Board of Aldermen Page 4
July 12, 2016
President McCarthy
Attorney Bolton can you answer that?
Attorney Bolton
| wasn’t here when that occurred.
Alderman Deane
So we can change things without using legislation and just through memos?
President McCarthy
| don’t know that we have...| mean the ordinances do not spell out the polling places so we wouldn’t change
them by ordinance.
Alderman Moriarty
When we first changed it | expressed that | was against it and I’ve heard some complaints since and | am
glad that it is going back and | am supporting this.
President McCarthy
Alderman Deane, with respect to your point | think that if we do it through the communication or through a
resolution it probably has exactly the same affect. If it were in the ordinances themselves | would want to
change it by ordinance.
Alderman Siegel
But that seems like something that our Corporate Counsel should be able to clarify. Attorney Bolton, can you
please do that?
Attorney Bolton
| may have misunderstood Alderman Deane’s question. | don’t think it makes a difference whether it’s done
in response to the communication or by resolution.
MOTION CARRIED
From: David G. Fredette, Treasurer/T ax Collector
Re: Proposed Amendment to R-16-041
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE
MOTION CARRIED
PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED
UPON THIS EVENING
Ms. Latha Mangipudi, 20 Salmon Brook Drive
| am really excited that the sister city resolution is going to be presented and voted on by the Board. | did
get a communication from the Mayor of Mysore and the Chamber of Commerce from Mysore and they
