Town of Groton
Meeting Notice
Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100
Charter Review Committee Meeting
Wednesday, January 11 2017 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA
This meeting was posted Monday, January 9 2017 at 9:00 AM
Agenda
January 11, 2017, Beginning at 7 PM, Town Hall, First-Floor Meeting Room
Admin
? Review Minutes of Jan 5, 2017
? Announce that Committee is accepting submissions and comments through Jan 30, 2017
? Announce upcoming Public Hearings on the 18th and 25th
? Announce whether new submissions have been received since the last meeting
Presentation of New Submissions
Page numbers are from the report of Submissions received after Sep 18, 2015.
Submission
Page
From
Summary
1
195
12
Jason Weber
Formatting and syntax recommendations
2
196
13
Russell Harris
Change Principal Assessor title
3
198
14
Russell Harris
Clarify role of Principal Assessor
4
197
13
Judy Anderson
Add GELD to Charter, library responsibilities
Discussion of Previous Presented Submissions Including:
Submission
Page
From
Summary
1
195
12
Jason Weber
Formatting and syntax recommendations
2
196
13
Russell Harris
Change Principal Assessor title
3
198
14
Russell Harris
Clarify role of Principal Assessor
4
197
13
Judy Anderson
Add GELD to Charter, library responsibilities
Reconsideration
? Ask if any member wishes to request reconsideration of a completed submission
Reconsiderations to be Discussed
? None
Charter Draft Review
? Review response from Town Counsel on question regarding limiting BOS responsibilities.
? Review latest draft and approve for posting on Town web site.
? Discuss removal of comment references from flagged Charter
? Transitional consideration: public presentation of existing fee waivers and policies
Other Discussions
? Review latest draft of final report to the public for posting
? Review latest draft of summary for posting
Charter Review Schedule
? Review preparations for town government public hearings
? Review preparations for general public hearings
Closing
? Review open action items
? Confirm date and location of next meeting: public hearings Jan 18 and 25, 2017
? Confirm date and location of next regular meeting: Feb 1, 2017
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.
Meeting posted 01-09-2016 9:00am 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.