1989-01-11 Bylaw Committee Minutes

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Bylaw Committee:Minutes #144 January 11, 1989 Members present; Ed Murphy; George'Tho)ephanis, Dolores Carroll and Phil Pacino. 7:35 Meeting called to order in Room 16 of the Town Hall. Minutes,#142 approved by a vote of 4-0 Minutes'#143 approved as amended by a vote of 4-0 Chairman Murphy reviewed with the committee a notice received on the Annual Report of the Town. After` discussion it was agreed that.George Thoephanis would author the Bylaw Committee section of the Annual report. The committee then reviewed the instructional motion made at the last Town Meeting which directs the Bylaw Committee to compile a history of the Bylaws and all changes thereon. After discussion it was decided to invite Ben Nichols, the maker, of the motion,to a future Bylaw Committee meeting to discuss the request. Additionally Chairman Murphy will contact the Town Clerk office as to availablity of any data relating to this request. The committee then proceded to return to the process of recodifing the Bylaws. The following changes were made: Article 1 was renumbered- 1.1 recame 1.0,`1.1.1 became 1.1, 1.1.2 became 1.2, 1.1.3 became 1.3, 1.1.4 became 1.4, 1.1.5.became 1.5, 1.1.6 became 1.6 and 1.1.7 became 1.7. Article 3 was placed in order - 3.0 Town Offices and Officers, 3.1 Selectman, 3.2 Town Treasurer-Collector and Town Accountant, 3.3 Town Clerk, 3.4 Finance Committee, 3.5 Bylaw Committee, 3.6 Council on Aging, 3.7 Board of Cemet'iry Trustees and 3.8 Gas Inspector Article 4 was placed in order - 4.0 Conduct of Town Business, 4.1 Capital Improvement Program, 4.2 Resolution of Legal Matters, 4.3 Town Reports and Records, 4.4 Contracts, 4.5 Licenses (this is to include bylaws dealing with Laudromats), 4.6 Disposal of Surplus Property, 4.7 Personnel, 4.8 Physicals, 4.9 User Fees, 4.10 Municipal Data Processing Center and 4.11 Rules and Regulations. Article 5 was placed in order - 5.0 Public Order, 5.1 Public Works, 5.2 Streets, Highways and Public Property, 5.3 Anti-Litter, 5.4 Ex#f-ation and Wells, 5.5 Public Conduct, 5,6 Dog Leash Law, 5.7 Wetlands Protection, 5.8 Scenic Roads, 5.9 Newsracks, 5.10 Retail Sales Hours and 5.11 Ticketing Bylaw. The committee then discussed getting a1,1 'changes made to date in therecodification process.to the Town.Clerk so they could put.on the word.processing system of the Town. Chairman Murphy said he would contact the Town Clerk on this matter. 9:39 Meeting adjourned until January 25, 1989 at 7:30 Sincerely, Philip B. Pacino, Clerk