Salisbury Charter Review Committee

Minutes of Regular Meeting

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

 

 

Members Present:  Bob Carroll (BC); Mike Gilbert (MG); Robert Straubel (RS); Jim Dondero (JD); Mary Cuddire (MC);

 

Member(s) Absent:   Harold Congdon; Ed Hunt

 

Visitors:  Neil Harrington, Town Manager; Ron Ray, Moderator

 

Chairperson Opens Regular Meeting at 7:04 p.m.

 

  1. Old Business
    1. None

 

  1. Approval of July 14, 2009 Meeting Minutes
    1. MG moves to approve the amended minutes – JD seconds – vote in favor 5-0 (unanimous).

 

  1.  Discuss and vote on recommended changes to various articles

 

    1. Neil Harrington presents memo of 8/3/09 regarding limiting the Board of Assessors to voters and non-employees..

                                          i.    Many towns have employee board members because of training requirements, etc.

                                        ii.    Mr. Harrington believes there should be an exception to the proposed town employee rule for the Board of Assessors.

                                       iii.    MC introduces issues relating to the Harbor Commission and Ron Ray comments that it is difficult to vote on employee issues of the Harbor Commissions when employees are also Harbor Commission members

    1. MG moves to amend the recommended change to the last line in Salisbury Charter § 7-9 (g) to read:  “Town employees shall not serve on multi-member bodies.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Town employees and non-voters shall be eligible to serve on the Board of Assessors and ad hoc committees.”  RS seconds – vote in favor 3 (RC, MG, RS) – 2 (MC, JD) – Motion carries.
    2. RC distributes a marked-up copy of the revised Charter and asks that the Committee approve the recommended changes in punctuation and capitalization that he has made.

                                          i.    JD moves to recommend the changes with three exceptions noted on the Clerk’s copy.  MG seconds – vote in favor 5-0 (unanimous)

    1. JD presents a copy of the comments that he would like included in the preface to the revised Charter.

                                          i.    The Committee generally agrees that the comments are well written and should be included.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Visitor Comments
    1. No comments

 

  1. Adjournment
    1. JD moves to adjourn – MG seconds – vote is unanimous to adjourn at 8:17 PM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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