2000-03-22Beverly Charter Commission
Minutes of Meeting, March 22, 2000
A meeting of the Beverly Charter Commission was held in City Hall at 7:35 PM
on March 22, 2000. Present were: N. Paul Galluzzi, Crystal Atherton, Mary Grant, Jack
Quigley, Mickey Ratte, Carol Girard, Mary Rodrick, and Maria O’Brien. Peter Gilmore
was absent. After initial discussion about the space, the meeting was moved into the
Aldermanic Chamber to accommodate the large number of attendees.
Minutes of the previous November 30, 1999, and January 26, 2000 meetings were
approved. A motion was made and passed to pay a bill for printing.
Mr. Robert Richie of the Attorney General’s Office was an invited guest. Mr.
Richie is Director of the Municipal Law Unit of the AG’s office. He also served for
many years as municipal counsel for the town of Amherst. Mr. John Quinn, counsel for
the Commission, made a presentation of materials that had been distributed to
Commission members, followed by a response by Mr. Thomas Fallon, counsel for West
Beach Corporation.
A motion was made to instruct Mr. Quinn to begin to prepare Charter revision
language for review by the Commission at the next meeting, which was scheduled for
June 14, 2000. The motion was passed with six in favor and one abstention. The
meeting was adjourned at 9:35.