The amended Town by-law now states:

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Article 20 Change to the Town budget process

To see if the Town will vote to change Article IV “Advisory Committee,” Section 4 of the Town By-Laws to read: 

“It shall be duty of the Town Administrator in conjunction with the BOS to consider expenditures and develop a budget for the ensuing fiscal year of the several boards, officers and committees of the town, as prepared by them in such form and detail as prescribed by the Town Administrator.”; or take any other action relative thereto. 
Submitted by the Board of Selectmen

On a substitute motion duly made and seconded the Town voted that Article III “Town Officers“ of the Town By-laws be herby amended:

4. “It shall be duty of the Town Administrator in conjunction with the BOS to consider expenditures and develop a budget for the ensuing fiscal year of the several boards, officers and committees of the town, as prepared by them in such form and detail as prescribed by the Town Administrator.”

Passed Unanimously/May 19^th @ 8:38pm

So, article III of the town bylaws, section 4 had said the town created a town administrator, then the following year, that seems to have been amended, so the question is, did the selectmen by way of town meeting choose to repeal that part of the by-laws or did they mean to create a section 4a. That question was posed to town legal counsel and the opinion was, before going to town meeting, perhaps the selectmen and Advisory committee should have a meeting and try to come to an agreement on how the process should go. To date, that meeting has not taken place.

posted by Jeff Bennett