Amendment #1 to H4607

Floor Amendment

Mr. Speliotis of Danvers moves to amend the bill by striking out, in line 103, the word

“executive”;

by striking out, in lines 226 to 227, the words “(a) and (b) above” and inserting in place thereof the following words: “subsections (A) and (B) of this section”;

by striking out, in lines 231 to 232, the words “with a minimum of four (4) affirmative votes”;

and by striking out section 7 and inserting in place thereof the following section:

“SECTION 7. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

A. There shall be an elected board of commissioners for the department of public works, hereinafter in this section called the board, consisting of 3 members serving 3-year, staggered terms. The incumbent commissioners shall remain in office, subject to re-election, as their terms expire.

B. Under the direction of the director of public works, the department of public works shall continue to carry out and have all of the duties and responsibilities of the town’s highway, cemetery, tree and park divisions or departments. Except as provided in subsection D below, the department of public works shall have all of the powers, duties and responsibilities of the existing department.

C. There shall be a director of public works, appointed by the town manager. The director of public works and town manager shall consult with the board for the purpose of receiving advice and assistance in the development of policy guidelines for the operation of the department of public works.  The board shall perform such other advisory functions related to the department of public works as the director of public works or town manager may request; provided however, that nothing in this section shall authorize any member of the board, nor a majority of such members, to become involved in the day-to-day administration of the department of public works.

D. Notwithstanding the subsections above, the board shall continue to function as a board of water commissioners. In that capacity the board shall to continue to exercise all of the authority and shall continue to have all of the duties and responsibilities of the existing board of water commissioners. The board shall continue to set water rates and maintain the water enterprise fund.

E. The vote of the town at the 1991 town election regarding article 67 is hereby rescinded.”.