Charter Review Committee Agenda1
July 13, 2016, Beginning at 7 PM , Town Hall, First floor Meeting Room
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting.
Admin
? Review Minutes of Jul 6, 2016
? Tally:
Remaining To Present ................................. 1 (received after Jul 1, 2016)
Remaining To Complete ............................ 12
Completed ............................................... 190
Total ........................................................ 203
? Completed:
Accepted .................................................... 53
Referred ..................................................... 14
Previously addressed or dismissed .......... 123
Presentations
Sub #
Page
Submitted By
Summary
1
179
3
David Melpignano
Term Limits for Selectmen
Reconsideration
? Ask if any member wishes to request reconsideration of a completed submission.
Reconsiderations to be Discussed
? None
Charter Review Schedule
? Review and complete schedule through Spring 2017 Town Meeting
Submission Discussions (as time permits)
Sub #
Page
Submitted By
Summary
1
170
4
Robert Collins
Proper and consistent capitalization
20160706 review revised style sheet from McCoy
2
42
25
Michael Manugian
Personnel policy negotiation team
20160330 to Collins for wording
3
93
44
John Giger
Decide which elected officers to list in Charter
20160503 Mr. Collins will write a preamble to Charter Article 3 and may rearrange a few other things in the Article to clarify why some elected offices are mentioned and others are not.
4
151
28
Jack Petropoulos
'Day to Day’ vs ‘Policy’
20160615 already addressed but needs to be dismissed
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.
Charter Review Agenda for July 13, 2016 – page 2 of 2
Sub #
Page
Submitted By
Summary
5
96
76
John Giger
other office held by TM
20160203 Submissions # 96 and 97 (page 76 in the Charter Section Summary), from John Giger, were postponed, by consensus, to a time when all definitions in Section 1-9 could would be discussed.
20160622 referred to Ms. Allen to document occurrences of ‘officer’ in Charter
6
100
79
John Giger
definition of offices - 4-2(j)
20160203 This submission was deferred by consensus to a time when definitions, in Charter Section 1-9, would be addressed.
20160622 deferred until results of Ms. Allen’s research for #96 available
7
104
92
John Giger
Add BOS sets budget priorities
Covered in Fincom/BOS budget responsibilities
20160622 deferred until after draft budget due date reconsideration discussion
8
176
none
Charter Review Committee
Allow vote on Charter changes at either Town Meeting
9
109
95
John Giger
clarify removal process (7-7)
10
171
6
John Ellenberger
Comments on review of Herald articles from original Charter process
11
82
41
John Giger
define officer
12
87
40
John Giger
definitions; Dept Head, Division Head, Code of Groton.
Language Discussions (if time permits)
Sub #
Page
Summary
1
#74
(p 17)
Add Finance Committee input to union negotiations (review wording in 6-8)
2
#38.2
(p 12)
Clarify role of BOS in collective bargaining (confirm proposed wording change in 4-2 (e))
Draft Charter Structure (if time permits)
? Review and consider changes to structure of draft Charter and associated documents.
Closing
? Confirm next meeting Jul 20, 2016
Open Items for Future Meetings
1. For final presentation create overview of reasons we proposed changes to the charter (meeting of 20160608).
2. Towards the very end of the process, delete (or replace) Article 8 Transition #174

Meeting posted 07-11-2016 8:49am npierce

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.