Town of Natick
Charter and By-Law Review Committee
13 East Central Street
Natick, MA 01760


Meeting, July 25, 2002

 

Present:  Paul Connolly, Raphael Herz, Linda Wollschlager, and Jeff Phillips

Absent:  Phil Verzani

 

The meeting was called to order by the vice-chair at 7:25 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 July 19.

 

Minutes of the July 18 meeting were approved as written.

 

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 committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-12. Recreation Commission; park maintenance. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a revised draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 12. Collector of Taxes. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a revised draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 43, s. 1, 2, 4, 5. Licenses and permits of delinquent taxpayers. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 11, s. 9. Is there a news release for new appointments? The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 41, s. 1, 5, 11. Administrative regulations. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 41, s. 12, table. List of regulations. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 41. Town web site. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 70, s. 1, 3. Public Works regulations. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

By-Laws, Art. 80, s. 1, 3, 5. References to the General Laws. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 90. Article is no longer needed. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 92. Violations of Charter provisions. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 92, Table. Fines are wrong in table. The committee unanimously (4-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and also a fix for Art. 81and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

Mr. Phillips departed the meeting at this point.

 

By-Laws, Art. 42, s. 1, 2; By-Laws, Art. 74, s. 1, 2. Licenses. The committee unanimously (3-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 74, s. 3. This is a police regulation. The committee unanimously (3-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

By-Laws, Art. 21. Planning Director. The committee unanimously (3-0) agreed to approve a draft warrant article for this item and schedule this item on the agenda for the public hearing.

 

The committee reviewed the set of draft warrant articles, and the chair assigned various members to get in touch with the contacts and brief them about subjects of possible interest to them that are on the agenda for the public hearing on August 1.

 

The meeting adjourned at 10:00 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Paul E. Connolly