Town of Natick
Charter and By-Law Review Committee




Meeting

Thursday, July 11, 7:00 PM
Retirement Board Conference Room, Third Floor, Town Hall

Agenda


  1. Continuing discussion of specific items:

    a) By-Laws, Art. 30, s. 2, 2.4.1, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.9
    Wetlands Protection by-law (Raphael Herz)

    b) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-12
    Recreation Commission; park maintenance (Raphael Herz, Jeffrey Phillips)

    c) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-9(b)
    What about resignation? (Jeffrey Phillips)

    d) Charter, Art. 5, s. 5-2(a), 5-2(b)
    School budget process. (Jeffrey Phillips)

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

    f) By-Laws, Art. 23, s. 1, 4, 6
    Finance Committee (Paul Connolly)

    g) Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-1; Art. 7, s. 7-12
    Superseded by by-law changes (Paul Connolly)

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

    i) 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

  2. First-time discussion of specific items:

    a) Charter, Art. 2, s. 2-6(b), 2-6(d)
    Make more explicit what it means to be removed and how the process works

    b) Charter, Art. 3
    New procedure for determining if an elected official has moved out of town

    c) By-Laws, Art. 40, s. 1
    Any committee shall be discharged ... Is this workable?

    d) By-Laws, Art. 40, s. 4, 5
    Are provisions for publishing the valuation and tax abatement lists being followed?

    e) By-Laws, Art. 40
    Town Clerk should publish a municipal calendar of dates for elections and Town Meetings, including associated filing dates

    f) By-Laws, Art. 40
    Town Administrator should include in Annual Town Report a top-level organization chart

    g) By-Laws, Art. 50, s. 10
    Revise playing on public ways section

    h) By-Laws, Art. 50, s. 13
    Rewrite indecent or profane language. Freedom of speech issue?

    i) By-Laws, Art. 50, s. 18
    Up to $50? Who decides the amount of the fine?

    j) By-Laws, Art. 50, s. 20
    No more Town Dump. Abutting property?

    k) By-Laws, Art. 51, s. 6
    Not to exceed $50.00? A definite amount should be specified so that non-criminal disposition is applicable.

    l) By-Laws, Art. 51, s. 8
    This provision for an emergency notification list is buried in this by-law. It has wider applicability. Should it be a separate by-law or a new section in Article 50? Does the maintenance of an emergency notification list actually take place?

    m) By-Laws, Art. 51, s. 10
    Up to $100.00? A definite amount should be specified so that non-criminal disposition is applicable.

    n) By-Laws, Art. 52, s. 2; Art. 73
    Incorporate definition of junk collector into this section so that activity under Article 73 is included. Delete Article 73.