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CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
Minutes - September 8 2009
Present: Scott Kerry, Chair; Judy Cannon, John Knight, Stephen Wasby.
Absent: Nan Balmer
The meeting began at 5:05pm and was adjourned at 6:27pm.
The minutes of the July 21, 2009, meeting were approved as distributed, 4-0.
Dates for subsequent meetings for 2009 were agreed upon. Meetings will be on every other Tuesday at 5:00pm. The dates are:
October 6, October 20, November 3, November 17, December 1,
December 15, December 22
Scott Kerry covered some miscellaneous matters. There were letters from the Library Trustees about Charter provisions C3-8, I and J. The Trustees initially wished an increase in their numbers from three to five but now believe that state law requires that the number be “divisible by three.”
- It was moved and seconded to alter the Committee’s previous amendment of
C3-8I, so that the number of members would be “six” instead of “five.” Approved, 4-0.
Steve Wasby will develop language on the terms of new members.
Because the amendments to the Charter adopted at 2000 Town Meeting did not take effect, it was moved and seconded to amend C2-6 by replacing the words “any special Town Meeting” with “at all Town Meetings.” Approved, 4-0.
The provisions on which votes had been deferred at the prior meeting were listed, and decisions on them were again deferred. Scott Kerry will keep a list of the deferrals; Steve Wasby will develop a master line of Charter amendments the Committee adopts.
John Knight reported that there are no minutes from the development of the original Charter.
Judy Cannon commented on the process for changing elected positions to appointed positions,
with further discussion to occur at a subsequent meeting. Judy will also talk to the Town Clerk about obtaining a copy of the Charter that does not contain the 2000 amendments.
Scott Kerry is trying to coordinate a visit of the Town Administrator to the Committee.
The Committee then proceeded further through the Charter, starting with the last two provisions of Article III and continuing through Article IV (C4-3).
- C3-9. Moved, seconded to retain as written. Passed, 4-0.
- C3-10. Moved, seconded to retain as written. Passed, 4-0.
(This action deletes the words “with the approval of the Board of Selectmen”
adopted in 2000.)
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- C4. It was moved, seconded, and passed (4-0) to retain as written
C4-1, C4-2, C4-3A, C4-3B, C4-3C(1), C4-3C(2).
- C4-3C(3). Action was deferred.
- C4-3C(4) Moved, seconded to retain as written. Passed, 4-0.
- C4-3C(5). Moved, seconded to amend by adding “simultaneously” after “present” and
by adding “and the Finance Committee” after “Selectmen.” Passed, 4-0.
(The provision would now read: “Prepare and present simultaneously to the Board of
Selectmen and the Finance Committee, in the . . . , a draft annual operating budget . . “)
- C4-3C(6). Moved, seconded to retain as written. Passed, 4-0.
- C4-3C(7). Action was deferred.
- For each of the following, it was moved, seconded, and passed 4-0, to retain as written:
4-3C(8), 4-3C(9), 4-3C(10), 4-3C(11), 4-3C(12), and 4-3C(13).
Respectfully submitted,
Stephen L. Wasby, Clerk
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