09/18/2023 CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes

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3 *AMENDED* (APPROVED 10-30-23) Monday, September 18, 2023 Charter Review Committee Minutes* Mary Waygan asked the Town Manager to have his staff that works on the warrant to closely analyze all of the timelines to make sure it's working for them. Rodney Collins said that he understands that the budget timeline is a sore spot for many sources and time is of the essence, and is working on soliciting more information from departments regarding the timeline. Cathy Lewis said the school was also inquiring about the change to the timeline. Rodney Collins said that he would like to get the Finance Committees feedback as well as others. Generally most folks would like to see the timeline moved by charter Cathy Lewis said it would be nice to release the budget after state funding is released that way the School department would know what it will be getting as opposed to guessing. Mary Waygan also requested that a word search throughout the charter be done for the definition Town Officer if time allows. She also said she would provide any comments from the minutes she believes didn't make it into the notes via email. John Miller opened discussion on a proposed preamble being added to the charter. David Weeden distributed proposed charter amendment preamble to the Committee and preamble amendments 1, 2 and 3 for consideration. He referred to the town seal and as the next step t makes sense to address the charter. It's always good to be mindful of the Town's unique history. Omitting it would be an offense. The Committee continued the discussion on incorporating the preamble into the charter, likely prior to Article 1, and agreed that it was appropriate to include a preamble. Committee members also discussed the difference between a preamble and a land acknowledgement. David Weeden said that he hasn't shared with tribal council yet and would like to get feedback from them, he will be sharing it with tribal council at the next meeting. Carol Sherman suggested updating the Select Board on the progress of the Charter review committee. Rodney Collins said he would like to get official word from tribal council about the proposed preamble options. Motion was made by Rodney Collins to support inserting a preamble into the Town Charter with the content to be determined by the Town and Tribal Council, motion seconded by Carol Sherman: Miller,yes Weeden,yes Myers, yes Collins,yes Furbush,yes Lewis,yes McKelvey, absent Sherman,yes Waygan, yes Vote: Unanimous 8-0 (1 absent)