Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Charter Review Committee Meeting

Wednesday, August 24 2016 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Monday, August 22 2016 at 2:26 PM

Agenda

Charter Review Committee Agenda1
August 24, 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 Aug 17, 2016
? Tally
Remaining To Present .................................0
Remaining To Complete ..............................5
Completed................................................ 211
Total ......................................................... 216
? Completed:
Accepted .................................................... 62
Referred ..................................................... 14
Previously addressed or dismissed .......... 135
Reconsideration
? Ask if any member wishes to request reconsideration of a completed submission.
Reconsiderations to be Discussed
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
#184
Michael McCoy
Appointment of department heads
20160810 referred to Mr. Schulman for wording
4
#187
Michael McCoy
Combining sections referring to Town Moderator
20160810 Mr. McCoy to suggest wording to include 3-4 (d) except first sentence into section 2-2
Charter Change Audit
? Begin detailed audit of all proposed Charter changes.
? Assign open action items
Charter Review Schedule
? Recommend schedule changes (if any)
Closing
? Confirm next meeting: Aug 31, 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
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. Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting.

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.