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Bylaw Minutes X6116
October 15, 1987
Members present: Ed Murphy, George Theophanis, Nils Nordberg, Dolores Carroll
and Phil Pacino.
7:39 Meeting called to order in Room 16 of the Town Hall
Peter Hechenbleikner, the Town Manager, was present to go over some items
of concern he had in the Bylaws.
The 1st concern was with the hiring of the FinCom clerk. After discusion
the committee agreed to change Section 5 of.A.rticle IV by dropping the 1st
sentence and putting in its place " The Finance Committee shall have a
clerk who shall be appointed by the Town Manager and who shall not be a
member of the committee."
The 2nd concern dealt with the Capital Improvement Program. The Town Manager
felt that the Program should be presented to the Annual Town Meeting and
not the Subsequent Town Meeting. After discussion the committee agreed
not change its prior decision.
The Town Manager breifly reviewed the Personnel Bylaw change. The Town
Manager then departed.
Chairman Murphy reported that he was to meet with the Moderator, the Town
Manager and the Chairman of the FinCom in a planning session for the
November Town Meeting.
The committee reviewed changes in the Bylaws made at its last meeting. The
committee also noted 2 techinal corrections in the Bylaws made at prior
meeting but not reflected in current copies. They were the elimination of
the words "Section 1" in article XXXIV and elimination of the word
"Municipal" on page 22.
The committee then proceded to review the Articles for the November Town
Meeting it will be taking action.
On a motion of George Theophanis and seconded by Nils Nordberg the committee
agreed to recommend Article 4.by a vote of 5 -0
The committee then voted by a margin of 4 -0 to have "Action Pending" on
Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 22 and 23.
10:00 Meeting adjourned to reconvene at 7:30 Thursday October 29, 1987
Respectfully submitted,
Philip B. Pacino, Clerk