Charter Review Committee Agenda1
July 27, 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 20, 2016
? Tally:
Remaining To Present ................................. 3 (5 added since Jul 1, 2016)
Remaining To Complete .............................. 7
Completed ............................................... 197
Total ........................................................ 207
? Completed:
Accepted .................................................... 54
Referred ..................................................... 14
Previously addressed or dismissed .......... 129
Presentations
Sub #
Page
Submitted By
Summary
1
#181
4 (new)
Patricia Woods
Require that Town Manager, Town Clerk, Superintendent of Schools reside in Groton
2
#182
5 (new)
Patricia Woods
Require Selectmen to sign expense and payroll warrants and continue to elect Town Clerk
Reconsideration
? Ask if any member wishes to request reconsideration of a completed submission.
Reconsiderations to be Discussed
? None
Submission Discussions
Sub #
Page
Submitted By
Summary
1
#42
25
Michael Manugian
[BC] Personnel policy negotiation team
20160330 to Collins for wording
2
#93
44
John Giger
[BC] 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.
3
#82
41
John Giger
[JA] define officer
4
#96
76
John Giger
[JA] offices supervised by TM 4-2 (a)
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
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 27, 2016 – page 2 of 2
Sub #
Page
Submitted By
Summary
5
#100
79
John Giger
[JA] 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
6
#180
3
(new)
Charter Review Committee
[BC] No meetings allowed to conflict with Town Meeting 2-7(b)
20160713 referred to Mr. Collins for wording
Charter Review Schedule
? Recommend schedule changes (if any)
Closing
? Confirm next meeting: Aug 3, 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
3. Review draft of proposed charter with all changes (tentatively scheduled for 20160803)

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.