appointees be expanded. The committee unanimously approved postponement until the next meeting. The chair appointed Mr. Verzani to meet with contacts for Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator to obtain recommended lists of appointees.

Charter, Art. 7, s. 7-6(b). The committee unanimously approved a draft change to this section.

Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-1(c). This item is to be addressed by a new section in the By-Laws, Art. 20. The committee unanimously approved postponement until the next meeting. The chair appointed Mr. Phillips to find out what other towns have done to describe the minimum qualifications for a new town administrator.

Charter, Art. 5, s. 5-2(b). The committee unanimously agreed to take no action on changing this section. Ms. Wollschlager will send a letter to the contact for the School Committee indicating that this section of the Charter may be inconsistent with current practice.

Meetings were scheduled for Thursday, May 3, 17, 31, June 14, 28 in the School Department Training Room.

Ms. Wollschlager indicated that she would make changes to the web site so that it would be easy to track the status of action taken by the committee on the many items that have been suggested and that may be suggested in the future.

Mr. Herz provided copies of the hand-out to Town Meeting members explaining the committee's action plan and requesting inputs on possible Charter and By-Law changes. Mr. Connolly will make them available on April 24.

The meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Paul E. Connolly