by David Dahlbacka in All Ages, City Finances, Civic Action, Events, Government Reform, Politics, Special
Posted on February 8, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Last Modified on February 8, 2010 at 10:19 pm
| February 9, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
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Committee on Legislative Matters
Tues. Feb. 9 7:00 PM
Aldermen’s Chamber
Somerville City Hall
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)
This is a special meeting of Committee on Legislative Matters, meeting as a whole. The Committee does the final review of ordinances to be passed by the Board of Aldermen.
This meeting is important because it is taking up a home-rule petition to amend the City Charter.
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Just so you know, the proposal that I am aware of (as a past member of the Charter Advisory Committee)is far less broad than the ideas that were talked about a couple of years ago. There was talk of a 4 year term and/or appointed school committee (which the CAC did not support) back then. The current proposal that I have seen includes only some of the more straightforward pieces of the CAC’s recommendations – such as creating an administrative code rather than relying on the City Charter for every detail of how City government is structured.
It would be helpful if the City posted the current proposal on-line in order to avoid panic among those opposed to broader changes.
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