Amendment #1 to S2562

Floor Amendment

Ms. Garlick of Needham moves to amend the bill by striking out, in line 45, the definition of “Local newspaper”;

by inserting after the definition of “Majority vote”, in line 47, the following definition:-

““Media” a means of communicating information to as wide a variety of people as possible which may include newspapers, bulletin boards, radio and television, and the internet.”;

by striking out, in lines 75 and 76, the words “shall be held in the month of October, at a time fixed by by-law” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “shall be held on the fourth Monday of October”;

by striking out, in line 184, the words “a town clerk,”;

by striking out, in line 218, subsection (c) of section 3-2 and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

“(c) Appointing Powers

The select board shall appoint the town administrator, the registrar of voters other than elected officers, the board of health and the members of all multiple-member bodies for whom no other method of selection is provided by the charter.”;

by inserting, after section 3-8, in line 343, the following section:-

“Section 3 – 9 Board of Road Commissioners

(a) Composition, Term of Office – There shall be a Board of Road Commissioners consisting of 7 voting members: 3 ex officio members, the Chief of Police, the Town Planner, and the Director of Public Maintenance, and 4 members appointed by the Board of Selectmen according to the merit principle, whose terms shall be 2 years each, with 2 of the appointee positions expiring each year.

(b) Powers and Duties – The Board of Road Commissioners shall act in accordance with the powers enumerated in Chapter 40, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 22 and, as such, shall conduct a periodic review of public ways and shall make rules and orders for all traffic policies, including: speed limits, traffic control signs, regulation of heavy commercial vehicles, traffic and parking regulations,

penalties and repeals. Insofar as these rules and orders are the same as the regulations, rules and orders now in force in the Wareham Municipal Traffic Code, they shall be deemed to be a continuation thereof. The board shall, furthermore, assume the responsibility of street marking, and house numbering as

determined by the revised 10-26-2009 By-Laws of the Town of Wareham, Division III, Article I.”;

by striking out, in line 598, in section 6-3, clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:- “and (iii) in local media.”;

by inserting, after the words “civil service law”, in line 690, the words “or collective bargaining agreement”.