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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
TOWN OF GREENWICH
A regular Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Greenwich will be held in the Moderator’s Hall of Central Middle School on Tuesday January 16, 2007 at 8:00 P.M. (E.D.T.) for the following purposes:
l. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Superintendent of Schools and approved by the Board of Education and the Board of Estimate and Taxation.
Referred to Education Committee
Referred to Finance Committee
2. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the First Selectman, and approved by the Board of Selectmen.
Sec. 57.1 Nathaniel Witherell Building Committee
(a) Any provision of any Special Act to the contrary notwithstanding, any construction or alteration of and any addition to Nathaniel Witherell and appurtenant facilities shall be under the supervision of a building committee appointed as hereinafter provided for each separate and specific project.
(b) The Nathaniel Witherell Building Committee shall consist of not less than eight (8) [seven (7)] nor more than ten (10) [nine (9)] voting members, the number of voting members to be determined by the Selectmen, and eight (8) [six (6)] ex-officio members. All the voting members shall be electors of the Town. One voting member shall be appointed by the Board of Health from its members. One voting member of the committee shall be appointed by the Board of Estimate and Taxation from its members. Two (2) [One (1)] voting members shall be appointed by the Nathaniel Witherell Board from its members. The remaining voting members of the committee shall be appointed by the Representative Town Meeting on
nomination of the Selectmen, which nomination shall be made after the appointment of members by the Nathaniel Witherell Board, Board of Health, and the Board of Estimate and Taxation. One ex-officio member of the committee shall be appointed by the Selectmen from the Board of Selectmen, one by the Planning and Zoning Commission from the Commission, one by the Commissioner of Public Works from the Department of Public Works, one by the [Chairman of the Representative Town Meeting Building Committee] Moderator of the Representative Town Meeting from the Representative Town Meeting, [and] one by the Board of Health and one by the Nathaniel Witherell Board. In addition, the Director of Health and the Executive Director of the Nathaniel Witherell shall be [an] ex-officio members. Ex-Officio members of the committee shall have all the rights and privileges of voting members except the right to vote.
(c) Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the appointment of the vacating member.
(d) Whenever the Nathaniel Witherell Board [Board of Health] shall determine that any such construction, alteration or addition is necessary the Board shall so certify to the Selectmen and shall file with the Selectmen its [health] specifications and requirements for the project and its request for the appointment of a committee to supervise construction of the project. Upon receipt from the Nathaniel Witherell Board [Board of Health] of [its possession of a certificate of need from the State Department of Health,] the specifications and requirements for the project and its request for appointment of a committee, the Selectmen forthwith shall determine the number of voting members to be appointed to the
committee, shall nominate the members of the committee to be appointed by the Representative Town Meeting and shall give notice of the formation of the committee to the following: The Nathaniel Witherell Board, the Board of Health, the Board of Estimate and Taxation, the Moderator of the Representative Town Meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Commissioner of Public Works, [and] the Director of Health, and the Executive Director of Nathaniel Witherell. Upon notification by the Selectmen of the formation of a committee the Representative Town Meeting and the several boards, commissions, and Town officers charged with the appointments of voting members and ex-officio members to the committee shall appoint the same and shall notify the First Selectman of such appointments.
(e) Within thirty (30) days after the appointment of members of the committee by the Representative Town Meeting the First Selectman shall call the first meeting of the committee, at which meeting the committee shall elect from its voting members a chairman, a vice-chairman and a clerk. In the absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman shall act for him and have the same powers as the chairman.
(f) The chairman may call meetings at any time and upon the request of any three voting members shall call a meeting of the committee, in each instance giving reasonable personal notice to the members thereof or written notice delivered, or mailed to each by the clerk of the committee in time to reach his place of residence at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of such meeting. The clerk shall keep a record fully and in detail of the minutes of each meeting of the committee and of all actions taken at each meeting. The record of each meeting shall be attested by the signatures of the chairman and the clerk and shall be filed with the Town Clerk within ten (10) days after approval thereof by the committee and shall thereupon be
kept as a permanent record of the Town. A majority of the voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn to a later date.
(g) In supervising the project the committee shall adhere strictly to the specifications, requirements, and decisions regarding the project prepared and filed with the Selectmen by the Nathaniel Witherell Board [Board of Health]. The committee in its supervision of the project shall have all of the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Public Works with respect to the construction and development of public buildings and public improvements of the Town, and such supervision shall include but not be limited to the selection and employment of an architect, approval of plans and specifications, requests for necessary appropriations and advertising and acceptance of bids, except that: no architect shall be selected or employed
without the prior approval of the Nathaniel Witherell Board, [Board of Health] and no documents shall be issued for bidding unless and until the final plans and specifications shall have been submitted to and approved by the Nathaniel Witherell Board, [Board of Health] and the Nathaniel Witherell Board [Board of Health] shall submit all applications for [state] aid.
(h) A progress report shall be filed by the committee with the Town Clerk on or before the expiration of each successive period of three (3) months after the first meeting of the committee, and the Town Clerk shall distribute copies thereof to each member of the Representative Town Meeting and to the Chairmen of the following Boards: the Nathaniel Witherell Board, the Board of Health, and the Board of Estimate and Taxation. Upon completion of the project the committee shall file with the Town Clerk, and with the Nathaniel Witherell Board [Board of Health] and the Board of Estimate and Taxation, a final report which shall include an itemized statement of all cash disbursements and a comparison between
original cost estimates and actual disbursements by major categories, including architect's fees, site improvement, building construction and equipment.
(RTM, 4/10/72, as amended by RTM, 3/10/75)
additions in bold
[deletions in brackets]
The foregoing proposal for home rule action requires an affirmative vote by a majority of the entire membership of the Representative Town Meeting to adopt, or to amend and adopt, the proposed Charter amendment.
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
Referred to Legislative & Rules Committee
Referred to Public Works Committee
Referred to Special Committee for Nathaniel Witherell
3. To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by the Conservation Director.
7-24. Fish and Wildlife
(a) No person shall molest, harm, frighten or harass any animal, reptile or bird; nor shall he remove, collect, or have in his possession the young of any wild animal or the eggs or nest of any reptile or bird.
(b) No person shall give or offer or attempt to give any animal, reptile or bird any poison or any other known noxious substance.
(c) Fishing, including the use of nets or seines, shall be permitted with proper licenses only in those waters designated by the Director or his authorized agents,
(d) No person shall hunt, trap or pursue wildlife at any time, and no person shall use, carry or possess firearms, air rifles, spring guns, bows and arrows, slings or any kind of trapping device or any other weapons or explosives potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to human safety, except for the purpose of wildlife management as authorized by the Director or his authorized agents.
(e) Nothing herein shall prevent the Director or his authorized agents from taking measures which the Director deems to be in the interest of management, research, monitoring or education.
Referred to Health & Human Services
Referred to Land Use Committee
Referred to Legislative & Rules Committee
4. To consider and act upon the following resolution:
SERLE MOSOFF
Referred to Appointments Committee
Referred to Land Use Committee
Dated at Greenwich,Ct THOMAS J. BYRNE
January 2, 2007 MODERATOR
CARMELLA C. BUDKINS
TOWN CLERK
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