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TOWN OF MASHPEE MASHPEE HIGH SCHOOL 500 OLD BARNSTABLE ROAD MASHPEE, MA 02649 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2021 Town Meeting Opened at 6:04 PM Voters Present -232 Quorum 0 Barnstable, ss: Greetings to the Constables of the Town, In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and summon the inhabitants of the Town of Mashpee who are qualified to vote in the elections to meet at the Mashpee High School on Monday, the 18th day of October 2021 at 6:00 p.m. for the following purposes: To act on the articles contained in the following Warrant: Article 1 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court pursuant to Section 8 of the Home Rule Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Article 89) for an amendment to the Mashpee Home Rule Charter striking out the words “Board of Selectmen” or “Selectmen” wherever they appear in said Charter and inserting in place thereof the words “Select Board”, and to strike out the definition of Board of Selectmen set forth in Section 1-7 of the Charter and insert in place thereof: “Select Board. The words “Select Board” shall mean the board of persons referred to in the General Laws of Massachusetts and heretofore in this Charter as the Board of Selectmen.”; further, subject to, in furtherance of, and consistent with said Charter amendment, to amend Chapter 4, Article II, §4-2 of the Mashpee General Bylaws by substituting the term “Select Board” for “Board of Selectmen” and adding the following sentence: “For purposes of these bylaws, the Select Board shall assume and retain the status of the formerly designated Board of Selectmen and shall assume all powers and duties vested in a board of selectmen by general or special law, home rule charter, these bylaws or other applicable authority.”; to amend Article XVI, §174-91 of the Zoning Bylaws by substituting the term “Select Board” for “Board of Selectmen”, and further, by deleting, in every other instance in which they appear in the General Bylaws, with the exception of Chapter 1, Article I, §1-1, and in the Zoning Bylaw the terms “Board of Selectmen” and “Selectmen” and inserting in their place, the words “Select Board”; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article will change the name of the Board of Selectmen to Select Board. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 1 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee makes no recommendation on Article 1 by a vote of 3-3 Motion Made by Selectman Sherman: I move the Town vote to approve Article 1 as printed in the warrant with the exception of the phrase, “or take any other action relating thereto.” Motion to Amend defeated 121-49 at 6:17 PM Original Motion passes at 620 PM