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MINUTES OFTHE <br /> CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> K0OmDAYFEBRUARY3,2025 <br /> VVAQV8[T MEETING ROOM <br /> &4ASHPEE TOWN HALL <br /> 16 GREAT NECK ROAD NORTH <br /> K8ASHpEE,K8A02649 <br /> 6:3Opm Convene Meeting in Open Session <br /> Present: Rodney [ Collins, David YVaeden, ]ohn Miller, Darlene Furbush, Cathmrine Lewis, Don Myer, <br /> Carol Sherman, Mary VVaygon <br /> Absent: Greg McKelvey <br /> PLEDGE QFALLEGIANCE <br /> MOMENT 0FSILENCE <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> Wendy Williams. Public comment must be held at every meeting,there will be repercussions for no public <br /> comment,a proposal that we add a bylaw that public comment be held at every meeting beginning with <br /> Charter Review. Public comment will happen at the beginning of every meeting. Work on something <br /> tonight that proposes public comment has tobeat the beginning, <br /> Mary N/oygon, 35 Ashumet Rood. Speaking as a member of the public and not a member of the <br /> Committee, Ms. VVaygan commented that there has never been a person who has been denied public <br /> comment in front of the Planning Board during the time she has been chair; however there is a need to <br /> hold the public hearing prior to taking public comment to avoid confusion. <br /> Lynne Barbee,73 Surf Drive. Regarding the proposed language for section 1.7 Definitions(o)Town Bulletin <br /> Boards, Ms. Barbee suggested the phrase "at town ha||" not "in town hal|", and in section 6.2.b <br /> Submission tuTown Manager add the word "that" to the first sentence after the words "operating <br /> budget"and before the words"the Town yWana0er",toread: <br /> The proposed budget adopted by the school committee shall be submitted to the Town Manager <br /> at least twenty-one days before the date the Town Manager is required to submit o proposed <br /> town budget to the Finance Committee,to allow the Town Manager sufficient time within which <br /> to consider the effect the school department's requested appropriation will have upon the total <br /> town operating budget that the Town Manager is required to submit tothe Finance Committee <br /> under this article. <br /> Ms. Barbee also suggested that Town Hall get a generator for IT so the website would still function if the <br /> power went out. <br /> MINUTES <br /> Review and approval of the January 13, 2OJ5Minutes. <br />