Meeting, June 6, 2002

 

Present:  Paul Connolly, Raphael Herz, Linda Wollschlager

Absent:  Phil Verzani and Jeff Phillips

 

The meeting was called to order by the chair at 7:15 PM in the Retirement Board Conference Room, Third Floor, Town Hall. The notice for the meeting had been sent to the Town Clerk for posting on April 1; the agenda had been sent on June 3.

 

Minutes of the May 23 meeting were approved as written.

 

The committee considered some items in the Awaiting Review table. Several items were scheduled for ongoing review. In addition, for the following items, the committee voted unanimously to take no action to change the designated sections:

 

Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-2 (3). Post documents electronically in addition to "town bulletin board"

Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-2 (14). Add line "Town Administrator shall be a voting member of the School Committee for collective bargaining

Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-2 (15). Clarify wording "except for the school department"

Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-2 (16). Is "incident" the right word?

Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-4(b). Last line, is "in his behalf" correct?

Charter, Art. 6, s. 6-1(a). Extra "by" in 'by by-law'

Charter, Art. 6, s. 6-1. Last paragraph. The sentence wording "The town administrator shall..." is mixed up.

Charter, Art. 6, s. 6-3. Appointment of Comptroller by Town Administrator.

Charter, Art. 6, s. 6-4. Note that this section has not yet been approved by the voters

Charter, Art. 7, s. 7-4. Have rules and regulations available electronically (possibly as part of a by-law instead the charter)

 

The chair noted that the committee marked a milestone by completing its review of all items suggested for possible change in the Charter.

 

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

 

By-Laws, Art. 30, s. 2, 2.4.1, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.9. Wetlands Protection by-law. The Conservation Commission was meeting tonight . Mr. Herz will obtain feedback from Conservation Commission contact.

 

Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-12. Recreation Commission; park maintenance. Mr. Herz did not learn of the previous meeting of the Recreation Commission. He hopes that a member of the committee can be present on July 1 for the next meeting of the Recreation Commission.

 

Charter, Art. 5, s. 5-3, 5-6(a), 5-6(c), 5-7. Budget process.

By-Laws, Art. 23, s. 1, 4, 6. Finance Committee. The committee reviewed some of the feedback from the Finance Committee and decided to postpone consideration of changes until July.

 

Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-1; Art. 7, s. 7-12. Superseded by by-law changes. The committee decided to postpone consideration of changes until July.

 

Committee members reported on their review of the By-Laws, Articles 43, 44, and 50. Identified items were added to the list of items awaiting review by the committee.

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:25 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Paul E. Connolly