23 Apr 2013
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Discussion was abbreviated at this meeting that was over around 10 p.m. In a nutshell: the amendment to the town manager’s act passed on a ballot vote, 223 Yes to 141 No. Crazy Paws and other dog-related businesses are now legal thanks to a more definitive bylaw that designates the difference between Veterinarian Hospital and [...]
16 Apr 2013
“Wait until you see how many candidates we get once we drop the qualifications.” Statement made by a member of the Governance committee I suppose the cartoon alone would suffice as our editorial position. But we have a little more to say than that. We’re against amending The Town Manager’s Act at this time [...]
11 Mar 2013
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Cohasset Governance committee has posted its regular meeting for 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the school committee’s meeting room at the high school. Areas of review were posted as follows: Privacy langauge screening /search / nominations committee resolution / mediation language conservation committee appt – what’s best? At this meeting it will discuss public [...]
6 Mar 2013
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At 7 p.m. on March 14th Cohasset Governance will hold its second public forum on the Town Manager Act amendment. After that session it will consider all suggestions for changes to the draft amendment and meet to craft a final document for annual town meeting. Please note that the March 7th public forum has been [...]
15 Feb 2013
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This article was written by several local attorneys, a few Cohasset citizens, and had input from two south shore town managers. It is important that the Governance committee take a new look at its draft proposal and consider the comments here-in. This is an important document. It will govern the Town of Cohasset for who [...]
15 Feb 2013
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Cohasset Governance Committee February 13, 2013 Dear Citizens: In the Fall of 2011 the Board of Selectmen created the Governance Committee to review governance in the Town of Cohasset. Our charge was to “Identify any area of the Cohasset Governance Structure that may be improved to provide better governance including accountability and effective/efficient use of [...]
6 Feb 2013
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Thursday morning (Feb 7) at 7:30 a.m. Cohasset Governance will discuss changes to the Town Manager Act suggested by the Town Counsel including part of the original act that allows the Town Manager complete assess to privileged documents and personal information. (See preceding blog.)
5 Feb 2013
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Town Counsel Paul DeRensis met with Governance chair Christine Cunning and her committee for over two and a half hours Monday night regarding the legal ramifications of their work on changes to the Town Manager Act. A lively and interesting discussion revolved around part of the present act that states, in the original Act. Especially, [...]
28 Dec 2012
Selectmen originally planned to have their first fistfight of the New Year on January 8th, but Selectmen and their acting town manager moved it up a week to Wednesday, Jan. 2. At 7:05 p.m.: Money for technology and security upgrades failed at the special meeting when the warrant article 6 was found to be deficient. [...]
19 Dec 2012
On Wed., 12:27 a.m., Select Chair Paul Carlson sent the media a press release from Town Counsel Paul DeRensis of Deutsch Williams that basically says Milanoski’s contract is illegal. DeRensis, however, says it very nicely. TownCounsel Be assured, Selectmen, Tinytown Unleashed will proceed with its request for a declaratory judgment from Norfolk Superior Court regarding the [...]
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