1987-10-15 Bylaw Committee Minutes

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A Bylaw Minutes X6116 October 15, 1987 Members present: Ed Murphy, George Theophanis, Nils Nordberg, Dolores Carroll and Phil Pacino. 7:39 Meeting called to order in Room 16 of the Town Hall Peter Hechenbleikner, the Town Manager, was present to go over some items of concern he had in the Bylaws. The 1st concern was with the hiring of the FinCom clerk. After discusion the committee agreed to change Section 5 of.A.rticle IV by dropping the 1st sentence and putting in its place " The Finance Committee shall have a clerk who shall be appointed by the Town Manager and who shall not be a member of the committee." The 2nd concern dealt with the Capital Improvement Program. The Town Manager felt that the Program should be presented to the Annual Town Meeting and not the Subsequent Town Meeting. After discussion the committee agreed not change its prior decision. The Town Manager breifly reviewed the Personnel Bylaw change. The Town Manager then departed. Chairman Murphy reported that he was to meet with the Moderator, the Town Manager and the Chairman of the FinCom in a planning session for the November Town Meeting. The committee reviewed changes in the Bylaws made at its last meeting. The committee also noted 2 techinal corrections in the Bylaws made at prior meeting but not reflected in current copies. They were the elimination of the words "Section 1" in article XXXIV and elimination of the word "Municipal" on page 22. The committee then proceded to review the Articles for the November Town Meeting it will be taking action. On a motion of George Theophanis and seconded by Nils Nordberg the committee agreed to recommend Article 4.by a vote of 5 -0 The committee then voted by a margin of 4 -0 to have "Action Pending" on Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 22 and 23. 10:00 Meeting adjourned to reconvene at 7:30 Thursday October 29, 1987 Respectfully submitted, Philip B. Pacino, Clerk