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Bylaw Committee all U 18 PM 4: I Q
Date: 2019-10-23 Time: 7:30 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Discuss Bylaw preventing non- Session: General Session
residents from being voting members
Attendees: Members - Present:
Jeffrey Struble, Stephen Crook, Chris O'Donoghue, Jesse Arnold, Jason
Clarke
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Matt Kraunelis
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jason Clarke
Topics of Discussion:
o Meeting called to order 7:37pm
o Reviewed draft of memo regarding General Bylaw 3.3.1.3 - Residency
Required, to be sent to appointed boards and committees
• will revise to be from entire committee
• motion to accept memo as amended, Arnold motion, Crook
second, approved 5-0-0
o Discussion of 2.2.9 - Alan Foulds, Moderator, states wording of Bylaw doesn't
make sense; recommendation is to strike any mention of a chair or time
requirement; committee may be called by the moderator from time to time or
at the request of any four members of the Rules Committee. In the absence
of a Moderator, the committee shall elect a temporary chair.
o New proposed bylaw: "The Moderator may call a meeting of the Rules
Committee, as established under Section 2.12 of the charter, from time to
time. In addition, no less than four members of the Rules Committee may call
a meeting. The Moderator shall chair the meeting; in the absence of the
Moderator the members shall elect a temporary chair."
o Bylaw Chair will send new bylaw working and also ask Moderator whether the
Rules Committee should meet to formalize the process of replacing precinct
chairs
o Proposed changes to Bylaws
• 5.2 - Change "Section 6.4" to "Section 6.2"
• 5.3.1. - change "as defined in 8.7"to"as defined in 1.6"
• 5.3.2 - change "newspaper of general circulation in the town" to "local
news medium" and delete"if such newspaper exists"
• 5.4.1 - Change Ice Cream Truck Vendors to Food Truck Vendors
• 5.4.2 - delete additional "for" in second paragraph
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5.4.3 - Chair will contact Chief to ask whether $100 charge is still
sufficient or if it should be raised
• 6 - all instances of Treasure-Collector should just be Collector
• 6.1.3 - Rename to "Adoption of Capital Improvements Program"
6.2.2 - change 6.3.6 to 6.2.6
6.2.3 - 6.3.6 to 6.2.2 - as Town Counsel to review last sentence of
this section regarding notice and hearing
• 6.5.2 - Consult Town Clerk about potential additional locations
o Minutes - Arnold moved, Crook seconded - approved w/ amendments 5-0-0
o New business - Home Rule Petition change - Crook move to recommend to
Town Meeting, Arnold seconded, approved 5-0-0
o Next meeting: Tuesday 11/26 7:30pm
• Review chapters 7-8
o Motion to adjourn, Arnold moved, O'Donoghue seconded, approved 5-0-0
9:31pm
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