HomeMy WebLinkAbout_12192019-8125Town Government Study Committee
Minutes of the meeting of December 19, 2019. The meeting took place in the PSF, 4 Fairgrounds
Road, Nantucket, MA 02554. Members of the committee present were: John Brescher, Campbell
Sutton, Kristie Ferrantella, Tucker Holland and Rick Atherton.
1)Chair John Brescher called the meeting to order at 3:06pm with a quorum.
2)Agenda: Tucker moved approval of the agenda, seconded by Atherton. All voted in favor
3)Public Comment: None.
4)Approval of the minutes of November 21, 2019. We will bring them back for next meeting.
October 21, 2019 and November 4, 2019. For 10/21 Sutton would like to clarify why we tabled
discussion with Mr. Turbitt was because of absence. Rick moved to approve change, Tucker
seconded. All in favor.
5)Discussion/Update of potential Warrant Articles and recommendations to Town Meeting/Select
Board:
a)Parking Commission: A parking district was voted at town meeting and then a
commission wasn’t created. Rick will pull the article from ATM19 and we can
review.
b)Parks and Rec: We need to sit down with Libby and Lauren Goldberg and discuss
section 4 of the Charter. It’s very confusing. John has asked Lauren to review this
by beginning of January. Section 4 is confusing and was not properly updated in
2007. We should correct these items. We should have Libby come to a meeting.
c)Section 4 of Charter
d)Audit committee: Libby believes the SB will sponsor the audit committee. We need
to redline the current audit committee language to show the difference. SB
discussed last night and will be finalizing the warrant by January 22, 2020
6)Discussion re: update regarding potential Warrant Articles
a)Theresa Williams has put through another complaint committee request. We sent
our letter to town council, Libby, and town moderator. There is a slight variation
that we should review. Next meeting we should compare it to our letter and decide
if we want to make any comments at ATM
b)Next meeting we can review all warrant articles
c)If we want to make comments, it will need to be relevant to TGSC charge.
d)Review all warrant articles that may have an impact on the charter
e)Non binding ballot question: are you satisfied with our current form of town
government? Do you believe our current form of town government. Rick stated that
we have to make sure the question is clear. We don’t want to sway the responses.
John will see if we have a “survey” - select 6 top qualities of town government. He
will check with Town Clerk and Libby.
7) Discussion of remaining tasks in order to finalize report to Town Meeting and Select Board
a) The Committee discussed reviewing the various charter inconsistencies in Section
4 of the Parks and Recreation Charter and asking Libby and Lauren Goldbern to
assist.
b) The Committee also discussed working with Town Counsel and Town
Administration relative to the revisions to the Audit Committee.
8) Other Business
a) There was no other business.
9) Date and time of next meeting
a) The date and time of the next two meetings will be January 9, 2020 at 3:00 pm and
January 16, 2020 at 3:00 pm.
10) Adjournment
a) A motion was made (Sutton) and duly seconded to adjourn the meeting at 4:10 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kristie Ferrantella, Recording Secretary