1996-06-20MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEVERLY ORDINANCE
REVIEW COMMITTEE
The regular meeting of the Bevedy Ordinance Review Committee was held on Thursday
evening June 20, 1996, in the Council Committee Room, City Hall, Bevedy, MA
PRESENT: Crystal Atherton, Mary Grant, Roy Gelineau, Elizabeth LeBrun, Arthur Powell, Mike
Curran.
The meeting was called to order at 7:10.
The first order of business was to agree on a number system for all documents to be used as
reference in the future. The listing of documents is as follows:
1- Budget management analyst
2- List of departments
3- Department of municipal finance
4- Depatment of municipal inspections
5- Human resources
6- Elective organizations
7- City council organization
8- General provisions
9- Department of human resources
Department of municipal inspections
Department of public safety
10- Mayor's reorganization chart
These documents will heretofor be referred to by the corresponding number.
There was a focused discussion regarding the future approach of the committee's agenda and
priorities. It was agreed that the Chair will draft a letter to the City Council regarding documents
#1 and #7. It is our understanding that from the council it will be sent to the Legal Affairs and
Accounts suhcommitoc~.whera at such time Mary Grant may be called to appear on our behalf.
It was also agreed that in document #6 language should be added to address the positions of
clerk of committees, budget analyst, and city clerk, with additional language relating to council
organization and procedures.
It was also agreed that we should separately flag specific areas as items that are mandatory
changes due to the charter, and areas of change that should be considered as
recommendations of the ordinance review committee.
The Chair will contact former Youth Director Tim Flaherty to determine his current status in city
government with regard to the cooperative efforts with the YMCA, as well as the current status
of the Youth Comission.
Motion was accepted and passed to accept document #6 as a working document.
Areas of future review will be documents #3 and #9.
Discussion continued in the area of future meetings dudrig the month of July. Mike Curran was
unsure of his future schedule and would be checking back with the Chair. Other committee
members noted specific dates of upcoming vacations and other obligations, as it became clear
that July is going to be a difficult month to schedule a meeting. The idea of at home
assignments was discussed as a posibility and will be explored further at the next meeting.
It was agreed to meet again on Tuesday, June 25, 1996 at 7:30pm, City Hall, third floor.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15pm.
Arthur Powell, Clerk Pro Tem