Town of Natick
Charter and By-Law Review Committee




Meeting

Thursday, May 16, 7:00 PM
Retirement Board Conference Room, Third Floor, Town Hall

Agenda

  1. Continuing discussion of specific items:

    a) Charter, Art. 5, s. 5-2(a), 5-2(b)
    School budget process. (Jeff Phillips, coordination with School Committee contact)

    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 contact)

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

    e) Charter, Art. 5, s. 5-3, 5-6(a), 5-6(c), 5-7
    Budget process. Prepare for joint meeting with Finance Committee on May 23.

    f) By-Laws, Art. 23, s. 1, 4, 6
    Finance Committee. Prepare for joint meeting with Finance Committee on May 23.

  2. First-time discussion of specific items:

    a) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-2(a)
    Reword paragraph.

    b) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-4(b)
    Review powers and duties. (Paul Connolly)

    c) Charter, Art. 3, s. 3-6(b)
    Review powers and duties. (Paul Connolly)

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

    e) Charter, Art. 4, s. 4-1
    Rewrite because of recent by-law changes.

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

    4. 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.