Voting:

Board of Selectmen voted: 

That Title II, Article 3, Section 5, Capital Planning Committee of the Town Bylaws be and hereby is amended to expand the number of registered voter members appointed by the Moderator from four to “up to six” upon the request of the Town Manager and Chair of the Capital Planning Committee, with any members added serving a single term unless reappointment is requested by the Manager and the Chair; and further that Section 5 be amended to stagger the terms of Moderator appointed members so as to read as follows:

Section 5. Capital Planning Committee

There is hereby established a Capital Planning Committee consisting of the Town Manager, the Superintendent of Schools, the Town Treasurer, the comptroller, or their designees, a member of the Finance Committee and at least four and up to six registered voters of the town appointed by the Moderator.

The Finance Committee member and Moderator appointed members shall serve for a three year termscommencing July 1, 1986, and members shall be eligible for reappointment.  Following the effective date of this revised bylaw,the Moderator shall appoint four members for a term of one,  two, or three-year terms for the specific purpose of staggering term expirations, with all subsequent appointments and reappointments for three years.

The Moderator may, at the joint request of the Town Manager and the Chair of the Capital Planning Committee, appoint up to two additional registered voters of the town.  Additional members appointed pursuant to this section shall serve a single three-year term unless the Town Manager and Chair of the Capital Planning Committee jointly request reappointment.

A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment. The committee shall choose its own officers. It may spend such sums as shall be annually appropriated.                            (5 – 0)

Board of Selectmen Supplemental Comment:

In the fourth paragraph of the Vote and Comment on page 2 of the Report of the Board of Selectmen, there are two administrative changes, one to clarify the intent of the staggered terms, and a second, to strike a duplicative use of the word “term” as follows:

 

The Finance Committee member and Moderator appointed members shall serve for a three year terms commencing July 1, 1986, and members shall be eligible for reappointment.  Following the effective date of this revised bylaw, and at the expiration of the terms of the Moderator-appointed members of the Committee serving as of the effective date. the Moderator shall appoint four members for a term of one,  two, or three-year terms for the specific purpose of staggering term expirations, with all subsequent appointments and reappointments for three years.

 

Finance Committee voted: 
That the Finance Committee supports the favorable action recommendation of the Board of Selectmen.