1989-08-10 Bylaw Committee Minutes

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Bylaw Committee Minutes 4157 August:;10, 1989 Members present: Ed Murphy, George Theophanis, Dolores Carroll and Phil Pacino 731 Meeting called to order in the Meeting Room of the Library by Chairman Murphy Minutes #156 were approved by a vote of 4-0 George Theophanis reported on the meetings of the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee has invited the Bylaw Committee to their next meeting on August 22, 1989 to discuss several issues dealing with Town Meeting. Particular discussion will be the omnibus motion for presenting the annual budget. The proposed policy on taxis was reviewed byi:the committee. No action was taken on the matter. The committee then reviewed a letter along with a proposed bylaw dealing with the publication of the Assessors' Valuation List. After discussion it was decided to invite the Historical Commission, who are proposing the bylaw, to a future Bylaw Committee meeting. The committee then reviewed a letter from Jane Stocker. After discussion the committee decided to take no further action on the matter. The committee.discussed the omnibus motion for presenting the annual budget to Town Meeting. In a continuation of his report on the Rules Committee meetings George Theophanis asked to what extent the omnibus motion should be flexible to provide for Town Meeting to return and change any line item already decided. The committee then returned to the recodification process. Numerous capitalization, punctation and grammar corrections were made.. In section 1.7.6 and 1,7.10 the defination'of'Town Officer and Official Body it was decided to exclude Town Meeting members. In'se'ction 1.7.10 trusteeship was added. In section 2.1.8 the Moderator was added. In section 2.2.4.1 after the word "disposed" in the 4th sentence would be added "by the calling of the next article by the Moderator". In section 3.4.7 the committee added"as defined in section 2-12 of the Charter" after "appointment committee". In section 3.5,2 the committee added "as defined in section 2-12 of the Charter" after "appointing authority". In section 3.7.2 at the end the committee added "within state and federal constitutional constrants." On a. motion of George Theophanis and seconded by Dolores Carroll the committee voted 4-0 to add.to. section 2.2.1 rule 17 'after "Motion to adjourn;' the words"move the question". 10:35 Meeting adjourned until August 22, 1989 at 7:30 Sincerely, Philip B. Pacino. Clerk