1987-05-28 Bylaw Committee Minutes

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By -Law Committee Minutes # 112 May 28, 1987 Members Present: Ed Murphy, Chairman, George Theophanis, Phil Pacino, Dolores Carroll and Nils Nordberg 7:30 p.m. Chairman Murphy called the meeting to order and opened a Public Hearing on the subject of the Committee's proposed revisions of the General By -Laws of the Town, appropriate to bringing the By -Laws into conformity with the Town of Reading Home Rule Charter. Members of the public present were Mollie Ziegler and Virginia Adams. Chairman Murphy outlined the work of the Committee to date and made available to the public copies of the most recent working draft of the revised by -laws. Chairman Murphy then opened the floor to questions and comments from the public. Mollie Ziegler raised questions concerning the capital improvement program and expressed her concern regarding the Charter requirement for a program to be prepared preparatory to the operating budget whereas the by -laws would require a capital improvement program be submitted to the Fall Town Meeting. Following some discussion among the members of the Committee and Mrs. Ziegl::.,, Nils Nordberg moved, and Phil Pacino seconded,that Article 4 be amended by inserting at the beginning of the first sentence the words: AFTER SUBMISSION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO THE SELECTMEN AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE and by deleting from the first sentence the words A FIVE YEAR IMPROVEMENT and the fifth sentence to be SECTION 1, the first four sentences to be SECTION 2 and the second and third sentences to be SECTION 3. VOTE: 5 -0 -0 APPROVED Mrs. Ziegler also had a question regarding the repeal of. Article 30. After some discussion it was agreed that the amendments to the Charter at November '86 Town Meeting resolved the issues with which she was concerned. Virginia Adams expressed some concerns regarding Article 2. There being no apparent conflict between by -laws and the Charter in this regard the Committee assured Mrs. Adams that the subject of her concerns would be considered when the Committee undertakes to recodify the by -laws. Mrs. Adams j also had some questions regarding Section 4 of Article XIV. Again, there being no conflict between Charter and By -Laws, it was agreed that this subject would be taken up when the Committee addresses the recodification of the by -laws. There being no other comments or questions from the public Chairman Murphy thanked Mrs. Ziegler and Mrs. Adams for their interest and time in attending and closed the Public Hearing. The Committee then convened to review the newest revisied draft, made several punctuation corrections and requested