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Town of Reading <br /> Y Meeting Minutes ly '.il <br /> '1"1 P r1 4: RK <br /> u''1Kox m r %' ,IA. <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br /> Bylaw Committee all U 18 PM 4: I Q <br /> Date: 2019-10-23 Time: 7:30 PM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street <br /> Purpose: Discuss Bylaw preventing non- Session: General Session <br /> residents from being voting members <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Jeffrey Struble, Stephen Crook, Chris O'Donoghue, Jesse Arnold, Jason <br /> Clarke <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Others Present: <br /> Matt Kraunelis <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jason Clarke <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> o Meeting called to order 7:37pm <br /> o Reviewed draft of memo regarding General Bylaw 3.3.1.3 - Residency <br /> Required, to be sent to appointed boards and committees <br /> • will revise to be from entire committee <br /> • motion to accept memo as amended, Arnold motion, Crook <br /> second, approved 5-0-0 <br /> o Discussion of 2.2.9 - Alan Foulds, Moderator, states wording of Bylaw doesn't <br /> make sense; recommendation is to strike any mention of a chair or time <br /> requirement; committee may be called by the moderator from time to time or <br /> at the request of any four members of the Rules Committee. In the absence <br /> of a Moderator, the committee shall elect a temporary chair. <br /> o New proposed bylaw: "The Moderator may call a meeting of the Rules <br /> Committee, as established under Section 2.12 of the charter, from time to <br /> time. In addition, no less than four members of the Rules Committee may call <br /> a meeting. The Moderator shall chair the meeting; in the absence of the <br /> Moderator the members shall elect a temporary chair." <br /> o Bylaw Chair will send new bylaw working and also ask Moderator whether the <br /> Rules Committee should meet to formalize the process of replacing precinct <br /> chairs <br /> o Proposed changes to Bylaws <br /> • 5.2 - Change "Section 6.4" to "Section 6.2" <br /> • 5.3.1. - change "as defined in 8.7"to"as defined in 1.6" <br /> • 5.3.2 - change "newspaper of general circulation in the town" to "local <br /> news medium" and delete"if such newspaper exists" <br /> • 5.4.1 - Change Ice Cream Truck Vendors to Food Truck Vendors <br /> • 5.4.2 - delete additional "for" in second paragraph <br /> Page 1 1 <br />