2000-03-13-TE-Warrant-and-2000-03-27-ATM-Warrant

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ARTICLE 22 BY-LAW AMENDMENT -APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE To see if the Town will vote to amend paragraph one of Section 5 of Article XIII of the General By-Laws to read as follows: "The Committee shall prior to each annual town meeting for the transaction of business prepare, publish and distribute by making copies available at the Office of the Town Clerk and at Cary Memorial Library, and by mailing or otherwise distributing to each town meeting member a review of the budget adopted by the Board of Selectmen to be considered at the Annual Town Meeting. This review will include the Committee's advice and recommendations with reference to the various appropriations of town funds, and other municipal matters coming before such town meeting. The Appropriation Committee shall include in its report an assessment of the budget plan based on all the data available to it concerning the next year's revenues and expenses as well as a projection for future years' revenues and expenses." or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Appropriation Committee) DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this article is to bring the By-Laws into compliance with current and desired practice. The existing By-Law requires the Appropriation Committee to submit a budget. In fact, this is done by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen as mandated by the Selectmen/Town Manager Act. The Appropriation Committee's mandate is to review the budget and to make recommendations to Town Meeting. ARTICLE 23 BY-LAW AMENDMENT - SELECTMEN BUDGET SUBMITTAL To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 13 of Article VI of the General By-Laws to read as follows: "Section 13. The Selectmen shall submit a budget at the Annual Town Meeting. The Selectmen's proposed budget shall be distributed to the Appropriation Committee, Capital Expenditures Committee and to each Town Meeting Member at least four weeks prior to the date when the Annual Town Meeting is scheduled to consider it." or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Appropriation Committee) DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this article is to strengthen the resolution made at the 1999 Town Meeting which requires a budget submittal four weeks prior to the start of Town Meeting deliberations on the financial articles by putting that requirement into the By-Laws. 20