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0� OFR�O <br />`� Town of Reading RECEi�VED <br />Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK <br />F,� ', "i��'' READING, MA. <br />6ja,recoxo°a <br />Board - committee - commission - Council: 2022 APR 13 PM 3: 08 <br />Bylaw Committee <br />Date: 2021-11-01 Time: 7:30 PM <br />Building: <br />Reading Town Hall <br />Address: <br />16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: <br />Attendees: <br />Members - Present: <br />Jeff Struble <br />Jason Clarke <br />Jesse Arnold <br />Liz Sullivan <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Kern Perry <br />Location: <br />Session: Open Session <br />Version: <br />Others Present: <br />Matt Kraunelis, Alan Foulds, Laura Gemme, Cadence Thomases, Alicia <br />Williams, Kimberly Moreau <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jesse Arnold <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Electronic Voting <br />Jeff Struble presented the current rules and bylaws governing voting. <br />A discussion was had about the goals of exploring electronic voting: <br />• The Rules Committee was unanimous in asking the bylaws committee to look at <br />possibilities for electronic voting. <br />The Bylaws Committee explored the outstanding questions about a switch to electronic <br />voting, such as: <br />• What votes need to be retained for the permanent record <br />• What votes need to be displayed contemporaneously at Town Meeting <br />• Does the current hardware that the town possesses have the ability to record <br />discrete votes? <br />• Should all procedural votes have electronic records? <br />o Alan Foulds weighed in that it is important to have exceptions to any future <br />bylaws or rules regarding electronic voting. <br />• Roll Call Votes <br />o Does an electronic vote that records individual votes allow us to retain the <br />roll call vote as it currently exists, or does it get rid of the need for a roll <br />call vote? <br />Page 1 1 <br />