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OFFICE OF THE
TOWN & COUNTY
CLERK
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NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554-3590
Catherine Flanagan Stover, MMC, CMMC
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April 4, 2018
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Catherine Flanagan Stover, duly elected Clerk of the Town and County of Nantucket, hereby
certify that the April 3, 2018 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING adopted Article 67: “Home Rule
Petition: Select Board ” at the April 3, 2018 adjourned session.
VOTE: The vote on the motion pursuant to Article 67 as moved by Jennifer Cohen, was
by Majority Voice Vote. The motion was adopted.
Catherine Flanagan Stover, MMC, CMMC
Town and County Clerk
ATM 18 Article 67,Page 1 of 3
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ARTICLE 67
(Home Rule Petition: Select Board)
To see if the Town will vote to request its representatives in the General Court to
introduce legislation seeking a special act so as to amend the Charter of the Town of Nantucket,
Chapter 289 of the Acts of 1996, as follows:
The words “Board of Selectmen” are hereby deleted wherever such words appear in the Charter
and are replaced with “Select Board” and the words “Selectman” and “Selectmen” are hereby
deleted wherever such words appear and replaced with the words “Member” and “Members”
respectively; and Article III, Section 3-5 of said Charter is also amended to add a new Section 3-
5 (i) providing that “The Select Board shall have the full role of and all of the powers and
authority of a Board of Selectmen under the General Laws, and its members and officers shall
have the full role of and all of the powers and authority of the members and officers of a Board of
Selectmen under the General Laws.”; and to authorize the General Court to make constructive
changes in perfecting the language of this proposed legislation in order to secure passage; and
to take any other action as may be relative thereto.
(Melissa Murphy, et al)
FINANCE COMMITTEE MOTION: Moved to take no action on the Article.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN COMMENT: The Board of Selectmen supports the name change
and plans to pursue this name change within the confines of the Board of Selectmen
authority.
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ARTICLE 67
(Home Rule Petition: Select Board)
Motion
Moved that the Town’s representatives in the General Court are hereby
requested to introduce legislation seeking a special act so as to amend the
Charter for the Town of Nantucket, Chapter 289 of the Acts of 1996 as set
forth below; and that the General Court, with the approval of the Board of
Selectmen, make constructive changes in the text hereof as may be
necessary or advisable to accomplish the intent of the proposed legislation
in order to secure its passage; and to take any other action as may be
relative thereto, as follows:
The words “Board of Selectmen" are hereby deleted wherever such words
appear in the Charter and are replaced with "Select Board" and the words
"Selectman" and “Selectmen” are hereby deleted wherever such words
appear and replaced with the words "Member" and “Members” respectively;
and Article III, Section 3-5 of said Charter is also amended to add a new
Section 3-5 (i) providing that “The Select Board shall have the full role of and
all of the powers and authority of a Board of Selectmen under the General
Laws, and its members and officers shall have the full role of and all of the
powers and authority of the members and officers of a Board of Selectmen
under the General Laws.”