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DRAFT 6/18/09

• Shall the Charter be revised to provide for an override of a mayoral veto by six votes of the Town Council where it now provides for seven votes?

• Shall the Charter be revised to provide for the appointment of a Town Clerk by the Mayor in accordance with the classified service system where it is now an appointment by the Town Council for a two-year term?

• Shall the Charter be revised to reorganize the Chapter on the Board of Ethics in order to provide for: (a) the creation of a Board with two appointments by the Mayor, two by the Town Council, and one member appointed by the Board; (b) specific qualifications of the members; (c) refinements to the complaint procedure?

• Shall the Charter be revised to provide for a three-year term for Board of Education members where it is now a two-year term?

• Shall the Charter be revised tc;> provide for a veto by the Town Council of any action of the Public Utilities Commission by six votes where it now provides for seven votes?

DRAfT S/18/0S

• Shall the Charter be revised to provide for the passage of a referendum or ordinance by initiative by a majority vote of at least fifteen percent (15%) of the electors entitled to vote where it now requires twenty percent (20%)?

• Shall the Charter be revised to provide for the following: (a) updated and gender neutral 1 language; (b) a revised method of appointment and removal of board/commission members by the Mayor and Town Council; (c) streamlined wording of the Purchasing, Personnel and Land Use sections; (d) make the Town PI'a nner a position under the Charter; (e) make the appointment and supervision of the Fire Marshal by the Fire Chief where it is now done by the Town Council; (f) increase the membership of the Public Utilities Commission from three to five members; (g) provide that a member of the Public Utilities Commission may not serve on land use boards or the Economic Development Commission; (h) extend the time within which the Town Councii may veto an action by the Public Utilities Commission from fifteen to twenty-one days; (i) permit budgeting certain appropriations in annual installments; and (j) require a mandatory review of the Charter at least every ten years?