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Home My WebLink About1966-06-22-STG-min.pdf �. ... ,.�,, 11; 'Ctrutx�e oP. t. .remera acting ( ti .2, 66 June g ,.i 1 Pry at -Mr.. 'Stephen Iiia:ssi'an, Mr. Homer Hagedorn, Mrs. Richard Battin, Mrs. Howard ''Scharfman Absent Mr., Arthur Bryson Ji" '4 Minutes of June -6 meeting: accepted without change. Minutes can be easily. [ 'i duplicated at _Town. Offices- 4otthat each member can have own copy ' 64 ' „ Expenses 013.49, for post- oards announcing June 1 meeting; (j.2..7! for 'stenographer-,for June 1 meeting. (Quality of record - poor; will loolk..: 'or' better method next time.) To date we have ,received i'n*itten. comments on TMMA report from: _.. Standing School Buildini' Committee John Carroll Alan Gray : :for :himielf : not, Boardoff' Soleotmeni Alex- Zaleski- for' himself, and planning -Board' d Conservation CommisgiO2 , 7,-1r I ., -i , Town.•Clerk,` �J ..�1 j _ 1 ,y 4� d a. T., Town- Treasurer 7 - t Rxpeoted shortly are reporta' from Capital ,Expenditure e er_them tory1, T..{ 'Bulletin G) and Recreation .Com,nittbe and. Seteetmen« Bob Korot; :moderator, t will -be. interti®wed .by Comrii tee- sQoh. e: _, F T r„J 1;, ;!fir ✓1 Mr.-4▪1 77 McQuillan Presented the ;Board of ''Health's reaction to the -TMLIA ic- report both i.n person_ and in Writing to :each 'committee member. The '{ , .><i, ,N sea the proposed- appointment s! +1' .� present Board of Health, :strongly bppo ,;,, .�, iA: ,If of the Director jointly bt .the Selectmen and Board- of Health (see t`; I Mr. M's written report for further details) . Discussion brought tut I,;ii,�;-i4i,'Y ,,,iii,;,;'• - that this type of organization was recommended to centralize administra :,:•.u.l� art tive responsibilities and pertains to "many others as wall, in order 'i; •. to achieve such centralization., Ernst have direct .Limes -of authority. ;,i." - Hagedorn suggested a' compromise: Board o_f, Health suggest several names' �. .'1.. ,;,, . to Selectmen 'and Selectmen appoint_-one,• Mr. M. did not like this. ,I , Mr. M. relieved to know that any change would have to. come to Town ,k,i,•i, ;S, s Meeting; added that none_ of present Board would -serve under propose „ ,! I change. r ,.;j1 pig After Mr. M. left, Russian. pointed- out that Board of Health is far , '', { ;: ;' removed from public opinion; .if Selectmen have- a voice in appointing, ;',,'”`"' ,: Director, public-would—be ,mor® introlved., _..Hagedorn agreed and added, ': J„+ Director could be a�gooQ 1 specialist abut not iip on' public policy'. ,:;e„ �:, Question as to' ,how much of Board+slworry is personal how much. theoretical disagreement? ;.1.4„1,,,„„ �, j', 1H, ,1 .I X11 , ',,l I:ij� ,; 1. „1, IIt I'.°�i� Y 1 app Ui, r 1 i i �0k w. II 1 ;, i' ' � i. , � i yI hi�j{MI�I,��L�iShY1Fi 1 lil �' �{ i ! { �.i. �!'- ', Schedule forij,meetings, in jul.y . ,:il,l` - I 1 i' '. ,a.i � 7 n, ' July 11 t -discussion. of reports from. Committees described. above �' July 25:,'rpossibly interview ,Bob ,Kent 1 'I ,j, .1! Mrs.-.Battin, after consultation with Town Counsel, explained that we 1' i can meet in Executive Session under some ,special circumstances, e.g. -tit- avoidrYhurting someone (previously thought we couldn't meet in i'` ,Executive sessions at all),. iI I 'Publications requested at last meeting have been ordered. Two copies of Bulletin #22 from Dept. of Corporation and .Taxation have been received -and were given to Battin, for master file, and Russian. U. ,I,1, 1 'v]. , Ii r1,, '.It:llil' '1111„ 'I r Ili 11'` ,,iiP li .1 v. 4li- ..;iFj't1!;{'(I1 Ip1 . '" tRa.•`r13 x:�::3",f ..,, :aa:>n?';rF4'. `��imoY kS!ae, ' i.gnapv'M7 FrAtw r. ir,ir8t 'l c . of " y�: ;,I,� Gov 'lent, .me ,4,, ,L7." ..•. ._ l' '! ppi;j„i ;1,.T � ,f'roli page 2 m”" . 'l: id, 0 Battin explained' that 'TMI,A committee examined how each suggested change could be effeC ted without home rule. Scharfman reviewed briefly that special laws Will: no, lenger be allowed if home rule passes and changes will have to be made through. charter adoption, amendment, and revision except for tome ,special situations.- As observer at meetings of the i Special Commission ition°'IfuIS.,Iementation of the Home Rule Amendment, she Will 'k'e6 ,Committ e .Inforied:',eboti't :legislation Commission is considering. First report ,of.-Connnissior (s.#816) distributed to Committee members. Hagedorn reviewed Criteria; oit which ohaanges in Town government were proposed by_TMMA, committeei ,cItizen 'participation considered most important; f fec v;i.gss d policy coordination. Bryson has' '-' ' - a " . ` ' "`, e., ngton 1 s form of government and originally wanted ti.s to examine pity form but now is thinking more: ._.„j”, - of a Village ;Council, where eitizena participate in caucuses; he is looking. into it' and; will. report;=back, -Russian agreed that close 7 3 governmeiat is meaningful and usually more, honest but we pay price zi �', of: efficiener. IJe must' :also realize: only'.a' small 'percentage of citizenry' "',i=tr participates aitd. it tdkea great, 3ea1 of time,-and-effort: to- inform 'i :people. RusAiats feeZ.s .thati citizen,;participation is- iMpartant. but ' a ®rhes should not be ':U1"tiMite opt, "' , perhaps g' eharfman afire©d. Discussion ,.^a,,J '_brought out that each criteria balances the, other©;, 'that"TMMA suggestions are based on keePint_ citizen involvement and gaining, § efficiencyof cit that citizens are �` Y; generally satisfied with their x' 1, government ,today, unlike several years ago; that-the next major - ), , crisis Tright result in a city government. for us;: that Lexington it' 'F211 aware of its regional and metropolitan responsibilities' (letter _ - )f' to Bradford Seascholes, critic of suburban localism at -Filene 's 4,3/4 Center at Tufts might be- written to request his opinions in writing)., g 1 , ; a Russian questioned whether. administrative- co-ordination can be -achieved ,! I by structural changes in by-laws; really done when Boards meet to- 01 gether and talk. standing School, Building 'Committee used 'to' de it; , .;;i; i Sudbury has a Town 'Father's Night. Many -problems could have been ' avoided many times by earlier diseuesion'-aeiong- Boards. .coneernecly Will ask- Selectmen- why it is not -done. - ' Agreed, that no final oontitn nt to kriteria can or should be made' now. ,rr,; I Hagedorn described several:' :ra;teworks of government to help UM ,evaluate reactions received. Present-fo n '-c-s hi_ *decentralized; integration none by Town Meeting. ttself.",.;,iTfMA propose ou . .'give policy forme- lation and integratie; -to Selectmen; Planning Board views Selectmen as administertibe Board only With planning function done by Planning Board and Capital E'xpen.diture Committee. Sivuld the consider other alternatives, such as Village Council? Agreed, but little interest ;i. in city form and/or partisan government. May Add to list at some later time. ,, i, Attempt Made to evaluate June 1 meeting as a way of discussing J TilvLA report, but quality of record too poor and confusing. Mr. L Lee Whitman, present during whole meeting, explained that he had ' not asked- about Town Manager as written up in Minute Man,q'uoter 'ger:104/C Oar'`" QhtpthatITt : % slleedne die If :Fleeting .4p journed 10 10 p.m., 1 r a i„i, ;I Respectfully submitted, is I ' I i '11001011100,4•1011"`"' 1 ,ti'u7" m