Noise Advisory Committee - NAC - REV FEB 2024

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Noise Perception and Measurement: The Committee acquire expertise in noise perception measurement to assure that the noise bylaw aligns with up-to-date and feasible methodologies for testing and documenting noise levels. Legal Considerations: The Committee will acquire expertise in legally effective noise bylaw language, state and federal laws to which the bylaw must conform, and bylaw language that might inadvertently make the Town vulnerable to legal action. Criteria for Membership: The Noise Advisory Committee will include five to seven members considering both needed expertise and the ability to represent and protect the health, safety, welfare and quality of life of residents who experience excessive or unwarranted noise and those who create excessive or unwarranted noise in the process of otherwise valued activities. Non-voting liaisons from the Select Board, the Board of Health and the Planning Board or their designees are invited to participate. Ref.: Revised charge adopted by the Selectmen on January 12, 2004. Board of Selectmen voted to designate as Special Municipal Employees on 1/18/06. Revised charge adopted by the Selectmen on December 21, 2011. Revised charge adopted by the Selectmen on January 23, 2012, revising membership to 5. Revised charge adopted by Select Board on February 26, 2024, changing “Board of Selectmen” to “Select Board”; changing the number of members from “5” to “5-7”; adding “Quorum: A majority of the members then in office but at least 3”; updating Description; updating Desired Skill Sets for the Committee as a Whole; updating Criteria for Membership.