Mashpee Charter Commission

Present: E. Larkin, J. Bacigalupi, R. Halpern, W. Freeman, R. Maney, C. Bowmar-Perry, D. Arden, and J. Blumengarten.

Absent: C. Gasior.

Invited participants: Attorney Mike Curran, Consultant.

Audience: Bea Perkins, League of Women Voters; and Alan Samry, Mashpee Enterprise.

A quorum being present, Ed Larkin, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m.

Public Comments …None.

Approval of Minutes

Juan Bacigalupi motioned to accept the minutes of May 29, 2003 as presented; this motion was seconded by Ruth Maney and was unanimously approved, except Cathy Bowmar-Perry abstained.

Discussion

Mike Curran had e-mailed a draft of Article 4 – Town Manager to everyone and each paragraph of this 5-page document was reviewed and discussed in detail, as well as various issues that arose, including:

• Should title of Town Administrator be changed to Town Manager? Commissioners to think about this and discuss at next meeting.
• If job description/requirements changed, then language should go in that the incumbent is “grand fathered”.
• Mike to check … should Library and Conservation Commissions be under Town Manager?
• Ed to seek opinions from all parties—namely, Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator, and Director of Department of Public Works as to whether or not DPW should report to Town Manager or to Board of Selectmen—and Ed to report opinions at next meeting.
• Commissioners to discuss further Paragraph (n) regarding power to reorganize, consolidate or abolish town agencies.
• Commissioners to give further consideration to Paragraph (a) of Section 4-4 – covering designating Acting Town Manager in temporary absence of Town Manager.

ADJOURNMENT

Ruth motioned to adjourn the meeting; Cathy seconded the motion; and it was unanimously approved. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Jean Giliberti, Recording Secretary