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HomeMy WebLinkAboutATM 18 ART 69 HR Rescind Mosquito1 Town of Nantucket ulu OFFICE OF THE TOWN & COUNTY CLERK 16 Broad Street NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554-3590 Catherine Flanagan Stover, MMC, CMMC Town & County Clerk (508) 228-7216 FAX (508) 325-5313 Home: (508) 228-7841 Email: cstover@nantucket-ma.gov flanaganstover@yahoo.com townclerk@nantucket-ma.gov WEBSITE: http://www.nantucket-ma.gov ulu 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 69: “Home Rule Petition: Rescind Nantucket Mosquito Control Project Act ” at the April 3, 2018 adjourned session when “...the adoption of all articles not heretofore acted upon as recommended by the Finance Committee, or as recommended by the Planning Board, was duly motioned, seconded, and voted in accordance with the motions recommended by the Finance Committee or, in the absence of a Finance Committee motion, then in accordance with the motions as recommended by the Planning Board, as printed in the Finance Committee Report, with technical amendments brought forward during the course of the meeting…” VOTE: The vote on the motion pursuant to Article 69 as moved by the Finance Committee, was by Unanimous Voice Vote. The motion was adopted. Catherine Flanagan Stover, MMC, CMMC Town and County Clerk ATM 18 Article 69,Page 1 of 2 2 ARTICLE 69 (Home Rule Petition: Rescind Nantucket Mosquito Control Project Act) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for a special act in the form set forth below, rescinding Chapter 209 of the Acts of 2014 that established the Nantucket Mosquito Control District; provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Board of Selectmen approve amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and, provided further that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition: AN ACT RESCINDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NANT UCKET MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 209 of the Acts of 2014, establishing the Nantucket Mosquito Control Project, is hereby rescinded in its entirety. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. (Board of Selectmen) FINANCE COMMITTEE MOTION: Moved that the Town ’s representatives to the General Court are hereby requested to introduce legislation 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 this proposed legislation in order to secure its passage, as follows: AN ACT RESCINDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NANT UCKET MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 209 of the Acts of 2014, establishing the Nantucket Mosquito Control Project, is hereby rescinded in its entirety. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. FINANCE COMMITTEE COMMENT: This Special Act once enacted has had the unintended impact of removing local control of mosquito control activities. In an effort to regain local control, rescindment of the Act was put forward. The Town will continue to fund and maintain an active mosquito control program.