Charter Review Committee Agenda1
April 6, 2016, Beginning at 7 PM Town Hall, First Floor Meeting Room
Admin
• Review Minutes of Mar 30, 2016
• Agenda Complaint
• Ask secretary to draft reappointment request letters.
Presentations – none Reconsideration
Ask committee members if they wish to ask for reconsideration of any submissions

Submission Discussions
Submission Page Summary
1 #158 (p 57) Publish Town Report (already covered in 2-3) – hear report
from Bud Robertson
2 #34.2 (p 31) Incorporate Town Manager review process into charter
3 #32.1 (p 10) Town manager spending authority
4 #78.1 (p 16) No strong Town Manager
5 #164.1 (p 25) Town Manager appointing authority
6 #78.5 (p 16) Involve Fincom and School Committee at start of budget
process
7 #38.3 (p 12) Clarify role of Fincom in budget process
8 #104 (p 92) Fincom sets budget priorities with public hearing
9 #126.1 (p 18) Fincom sets budget goals
10 #156 (p 21) Involve Fincom earlier in budget process
11 #58 (p 14) Audits available to the public


Language Discussions
Submission Page Summary
1 #66.1 (p 15) Approve wording of Fincom appointment process: modify 3-2 (d)
(Selectmen appointing authority to remove “finance committee, “and approve wording of 6.125
2 #35.1, #35.2 (p 45) Approve wording to prevent a Selectman from holding any other elected office: Collins wording of Mar 10, 2016 for Charter section 3-1 (c)
3 #152 (p 58) Approve wording to balance Selectman needs and day to day
operation of Town government, Collins wording of Mar 10, 2016 for new section 3-2 (b) 5.
4 #139 (p 83) Approve wording for hearing requirements for Town Manager,
Collins working of 10 Mar, 2016 for section 4-3 (2).

Additional Language Discussions (if time available)
Submission Page Summary
1 #27 (p 73) Approve wording of fee waiver process
2 #32, #78 (p 10, 16) Special Town Meeting vote for capital appropriations over $3M
3 #74 (p 17) Add Finance Committee input to union negotiations
4 #42 (p 25) Personnel policy negotiation team
5 #35.1, 35.2 (p 45) Prohibit Selectman from holding other elected office
6 #38.2, #66.1 (p 12, 15) Clarify role of BOS in collective bargaining
7 #158 (p 57) BOS responsibility for publishing annual report

Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting,


1 The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is
not intended as a guarantee of topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may, if fact,
be discussed, and other topics, not listed, may be brought up for discussion to the extent
permitted by law.

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.