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Home My WebLink About1981-09-24-MCAB-min.pdf / ti; 1Il`!il' 1 lltttttli 6nt !, rlirt 1!it1al i1 r d ! j�►. } 'Iff Lf210f+ ( ()Ill I 11011 jC ��.[' Li ,T ( AMARID(,E M, , u i ) v MINUTES OF THE MCAB MEETING 24 SEPTEMBER, 1981 A meeting of the MCAB was held on Thursday, 24 September, 1981 in the War Memorial Auditorium of Newton City Hallo Mary Miley, (Lexington) Chairman of the Board, called the body to order at 8 OOP .M. Of the 54 municipalities in the county, 32 cities and towns with a total weighted vote of 81 were present surpassing the quorum requirement of 67.54 After welcoming the members , Miley reminded them the MCAB budget recommendation for FY ' 82 were the minutes of the last meeting and had been distrib - uted to all communities so no further Secretary' s report would be given. William Joyce (Concord) gave the treasurer ' s report. John Agnew (Reading) reviewed the recommendations of the FY' 81 budget committee which had been accepted by the legislature. He urged the Board to continue pressing for budget passage and vol- unteered the continuing work of the entire budget committee for the coming year. Jeanne Kangas (Boxborough) and William Joyce presented the new by-laws for consideration and compared them to the currently used by-laws. A consensus of the Board approved a change to re- quire a roll call vote on all budget items or when requested by a member. Article 2 was changed to read "member or members from" instead of "representative or representatives of". The by-laws were then unanimously accepted. (attached) Sheila Cheimets from the Massachusetts Municipal Association conveyed the good wishes of her Association to the Board in its very willing accepta>: ce of the statuted responsibility to "increase , decrease , alter and revise" the proposed county budget. Mary Miley opened the floor to nominations for Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Clerk. Nominated, seconded , and unanimously elected were Theodore Mann (Newton) Chairperson, Robert Healy (Cambridge) Vice Chairperson, and Ester Zeimetz (North Reading) Clerk, Mann, praising Miley for her ability to successfully steer the Board through the transition from advisory to appropriating authority, thanked her for her year as chairman and for all the previous years she had bees on the Board. Stressing the need to get moving Mann reappointed the FY' 81 budget committee in toto and add two representatives from Newton. The committee consists of John Agnew, Chairman, (Reading) Nancy Gerhardt, (Acton) Richard Fanning, (Arlington) Irvin Duclos, (Ashland) Jeanne Kangas , (Box- borough) William Joyce, (Concord) Mildred Lurvey, (Groton) Paul Boire , (Hudson) Gordon Baird, (Lincoln) Kevin Paicosi (North Reading) PAGE TWO 6tc L' \ (. cIttttitj 6titc a r t IA,-p, 1,1,[ i()f III I ii( ,1 ,AMHRID ,I MI I 1 1 y•1 :I i S .J i 1 MCAB MINUTES 24 SEPTEMBER, 1981 Leonard Aronson, (Newton) David Wilkinson, (Newton) Sherry Martin, (Weston) and Stanton Sherman (Stow) The Chairperson directed the budget committee to meet with the executive board , the county commissioners , and county treasurer the first week in October to lay the groundrules for the budget review. Margery Battin introduced ac±met, on passed by the Middlesex County Selectmen' s Association requesting the legislature to incorporate in the FY ' 82 budget not yet passed a sum of money to staff the Board for this fiscal year. Passed on a roll call vote 67 yeas and 5 nays was the following Move that the advisory board request the legislature to include in the FY'82 budget for Middlesex County a line item, not to exceed $ .Ol per capita or $40 ,000, whichever is greater , so that the advisory board may incure expenses not to exceed that amount , for staff, stenographic , and clerical work, and such expenses shall he paid by the county, provided, however, that said amount not increase the FY ' 82 budget. The executive board appointed a legislative committee to lobby for budget passage and introduce the motion to the committee on counties. The committee is John DelPrete , Chairman (Framingham) Gregory Jarboe , (Acton) John Hinckley, (Hopkinton) Paul Boire , (Hudson) Patrick Jordan, (Stoneham) Jeanne Kangas , (Boxborough) Erica Ball , (Natick) and Margery Battin (Lexington) . Michael Barrett (D-Reading) was introduced to the body by the Chairperson and expressed his intention to support the work of the legislative committee. The question of legislation to allow designees on the Board in lieu of chairmen, mayors , or city managers as the statute now specifies . Mary Miley argues against such a proposal since it indicates an unwillingness of the Board to work under the very plan they sought for so long. Sheila Cheimets reported legislation to that effect will be filed by Charles Flagherty (D-Cambridge) After appointing the standing committees , Mann adjourned the meeting at 9 15 P .M. (Committee chairman list attached) . Ai 0 Ester Zeimetz , Clerk tQ I1Un 13 <t LARd `; wtm " i l BYLAWS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ARTICLE 1. Officers of the Board. The officers of the Board shall be a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson, and a Clerk, each elected from the Board by a majority of the total vote in the quorum present and voting. The officers first elected shall serve for a term expiring July 1, 1975 , and thereafter until the election of their respective successors. The officers thus elected shall serve for a term of one year from July 1st in the year of the election, and shall serve there fter until their successors are elected. Vacancies in office , including those resulting from an officer of the Board ceasing to hold office as a mayor, city manager or chairperson of a board of selectmen shall be filled for the unexpired term by election by a majority of the total vote in the quorum present and voting. The Chairperson , or in the event of his/her absence or vacancy in office , the Vice Chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of the Board, but neither shall be deprived of their right to vote. The Cha -person shall authorize expenditures of no more than five hundred dollars , and for amounts of five hundred or more the prior approval of the officers of the Board is required. The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall also have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be voted by the Board. The Clerk shall enter in books all votes , orders and pro- ceedings of the Board, and shall have custody of such books. The above officers shall appoint a treasurer who need not be a mem- ber of the Board. ARTICLE 2. Meetings of the Board. The Board shall meet upon call of the Chairperson or, in the event ,of his/her absence or vacancy in this office, of the Vice Chairperson or upon call of a member or members from cities and towns having five per cent or more of the votes of the Advisory Board. All meetings of the Board and notices thereof shall comply with the requirements of the Open Meeting Law, so called, and more specifically M.G.L. Ch. 34, section 9F and 9G . ARTICLE 3. Functions of the Board. The Advisory Board shall act in accordance with the requirements of the General Laws. The Clerk of the Board shall, when transmitting notice of its votes to PAGE TWO BYLAWS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD 14Z ±L I661t tx tt13lttt 6itttill 1.1T Aitiarl � - ✓,X, ! ham)v ;II('Ff211)R C(111111 11011',E , -4 '741.-- `1` EAST CAMBRIDGE MA , , u?141 i r, , ` 494-4113 ' Io ' r l_ ) `J the appropriate County or State official, include minutes of the meeting at which the votes are taken. The Clerk may also in - clude such written material supporting the Board ' s decision as recommended by the Chairperson and authorized by the Officers of the Board. A quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority of the total vote in the Board as established annually by the Director of Accounts and delivered to the Board under tk;.e provisions of Chapter 1166 of the Acts of 1973. VotLng members of the Board shall be determined as provided by law. All votes of theBoard shall be taken by yeas and nays on budgetary resolutions or by request thereon, with each duly-constituted Member present answering when his/her city or town name is called. Except as otherwise provided by law, motions shall pass by a majority of the total vote in the quorum present and voting. The number of votes assigned to each Member voting shall be as provided by law. ARTICLE 4. Committees. The Chairperson shall, with the majority approval of the Officers of the Board, appoint the following committees : Budget, Insurance , Personnel, Capital Expenditures , Hospital. The Chairperson may, at his/her dis - cretion, appoint special committees from time to time with the approval of the Officers of the Board. Committee members shall be either Advisory Board members or their designees. The term of office for these committee members shall be for one year from July 1st in the year of appointment and they shall serve until appointment of their successors. No committee member shall be an employee of Middlesex County. ARTICLE 5. Amendments of Bylaws. These bylaws may be amended by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total vote in the quorum present and voting at any duly called meeting of the Board, if the notice of such meeting has contained a copy of the proposed amendment or a statement of the intent and substance thereof. All procedural questions not provided for in these bylaws shall be governed by Roberts Rules of Parliamentary Pro - cedure. Voted unanimously 24 September, 1981 Ester Zeimetz , Clerk