SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
A special town meeting of the electors and citizens qualified to vote in town meetings of the Town of North Stonington, Connecticut, will be held on the date indicated at the time and location noted below for the following purposes:
LOCATION: North Stonington Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room
DATE: September, 29, 2008
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
1. To hear and act upon the approval of an Ordinance Amending Permanent School Building and Planning Commission Ordinance to provide for the Establishment of an Ad Hoc School Building Committee.
WHEREAS, on December 15, 1986, the Town Meeting of the Town of North Stonington adopted an ordinance with respect to the Permanent School Building and Planning Committee repealing prior ordinances with respect thereto; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable to amend said Ordinance adopted December 15, 1986 so as to provide for the establishment of ad hoc school building committees for time-to-time;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED at a duly warned Town Meeting of the electors and those entitled to vote at Town Meetings of the Town of North Stonington, as follows:
1. Said Ordinance shall be and hereby is amended by adding a new section at its conclusion, to read as follows:
“SECTION 7. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Ordinance, the legal voters of the Town of North Stonington in Town Meeting may by resolution determine from time-to-time to establish an ad hoc school building committee with respect to new construction of, or renovation, improvements and/or additions to, school facilities, such committee to act in lieu of the Permanent School Building and Planning Committee. Each such committee may be charged by the Town Meeting, without limitation, to conduct studies regarding the need for the respective school facilities and the methods of construction, financing and related matters, together with such other powers, authorities and duties as may be granted by the Town Meeting from time-to-time. Each such committee shall
consist of not less than seven (7) members nor more than eleven (11) members, as to be determined by the Town Meeting, which members shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Selectmen. Each committee member shall serve until such member’s successor is appointed and qualified, or the committee disbanded. Committee members shall receive no compensation for their services as such, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their committee duties, subject to budgetary limitations. Necessary expenses of each such committee may be included in the cost of the respective project. In the performance of its duties and in the exercise of its powers aforesaid, no such committee shall incur any expenses or obligate the Town to pay any expense in excess of the funds appropriated by the Town for such purpose. The records of each such committee shall be filed with the Town Clerk and open to public
inspection. Upon completion of its charge, each such committee shall make a complete report and accounting to the Board of Selectmen and the Town.”
Said Ordinance shall continue in full force and effect in all other respects.
This ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in accordance with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Passed and approved by the legal voters of the Town of North Stonington in Town Meeting on the _________ day of __________, 2008.
ATTEST: Norma J. Holliday, Town Clerk
Published: _____________, 2008 (__________, page ___)
Effective date: _____________, 2008
2. Resolved; in accordance with the Ordinance Amending Permanent School Building and Planning Committee Ordinance paragraph 7, which provides for the Establishment of an Ad Hoc School Building Committee, to now establish an Ad Hoc School Building Committee, of eleven (11) members with respect to new construction of, or renovation, improvements and/or additions to, the Wheeler school facilities. The committee is to act in lieu of the Permanent School Building and Planning Committee to conduct studies regarding the need for the respective school facilities and the methods of construction, the committee members shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Selectmen. Each committee member shall serve until such member’s successor is appointed and qualified, or the committee disbanded. No such committee shall incur any expenses or obligate the Town to pay any expense in excess of the funds appropriated by the Town for such purpose. The records of each such committee shall be filed with the Town Clerk and open to public inspection. Upon completion of its charge, the committee shall make a complete report and accounting to the Board of Selectmen and the Town.”
3. To review and accept Revisions to the Local Capital Improvement Plan and approve an additional appropriation of $30,000 to the Local Capital Improvement Plan line item B27.00.
Dated at North Stonington this 16th day of September, 2008.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Nicholas H. Mullane, II
William S. Ricker
Shawn P. Murphy
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