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NOTE: All proposed revisions to the General Bylaws noted above are recommended by the Bylaw Review Committee ("Committee") specifically for the purpose of bringing the Bylaws into conformity with the Charter and/ or to fully implement the Charter, with the following exceptions, which are recommended for the reasons stated: - References to the Board of Water Commissioners in Bylaw Sections 5-36 through 5-39 have been deleted due to the elimination of the Mashpee Board of Water Commissioners upon creation of the Mashpee Water District by Special Act of the General Court. - References to the Natural Resources Management Committee in Sections 5-55 through 5-57 have been deleted due to non-appointment and inactivity of this body. - The Disposition of Fees Schedule has been deleted from Section 27-3 because the authority to impose fees and charges is vested in the Town Clerk and other officers/Boards of the Town by provisions of General Law. A schedule of all fees, as they may be amended from time to time, will be posted in the Office of the Town Clerk in accordance with General Law. This provision of the General Bylaws is, thus, deemed to be unnecessary. - The Town employee Transportation Reimbursement provisions of Section 15-18 (revised as Section 6-7) were adopted in 1980, and haven't been revised since that time. The proposed revision would adopt the rate of reimbursement for travel established by the Internal Revenue Service in its periodic schedules. This is a widely accepted standard for travel expense reimbursement, which the Committee feels would be appropriate for Mashpee employees. - The Transportation of Labor and Trucking provisions of Sections 15-10 and 15- 11 are governed by provisions of General Law and/ or collective bargaining agreements, and would fall within the jurisdiction of the Town Manager as chief procurement officer for the Town under the Charter. The Committee, thus, deemed these sections to be superfluous. I r 37