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r <br /> k <br /> to instruct the Selectmen does not carry weight with <br /> the Selectmen because according to Mr. Reardon` s <br /> interputation . . . <br /> CHAIRMAN: That' s not right, You are not correct. weight i <br /> not the word. what I thinly Counsel said is legally, <br /> technically, it is not binding-on this Board of <br /> Selectmen. Does it carry weight? Of course, it <br /> carries weightO <br /> VOTER: - well let me ask you this. You say legally it' s not <br /> binding. , Does that mean that any vote taken at any <br /> Town- Meeting is not legally } finding <br /> CHAIRMAN: No, it does not, <br /> VOTER: Then what' s the d i f ference I don' t understand.' <br /> CHAIRMAN: Because the specific legislation which was passed. <br /> by the Legislature in 1976 , 'refers to the fact that <br /> the Commonwealth can only make the t.aking of land <br /> in Mashpee, privately - owned in the Town of Mashpee, <br /> F by the approval of the Board of -Selectmen, Not <br /> the Town Meeting, not the Conservation Committee, <br /> not anybody else. <br /> VOTER: o , suppose I accept that. Are there other types <br /> of Town Meeting 'action that are not, binding .upon <br /> the Board of Selectmen <br /> CHAIRMAN: well I think that you as being connected so intimately <br /> with the Commonwealth for a long time know that many <br /> many programs that we have to pass on Town Meeting <br /> floor, we have no ability to say yes or no on thea. <br /> They are Commbnwealth mandated programs. <br /> VOTER: My experience with' the State has 'nothing to do with <br /> my question. Let ane ask you again. what kinds of <br /> actions taken at Town -Meeting are not legally binding <br /> upon the Selectmen , <br /> CHAIRMAN: You have to be specific in your question. <br /> VOTER: I am being specific. <br /> CHAIRMAN: You here one answer where' it. You 'h acre one answer <br /> where an amount of money is passed for the budget for <br /> .the Fire Department - that' s binding, ole, <br /> VOTED: Can you give me' some other instances that are not <br /> binding? <br /> CHAI MAN: Not off hand. .f <br /> VOTER: Can Counsel? <br /> - - <br />