Town of Natick
Charter and By-Law Review Committee




Meeting

Thursday, January 10, 7:00 PM
School Department Training Room, Third Floor, Town Hall

Agenda

  1. Continuing discussion of specific items:

    a) Charter, Art. 5, s. 5-2(a), 5-2(b), 5-3, 5-6(a), 5-6(c), 5-7, 5-7(b)
    By-Laws, Art. 23, s. 1, 4, 6
    Budget process; Finance Committee (Linda Wollschager, coordination with School Committee; Paul Connolly, coordination with Finance Committee)

    b) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-12, 3-12(b)
    Recreation Commission; park maintenance (Jeff Phillips, coordination with Recreation Commission)

    c) By-Laws, Art. 20, s. 1
    List of appointees by Town Administrator (Paul Connolly)

    d) Charter, Art. 2, s. 2-3, 2-4(b); Art. 3, s. 3-1(d)(4)
    By-Laws, Art. 1, s. 4
    Conformity with current practice and MGL (Paul Connolly, coordination with Town Clerk)

    e) By-Laws, Art. 3, s. 5
    Is this ambiguous? It doesn't say that moderator makes the decision.


  2. First-time discussion of specific items:

    a) Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-3(c)
    By-Laws, Art. 24, s. 1.2, 1.3, 2.1c, 2.2, 3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 5.3, 5.4, 7.3.4, 7.4, 7.5, 7.8, 12, 13.2, table
    Personnel (Paul Connolly, coordination with Personnel Board)

    b) By-Laws, Art. 30, s. 2, 2.4.1, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.9
    Wetlands Protection by-law (Raphael Herz, coordination with Conservation Commission)


  3. Discussion about annual report (Raphael Herz)


  4. Update on Natick's web site (Jeff Phillips)


  5. Plan public input session; publicity; accessing web site


  6. Identification of items for next meeting


Note: For more information on specific items, refer to the committee's web site at http://bylaws.1wr.com/ and follow the link Charter Review Summary.