1989-09-27 Bylaw Committee Minutes

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BYLAW COMMITTEE MINUTES #16 September 27, 1989 Members present: Ed Murphy, George Theophanis, Nils Nordberg and Dolores Carroll. Continuation of minutes taken by Chairman Ed Murphy. Following discussion with Moderator Paul Dustin, the committee began reviewing the Warrant for the November 13, 1989 Subsequent Town Meeting. Article 4: On motion of George Theophanis, seconded by Nils Nordberg, the committee recommended Article 4 (Recodification) by a vote of 4-". Article 5: The committee agreed to Ted Cohen's recommendation to amend the old bylaws, then bring up the recodification without any substantive changes, and then as a separate article, the changes_ hat passed, which would include the substantive changes in the recodification. ~ t On motion of Nils Nordberg, seconded by George Theophanis, the committee agr~ed4hat the 1st paragraph be changed so that -becomes,, 4.5.10; thaf '4.5.10.1" be inserted before the words "Building Permits,"` 4.5.10.27before the words "Electrical Permits" and`4.5.10.3 before the words "General Fees. "Section 2" would then become 4.5.10.4: On motion of Nils Nordberg, seconded by George Theophanis, the committee agreed to insert the words "the first sentence of" before the words "Section 5.6.7" of the 3rd paragraph of Article 5. On motion of Nils Nordberg, seconded by George Theophanis, the committee agreed to change the period to a comma after the word "Warrant" at the end of the 4th paragraph of Article 5. The amendment in the motion under Article 9 of the Special Town Meeting Warrant would be changed from "a. through j." to 5.7.4.1 through 5.7.4.10. Article 5: On motion of George Theophanis, seconded by Nils Nordberg, the committee voted to accept Article 5, as changed, by a vote of 4-0-0. Article 6: On motion of George Theophanis, seconded by Nils Nordberg, the committee voted in favor of Article 6 by a vote of `4-0-0. Article 7b: Following a discussion of the reconsideration process, on motion of George Theophanis, seconded by Nils Nordberg, Article 7b was indefinitely postponed with the recommendation that action under Robert's Rules be taken, whereby the moderator can take to consideration by seriatim to resolve the issue of reconsidering the budget line items. , Motion carried by a vote of 4-0-0. Article°8:. Off motion of Go~,ge eophanis, seconded by Nils Nordberg, = A not to recommend Article 8~by ~Ivo i'2 -0. 0