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Mashpee Charter Commission

Mashpee Charter Commission
Minutes of Meeting Held Thursday, April 10, 2003
Mashpee Town Hall Meeting Room 1

Present: E. Larkin, R. Maney, C. Gasior, D. Arden, W. Freeman, C. Bowmar-Perry, J. Blumengarten, J. Bacigalupi (7:17) and R. Halpern (7:25).

Absent: No one.

Invited participants: Attorney Mike Curran, Consultant.

Audience: None.

A quorum being present, Ed Larkin, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.

Approval of Minutes

Ruth Maney motioned to accept the minutes of March 20, 2003 as presented; this motion was seconded by Jerry Blumengarten and were approved, with Ed Larkin, Jerry Blumengarten, Cathy Bowmar and Juan Bacigalupi abstaining.

Discussion

Mike Curran distributed the following drafts for discussion purposes:
" Chapter 43B: Section 13. Exercise of powers and functions by municipalities.
" Article 3: Executive branch: Elected Officers
" Chapter 37-Selectmen
" Article V-Town Administrator
No conclusions resulted from the discussion.

Communications

There were none.

Next Meeting

Next meeting: Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. Topic: Budgeting and other financial matters; General Provisions.

New Business

There was no new business.

Other Matters

Chairman Larkin reminded everyone that the Town Meeting is May 5th and that Article 11 on the Warrant is the Commission's request for an additional $10,000 for the completion and printing of the Preliminary Report.

Adjournment

Ruth Maney motioned to adjourn the meeting; Richard Halpern seconded the motion; unanimously approved. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Chuck Gasior, Commission Clerk