Town of Natick
Charter and By-Law Review Committee




Meeting

Thursday, July 25, 7:00 PM
Retirement Board Conference Room, Third Floor, Town Hall

Agenda

  1. Reports on coordination with contacts: Raphael Herz with Conservation; Raphael Herz with Recreation; Jeffrey Phillips with Morse Institute; Linda Wollschlager with School Committee or School Superintendent; Paul Connolly with Comptroller; Paul Connolly with Assistant Treasurer/Collector

  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) By-Laws, Art. 12
    Collector of Taxes

  3. Discussion of plans for public hearing on Thursday, August 1.

  4. First-time discussion of specific items:

    a) By-Laws, Art. 11, s. 9
    Is there a news release for new appointments?

    b) By-Laws, Art. 41, s. 1, 3, 5, 8, 11
    Administrative regulations

    c) By-Laws, Art. 41, s. 12, table
    Are all the regulations in the library? Are they current? What about Planning Director? Are there any additional regulations? Add School Committee Policy Manual. Conservation Commission regulations?

    d) By-Laws, Art. 41
    Adopt new by-law to state that if an item has to be posted on the official Town bulletin board, then it has to be posted on the Town web site. Post rules and regulations on web site as well.

    e) By-Laws, Art. 43, s. 1, 2, 4, 5
    Licenses and permits of delinquent taxpayers

    f) By-Laws, Art. 70, s. 1, 3
    Public Works regulations

    g) By-Laws, Art. 80, s. 1, 3, 5
    Standardize references to the General Laws. Section 3 references may be wrong.

    h) By-Laws, Art. 90
    Article is no longer needed.

    i) By-Laws, Art. 92
    Say that violations of Charter provisions are handled in the same way as By-Laws.

    j) By-Laws, Art. 92, Table
    Fines are wrong in table.

    k) By-Laws, Art. 42, s. 1, 2; By-Laws, Art. 74, s. 1, 2
    Licenses

    l) By-Laws, Art. 74, s. 3
    This section is concerned with police regulations. It should be moved into the 50 series, either a new section or a new article.

    m) By-Laws, Art. 21
    Is there a Planning Director and is one required under MGL?