Town of Groton
Meeting Notice
Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100
Charter Review Committee Meeting
Wednesday, November 16 2016 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA
This meeting was posted Monday, November 14 2016 at 8:07 AM
Agenda
November 16, 2016, Beginning at 7 PM, Town Hall, First-Floor Meeting Room
Admin
? Review Minutes of Nov 9, 2016
? Announce that Committee is again receiving submissions
Submission Discussions
Page numbers are from the report of Submissions received after Sep 18, 2015.
Submission
Page
From
Summary
1
#192
(p 10)
Jack Petropoulos
Board of Assessors and Assessors
2
#193
(p 12)
Lorraine Leonard
Alternates on Finance Committee
Reconsideration
Note: The two following votes require that all seven members of the Committee be present.
? Vote on reconsideration of limiting financial articles at Fall Town Meeting (which ended in a tie vote in the Oct 5, 2016 meeting).
? Vote on reconsideration of the rule requiring a re-vote with all members present on any motion ending in a tie vote.
? Ask if any member wishes to request reconsideration of a completed submission
Reconsiderations to be Discussed
? None
Charter Draft Review
? None
Charter Review Schedule
? Review and approve new schedule
Other Discussions (if time allows)
? Review latest draft of final report to the public
Closing
? Review open action items
? No meeting on Nov 23, 2016
? Confirm date and location of next meeting: Nov 30, 2016
Open Items for Future Meetings
1. For final presentation create overview of reasons we proposed changes to the charter (meeting of 20160608).
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 08-14-2016 8:05am 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.