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Watertown Town Council
Administration Building
149 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-972-6470
ELECTED OFFICIALS:
Mark S.Sideris,
Council President
Report of the Committee on Rules and Ordinances
Stephen P.Corbett,
Vice President
John A. Donohue, The Committee on Rules and Ordinances met on Tuesday, February 8th
Councilor At Large in the Town Council office at 6:10 PM. Present were Committee
Susan G. Falkoff, members Councilors John Donohue and Tony Palomba, Council
Councilor At Large President Mark Sideris, and Councilor Susan Falkoff. The purpose of
Anthony Palomba, the meeting was to review suggested amendments to the current revised
Councilor At Large draft of the Town Council's Rules.
Angeline B.Kounelis,
District A Councilor Below is the list of the amendments discussed and resolved. The
Cecilia Lenk, Committee voted to approve all changes noted below by a vote of 2 to 0.
District B Councilor
Vincent J. Piccirilli,Jr., 1) Rule 8.1 as revised was further amended to group and order
District C Councilor
communications from the Town Manager and Town Officers.
John J.Lawn,Jr.,
District D Councilor
2) Rule 8.5 was amended to place a deadline of thirty (30) days for
committees to meet, review and make a recommendation to the full
Council on appointments that require Council approval.
3) Rule 8.8 and Rule 8.11 were deleted as the Committee felt they were
unnecessary, duplicative, and/or confusing.
4) Rule 11.1 revised by deleting the words, "Skating Arena and
Engineering".
5) Rule 9.3 as amended was further revised by removing the language,
"They shall also be signed after each meeting by the sponsoring
councilor; or, except for proclamations, by an additional councilor ..."
and replacing it with, "Ordinances, orders, and resolutions shall also be
signed after each meeting by an additional councilor ..." "For
proclamations, the additional councilor may be the sponsoring
councilor."
6) Rule 15.2 as amended was further revised and Rule 15.3 was added to
clarify what topics can be addressed by the public during the first Public
Forum and what topics can be addressed at the second Public Forum.
7) Rule 16.1 was deleted since smoking is prohibited throughout Town Hall.
The Committee also agreed that the revised Rules (including the Table of
Contents and the Definition section) would be presented to the full
Council for its consideration at the February 22 meeting. The
Committee meeting was adjourned at 6:35 PM.
Submitted by Councilor Palomba, Chair