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TOWN OF HOPKINTON
Personnel Committee Emergency Meeting AgendaFire Department, 74 Main Street
Saturday, May 1, 2010 8:30am
Attending:
Time Item #Item
8:30am 1 Call to Order
8:30am 2 Discuss proposed changes to article 53
8:40am 3 VOTE:Accept Changes to Article 53Moved:2nd:
Vote:
8:45am 4 VOTE: Motion to Adjourn
Moved:2nd:Vote:
ARTICLE 53:Amend Town Charter to Provide for an Appointed Town
Clerk
Personnel Committee
To see if the Town will vote to submit to the voters at the May 2011 Annual Town Election, proposed
amendments to the Hopkinton Town Charter, to be effective July 1, 2011, as follows:
1.Section 3-1, subsection (a): Remove “Town Clerk,”;
2.Section 3-1, subsection (e)(1): Remove “Town Clerk and” from the heading and “Town Clerk or”
from the full sentence;
3.Section 3-4, subsection (c): Remove the comma between “Moderator” and “Board of Selectmen”
and insert in its place “and the”; remove “and Town Clerk”;
4.Section 3-7, subsection (a): Remove this subsection in its entirety and insert in its place:
“(a) Appointment –There shall be a Town Clerk appointed by the Town Manager.”
5.Section 3-7, subsection (c): Remove “elected” from the first sentence of this subsection and insert
in its place “appointed.” Remove the second sentence in its entirety;
6.Section 7-6: Remove “Town Clerk” from the first sentence and insert in its place “Town
Moderator”; remove the second sentence in its entirety and insert in its place the following:
“The committee shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be appointed as follows: The
School Committee shall designate one person, the Board of Selectmen, the Town Moderator
and the Appropriation Committee shall each designate two persons.
7.Appendices: In the list titled “Board of Selectmen will appoint,” remove “Town Clerk and” from the
parenthetical following “Appropriations Committee.” In the list titled “The Town Manager will
appoint:,” add “Town Clerk” after “Treasurer/Collector.”
Pass any vote or take any act related thereto.
Motion (Personnel Committee):We move that the Town vote to submit to the voters at the May
2011 Annual Town Election, proposed amendments to the Hopkinton Town Charter, to provide
for an appointed Town Clerk, as set forth in Article 53 of the Annual Town Meeting Warrant, such
amendments to become effective on July 1, 2011.