HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-09-30 Bylaw Committee MinutesBYLAW COMMITTEE MINUTES 4204
September 30, 1992
7:30 p.m. Meeting called to order in the Berger Room in
Town Hall.
Members present: Phil Pacino, George Theophanis, Ed Murphy,
Jack Russell and Dolores Carroll.
Guest present: Town Clerk Cathy Quimby.
Meeting began with the reading of Minutes #203. On.motion of
Jack Russell, seconded by Dolores Carroll, the minutes were
accepted by a vote of 3-0-2.
The Committee and Town Clerk Cathy Quimby reviewed her memo-
randum of June 8 proposing changes to the General Bylaws.
Under Section 3.4.3 she suggested replacing the word
"inhabitants" with the words "registered voters", which
would simplify the verification of signatures on a petition.
However, several members of the Committee felt the change
would restrict participation in Town government.
George Theophanis moved to have the Selectmen place an article
on the November warrant with the proposed change, which failed
by a vote of 2-3.
Section 2.2.4.3 will remain as is, since an alternative means
of notifying Town Meeting Members of a reconsideration, other
than the Chronicle, could not be reached.
Cathy's other suggestions, considered housekeeping, will be kept on
file for a future recodification.
Discussion then focused on a letter written by Dan Ensminger,
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, to Phil Pacino, on the
proposed snow and ice removal bylaw. The Committee had
previously voted it down in the November 1991 Town Meeting
and continues to oppose it and feelsthat the Selectmen should
be the originators of any article pertaining to snow removal. •
Phil will compose a letter directed to Dan informing him of
our decision and also that the Town Manager had suggested to
us, in a recent meeting, that the article would probably not
becoming up in the Subsequent Town Meeting.
Cathy had left a copy of the Conservation Commission's proposed
amendments to Section 5.7 (Wetlands Protection) of the General
Bylaws, which we reviewed, with the only recommendation being
to change their Section 5.7.18 to 5.7.17, so that our 5.7.17
will become 5.7.18.