Town of Natick
Charter and By-Law Review Committee




Meeting

Thursday, July 18, 7:00 PM
Retirement Board Conference Room, Third Floor, Town Hall

Agenda

  1. Reports on coordination with contacts: Raphael Herz with Conservation; Raphael Herz, Jeffrey Phillips with Recreation; Jeffrey Phillips with Morse Institute; Linda Wollschlager, Jeffrey Phillips with School Committee or School Superintendent

  2. 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

    b) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-12
    Recreation Commission; park maintenance

    c) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-1(h)
    Restriction on recall after election

  3. First-time discussion of specific items:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    j) 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?

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

    l) 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.

    m) Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-3 (c)
    Acting Town Administrator and vacancies in Town employment

    n) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-1 (g)
    Are vacancies being posted?

    o) By-Laws, Art. 10
    Should School Committee appoint Keefe Tech representatives?

    p) By-Laws, Art. 12
    Collector of Taxes

    q) By-Laws, Art. 22, s. 4, 5c, 6, 8
    Town Counsel