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I following sentence relative to the powers and duties of as recommended by the Charter Review Committee,or the Town Moderator from Section 3-4(b)and adding take any other action relating thereto. said sentence to the end of Section 3-6(b): Submitted by the Charter Review Committee "The Town Moderator, or a designee of the Town Moderator, shall, further, review the meeting minutes Explanation: If approved,this article will change the of all multi-member bodies appointed by the Town mandatory Bylaw review period from five years to ten Moderator." years. as recommended by the Charter Review Committee,or The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a take any other action relating thereto. vote of 5-0. Submitted by the Charter Review Committee The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 6-0,1 absent. Explanation: If approved, the responsibility of reviewing the minutes of all multi-member boards Motion made by Selectman Andrew Gottlieb. appointed by the Moderator will fall to the Moderator or his/her designee. Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 20 as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a phrase "as recommended by the Charter Review vote of 5-0. Committee,or take any other action relating thereto" The Finance Committee recommends approval by Motion passes at 8:21 a vote of 6-0,1 absent. Article 21 Motion made by Selectman John Cahalane. To see if the Town will vote to propose an amendment Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 19 to the Mashpee Home Rule Charter pursuant to the as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the provisions of M.G.L. c. 43B, §10(a) by revising phrase "as recommended by the Charter Review Sections 7-8 (b) and (c), relative to procedures Committee,or take any other action relating thereto" governing multi-member bodies, to read as follows (revised language in italics): Motion passes unanimously at 8:17 PM. "(b) Rules and Written Records — Each multiple Article 20 member body shall determine its own rules and order of business unless otherwise provided by this charter or by To see if the Town will vote to propose an amendment law and shall provide for the keeping of written to the Mashpee Home Rule Charter pursuant to the records/minutes of its proceedings.Pursuant and subject provisions of M.G.L. c. 43B, §10(a) by revising the to provisions of applicable law and by-laws relative to first sentence of Section 7-7(b)relative to the By-Law the administration of public records, all multi-member Review Committee to read as follows (revised bodies shall file with the Town Clerk certified copies of language in italics): all such rules and minutes, including all revisions and amendments thereto,forthwith upon adoption thereof.In "At least once in every ten years, the Board of the event of any discrepancy between the certified copies Selectmen shall cause to be prepared by a special of rules and minutes on file with the Town Clerk and the committee appointed for that purpose, a proposed original documents on file with each respective multiple revision or recodification of all by-laws of the Town member body,the original documents shall be deemed to which shall be presented to the Town Meeting for be the "official" version thereof'. reenactment at a session of the Annual Town Meeting in the year following the year in which the said "(c) Voting — Except on procedural matters, the vote committee was appointed." of each member of all multiple member bodies shall be roll call votes and shall be recorded in the meeting minutes as such." 77