Town of Natick
Charter and By-Law Review Committee




Meeting

Thursday, June 6, 7:00 PM
Retirement Board Conference Room, Third Floor, Town Hall

Agenda

  1. Take action on items in the Awaiting Review table (Note).

  2. Assemble committee remarks from review of By-Laws, Articles 44, 50, 51, 52, also 73, 74. Identify any new items that have surfaced subsequent to the first pass-through of the Charter and earlier sections of the By-Laws. Identify any pressing items in later sections of the By-Laws.

  3. 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, coordination with Conservation Commission contact)

    b) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-9(b)
    What about resignation? (Jeffrey Phillips, coordination with Trustees of Morse Institute)

    c) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-12, 3-12(b)
    Recreation Commission; park maintenance (Raphael Herz, coordination with Recreation Commission contact)

    d) Charter, Art. 5, s. 5-3, 5-6(a), 5-6(c), 5-7
    Budget process. Consider feedback from Finance Committee.

    e) By-Laws, Art. 23, s. 1, 4, 6
    Finance Committee. Consider feedback from Finance Committee.

    4. f) Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-1; Art. 7, s. 7-12
    Superseded by by-law changes. Consider changes to draft.

    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.