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Natick Charter and Bylaw Review Committee to post 2025 report online; notes $4,080.90 special counsel balance
Summary
At its April 24 meeting, the Town of Natick Charter and Bylaw Review Committee agreed to post its 2025 Special Town Meeting report on the committee webpage and provide an oral report at Town Meeting; members also noted an outstanding special counsel balance of $4,080.90 and approved several sets of minutes.
The Town of Natick Charter and Bylaw Review Committee agreed April 24 to publish its final report for the 2025 Special Annual Town Meeting on the committee’s webpage and to deliver an oral report at Town Meeting, committee members said.
Chair Paul Grismer told the committee the town’s new moderator will follow different procedures and does not plan to email Town Meeting members about nightly activity; that change informed the committee’s decision to post the full written report online instead of relying on nightly email notices. The committee concluded the final report will be posted to the CBRC page on the Town of Natick website and that an oral presentation will be offered at Town Meeting.
Members also discussed the status of special counsel billing. Grismer said there is no recent invoice from special counsel and that the town comptroller recorded an outstanding balance of $4,080.90. The committee agreed to clarify which invoices have been approved and which remain outstanding and will revisit the item at a future meeting.
The committee approved several sets of past meeting minutes. Bob Awkward moved to approve the Jan. 28, 2025 minutes; Saul Beaumont seconded, and the minutes were approved by roll call vote recorded in the minutes as 5-0-1. The Feb. 4, 2025 minutes were approved as edited during the meeting (the transcript record shows a truncated tally and does not specify the full roll-call numbers). The Feb. 18, 2025 minutes were tabled to a future meeting. The March 31, 2025 minutes were moved and seconded and approved by roll call vote recorded as 5-0-1.
Saul Beaumont moved to adjourn; Bob Awkward seconded. The committee voted 6-0-0 to adjourn at 8:02 PM.
The committee recorded attendance in the meeting materials as Christine Weithman, Paul Grismer, Paul Connolly, Donna McKenzie (joined at 7:23 PM), Saul Beaumont and Bob Awkward. The minutes were signed and dated as "Respectfully submitted" with an approval date of July 3, 2025.
The committee did not set a next meeting date in the record.
