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§74. Other Provisions. §145-2.Appointment of Herring Wardens. The Town Manager is authorized to appoint one A. All other town boards, committees, and (1) or more Herring Wardens and is autho- commissions, not specified herein, may rized, from time to time, to make regulations elect to audio record their meetings. If concerning the opening and maintenance of such election is made to audio record, ditches, sluiceways or canals into any pond some or all meetings, the filing require- within the Town not in private possession for ments herein shall also apply. the introduction and propagation in such pond or in any part thereof of herring, alewives or B. All other town boards, committees, or other swimming marine food fish and for the commissions not specified herein, must creation of fisheries for the same. No such post notices of meetings and record the regulations shall become effective until a pub business of their meetings in accordance lic hearing has been held by the Board of with this bylaw and Massachusetts Selectmen and public notice of the regulations General Laws. adopted shall have been given. History: Amended 12-2-1985 STM,Article C. Regulatory Authorities shall not be 52, approved by Attorney General on 2-11. required to provide audio tape recordings 1986. of workshop meetings and meetings held in executive sessions. or take any other action relating thereto. §7-5. Administration. This bylaw shall be admin- Submitted by the Charter Bylaw Review Committee istered by the office of the Town Clerk, who may designate a person(s) to be the adminis- Explanation: Pursuant to the provisions of the trator(s) of public records. The Town Clerk Mashpee Home Rule Charter, Article 8, Section 8- shall promulgate such rules and regulations as 5(a), the Board of Selectmen was mandated to appoint ' are necessary to administer this bylaw with a seven person Committee to review the Town Bylaws the approval of the Board of Selectmen who for the purpose of preparing such revisions and shall hold a public hearing after providing amendments as may be needed or necessary to bring seven (7) days notice of such hearing. The the Bylaws into conformity with the provisions of the Town Clerk shall have the full power of Charter and to fully implement the provisions of the enforcement to bring civil or criminal action Charter. The Committee has submitted a Report to the to enforce the provisions of this bylaw. The Annual Town Meeting based upon its extensive review Town Clerk must discover or have been made of the Mashpee Bylaws, which recommends adoption 1 aware of a violation and shall not take action of the amendments and revisions to the Bylaws refer- until: enced in this Article. The Bylaw Review Committee conducted several meetings, under the supervision of A. A letter to the violator detailing the Town Counsel,as required by the Charter as a result of item(s) of noncompliance shall be sent which it determined that the amendment, rearrange- within thirty (30) days of the violation; ment and other revisions requested by this Article are and necessary and appropriate to bring the existing i General Bylaws into conformity with the provisions of B. The violator shall have been given twenty- the Mashpee Home Rule Charter and to fully imple- one (21) days to remedy the violation or ment the terms and conditions of the Charter. The goal provide sufficient reasons to seek a waiver of the Bylaw Review Committee was to update the of compliance. Failure to respond to the Town's Bylaws to the extent required for conformity Town Clerk within the stated time period with the Town Charter as well as to reorganize various shall be sufficient ground for immediate sections of the General Bylaws such that they flow in enforcement action. an organized and rational sequence for ease in imple mentation and cohesiveness. The Bylaw Review §7-6. Penalties. A violation of this bylaw may be Committee also endeavored to eliminate obsolete y punished by a fine of three hundred($300.00) and/or un-utilized Bylaw provisions. per offense. 84