HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-03-11 Bylaw Committee MinutesBYLAW COMMITTEE MINUTES #197
March 11, 1992
7:45 p.m. Meeting called to order in the Employees' Lounge of
Town Hall.
Members present: Phil Pacino, George Theophanis, Ed Murphy,
Jack Russell and Dolores Carroll.
Guest present: Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner joined the
Committee to review various warrant articles for the Annual
Town Meeting.
First reviewed was Article 4 which would allow the maximum
gross receipts for property tax deferrals to be raised from
$20,000 to $40,000. Total deferrals cannot exceed 500 of the
value of the property and would be paid to the Town upon the
death of the owner or sale of the property.
Under Article 8 a committee would be formed to study capital
improvements and recommend a budget to Town Meeting for capital
expenditures for the next five years. As a former Finance
Committee member, Phil felt that responsibility should remain
with the FinCom, even though Peter feels that preparation of
the annual budget gives them a considerable amount of work.
Recommendation of Article 9 would move the closing of the
warrant for the Subsequent Town Meting up one week, with a
few except ions-~,L(I-t would allow -a 9-it-icnal time for CPDC to
hold their hearings and could eliminate the need for Special
Town Meetings.
Peter continued with proposed changes to the organizational
chart under Article 26; i.e., Health/Weights will be added to
Human Services, Arts Council will be added to the Library,
Insurance will be included in General Services, etc.
Minutes of Meeting #196 were read and accepted as corrected.
The Committee then proceeded to discuss and vote on the
following articles:
Article 4: On motion of Jack Russell, seconded by Ed Murphy,
the Committee voted to recommend Article 4 by a vote of 5-0.
Article 6: On motion of Jack Russell, seconded by Ed Murphy,
the Committee voted NOT to recommend Article 6 by a vote of
4-0-1.
Article 7: On motion of Jack:Russell, seconded by Dolores
Carroll, the Committee voted to recommend Article 7 by a vote
of 5-0.
Article 9: On motion of Ed Murphy, seconded by Dolores Carroll,
the Committee voted to recommend Article 9 by a vote of 5-0.