Meeting, August 23, 2001

 

Present:  Paul Connolly, Raphael Herz, Phil Verzani, Jeff Phillips (part-time), and Linda Wollschlager

 

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

 

Mr. Herz introduced the draft document for the Finance Committee, which explains the rationale for the changes recommended and shows the marked-up text of the changes.

 

The committee discussed specific items on the warrant. (In these minutes, the items are referenced by the article number and short title that appears in the warrant.) The committee completed the rationales for the items.

 

Article 18, Procedures for Selecting a New Town Administrator. The committee discussed amendments to incorporate some provisions suggested in Article 17.

 

Article 19, Lottery to Resolve Ties in Town Meeting Elections. Mr. Connolly provided historical data on ties in Town Meeting elections from the Annual Town Reports.

 

Article 20, Revision of Lists to Fill Town Meeting Vacancies

 

Article 21, Option to Extend Term of Charter and By-Law Review Committee

 

Article 22, Preliminary Election Procedures. Mr. Connolly presented information from the Annual Town Reports illustrating that all but one of the preliminary elections since 1981 would have been eliminated under the new procedures.

 

Article 23, List of Appointments Made by the Board of Selectmen

 

Article 24, Qualifications of Town Administrator

 

Article 25, Annual Town Report

 

Minutes of the August 9 meeting were approved as written.

 

Meetings were scheduled for Tuesdays, September 25 and October 23.

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:55 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Paul E. Connolly