06/10/2024 CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes (2)

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DRAFT CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES Monday,June 10, 2024 3 The budget message shall specifically indicate any major variations from the current operating budget and the reason for such changes, and include supporting documentation including a budget explanation, narrative, and analysis as appropriate and available. The last sentence of 6-3 was also deleted. The Committee discussed the redline draft of section 6-3 and 6-4. Changes to 6-4 include: • The budget message shall explain the proposed budget both in fiscal terms and in terms priorities. The budget summary shall be a concise overview and indicate the sources of appropriations and revenues along with corresponding fund balances where appropriate. The budget message and summary shall be updated and available to the public at the Mashpee Public Library, Town Hall and on the Town-s website once the Town Meeting warrant is executed by the Select Board. Motion made by Rodney Collins to approve the redline draft as written, motion seconded by Darlene Furbush Roll call: Miller, yes Weeden,yes Collins, yes Furbush,yes Lewis,yes McKelvey, yes Myers, yes Sherman, yes Waygan, yes Vote: 8—yes, 1—no Categorized Survey Comments The Committee was given copies of the Charter Survey comments. The comments were categorized by the questions they corresponded with and which section of the charter the comments may refer to. Further discussion was had regarding survey answers that may be duplicates and if the data can be narrowed down to one person then the Committee isn't looking at inflated numbers. The consensus was to continue to use the charter survey results and comments as a point of reference. Moving forward there would be no question about the usefulness of the data. Article 7-8 There was a note to consider adding to section 7-8 (b) a provision requiring audio recordings of committee/board meetings that are not required by law to be televised.