Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

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

Charter Review Committee Meeting

Wednesday, February 1 2017 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Monday, January 30 2017 at 8:40 AM

Agenda

Charter Review Committee Agenda1
February 1, 2017, Beginning at 7 PM, Town Hall, First-Floor Meeting Room
Admin
? Review Minutes of Jan 25, 2017 (10 am and 7 pm)
? Announce that the Committee is no longer accepting submissions
? Announce whether new submissions have been received since the last meeting
New Submissions
Page numbers are from the report of Submissions received after Sep 18, 2015.
Submission
Page
From
Summary
1
200
15
Jack Petropoulos
Prohibit employees from serving as Enterprise Fund Commissioners
2
201
16
David Woods
Assessors hired and supervised by Board of Assessors
Discussion of Previously Presented Submissions
? Review response from Town Counsel on question regarding limiting BOS responsibilities.
? Collins wording for fee waivers
Discussion of Comments on Proposed Changes
? Consider changes in reporting requirements for Enterprise funds
? Resolve issue with union members on contract negotiating team (include comments from Town Manager). This item may be deferred until later in the meeting in order to accommodate conflict with Town Manager’s schedule.
? Review other comments received to date
Reconsideration
? Ask if any member wishes to request reconsideration of a completed submission
Reconsiderations to be Discussed
? None
Charter Draft Review
Other Discussions
? Review latest draft of final report to the public for posting
? Review latest draft of summary for posting
Charter Review Schedule
? Collins report on wording and schedule for Town Meeting warrant article, ballot question, General Court petition
? Review preparations for general public hearings
Closing
? Review open action items
? Confirm date and location of next regular meeting: Feb 8, 2017
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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 01-30-2017 8:40am 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.