Proposed Changes to the Framingham Home Rule Charter are due to the City Council by June’s end.
FRAMINGHAM - The Framingham Charter Review Committee began finalizing their recommended changes to the city’s Home Rule Charter during their meeting on Thursday, May 30.
Public feedback has been sought in recent weeks by the Charter Review Committee, as thoughts and insights from residents are being incorporated into the group’s final review.
One of the revisions made at the Memorial Building on Thursday following recent public participation was the addition of state and federal government roles to the list of positions that elected officials would not be permitted to hold while in office at the city level. Previously, the Charter Review Committee’s recommendation was to prevent anyone from holding multiple municipal roles.
“I think it was just a question of: if the idea is that…these elected positions are important and that (officials) should focus on one, and give other people a chance to do it, that same logic can hold true to state positions,” Chair of the Charter Review Committee Adam Blumer explained on Thursday.
The group also approved a proposition to expand the amount of time that either the City Council or School Committee would have to act on an initiative before it’s considered accepted; if approved, that window would be 60 days. The time needed to trigger a special election for a vacant School Committee or district-specific City Council seat would be changed to the first 15 months of a term as well, compared to the Charter Review Committee’s previous suggestion of 18 months. The committee’s recommended language clarified that the mayor would have to hold a public hearing regarding the annual budget before it’s submitted to the City Council.
Proposed revisions to Framingham’s charter are due to be passed along to the City Council for final approval by the end of June.
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On January 3 at the Massachusetts State House, Framingham Mayor Charlie Sisitsky officially signed control of the Thomas Danforth Building along Union Avenue over to the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance. Current plans are to develop the site into a regional justice center.
Esta semana no The Frame: o Finance Subcommittee ouve as mudanças propostas para as classificações e compensações de funcionários municipais, subsídios estaduais estão prontos para impulsionar programas de faculdade antecipada na Framingham State University e no Massachusetts Bay Community College, e uma revisão dos eventos recentes na State House: a nova bandeira de Framingham está pronta para ser exibida em Beacon Hill, enquanto o estado recebeu o controle de um prédio no centro da cidade para abrir caminho para um novo centro regional de justiça.
This week on The Frame: the Finance Subcommittee listens to proposed changes to municipal employee classifications and compensation, state grants are set to boost early college programs at Framingham State University and Massachusetts Bay Community College, and a review of recent events at the State House: Framingham's new flag is set to be displayed on Beacon Hill, while the state has been given control of a downtown building to pave the way for a new regional justice center.
