Summary of Charters in Methuen .
Article 1. Incorporation; Short Title; Power
Article 2. Legislative Branch
Article 3. Executive Branch
Article 4. School Committee
Article 5. Financial Procedures
Article 6. Administrative Departments
Article 7. Nominations and Elections
Article 8. Free Petition; Initiative; Referendum; Recall
Article 9. General Provisions
Article 10. Transitional Provisions
Appendix IA - Chronology of Charter Amendments
Appendix II - Permissive Legislation
Appendix IIA - Special Laws Relative To Methuen
Appendix III - Amendments to 1973 Ordinances
Appendix IV - Amendments to 1983 Code
Appendix V - Initiative Petitions Adopted by the Municipality
Appendix VI - Amendments to 1997 Code
Appendix VII - Amendments to 2000 Code
SUMMARY OF CHARTERS IN THE CITY OF METHUEN
The City of Methuen was originally organized as a Town by Chapter 12 of the Acts and Resolves of 1725, "Being an act for dividing the City of Haverhill and erecting a new Town there and in parts adjacent by the name of Methuen"; the name of the Town being given by Governor Dummer after Lord Methuen.
- The City functioned under a Selectmen/Open Town Meeting form of government from 1726 until 1917.
- The General Court, by Chapter 116 of the Acts and Resolves of 1916, established a Selectmen/Representative Town Meeting form of government.
- The General Court, thereafter, by Chapter 289 of 1917, allowed the Town to organize as a City.
- On January 7th, 1921, the Supreme Judicial Court, in the case of Attorney
General ex rel. Mann vs. City of Methuen, 236 Mass. 564, found that the City
Charter had not been appropriately adopted under the Constitution of the Commonwealth.
Though the Court did not strike down the Charter, it left open the legality
of all City action thereafter.
- The General Court subsequently enacted Chapter 241 of 1921, providing for
the establishment of a Selectmen/Representative Town Meeting form of government.
This Charter existed from 1921 to 1973.
- On January 1st, 1973, Methuen's first Home Rule Charter became effective. Said Charter established a strong Town Administrator with a twenty-one member Town Council. Said Charter was written by the first Home Rule Charter Commission. This "Town Form" was declared to be, in law, a City by the Appeals Court on December 12th, 1978 in the case of Chadwick vs. Scarth, 6 Mass. App. 725.
- On January 1st, 1978, Methuen's second Home Rule Charter became effective. Said Charter, while keeping the Town Manager/Town Council form of government, reduced the Town Manager's power by requiring Council approval of such matters as contracts and appointments.
- On May 4th, 1993, at a Special Town Election, the citizens accepted Chapter 332 of the Acts and Resolves of 1992 providing for a Mayor and lifetime term limitations for the Mayor and City Council.
For a complete listing of all Charter amendments, see Chronology of Charter Amendments, (Appendix I).
ARTICLE 1
Incorporation; Short Title; Power
The Inhabitants of the municipality of Methuen, within the corporate limits established by law, shall continue to be a body corporate and politic under the name "City of Methuen".
This instrument shall be known, and may be cited as the Methuen Home Rule Charter.
Section 1-3 Form of Government.
The administration of the fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City, with the government thereof, shall be vested in an executive branch, to consist of the Mayor, and a legislative branch, to consist of the City Council. The executive branch shall never exercise any legislative power, and the legislative branch shall never exercise any executive powers. Except as may otherwise be specifically authorized by the Charter, no member of the City Council, nor any committee thereof, shall take any part in the conduct of the administrative business of the City.
Section 1-4 Powers of the Municipality.
Subject only to express limitations on the exercise of any power or function by a municipality in the Constitution or the statutes of the Commonwealth, it is the intent and the purpose of the voters in Methuen, through the adoption of the Charter, to secure for the City all powers it is possible to secure under the Constitution and statutes of the Commonwealth, as fully and as completely as though each such power was specifically and individually enumerated herein.
Methuen will constitutionally have a city form of government and the General Laws that apply only to cities, or treat cities differently than towns, will automatically apply to Methuen. For example, Methuen will conform to the debt limit, bond and notes issuances, etc. of Chapter 44, the Municipal Finance Act, as it applies to cities.
The powers of the municipality under the Charter are to be construed liberally in favor of the City, and the specific mention of particular powers is not intended to limit, in any way, the general powers of the municipality as stated in Section 1-4.
Section 1-6 Intergovernmental Relations.
Subject only to express limitations in the construction of statutes of the
Commonwealth, the City may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its
functions, and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation,
by contract or otherwise, with the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision
or agency thereof, or the United States government or any agency thereof.
Section 2-1 Composition; Eligibility; Election and Term.
(a) Composition - There shall be a City Council consisting of nine members which shall exercise the legislative powers of the City. Six Councillors shall be nominated and elected from the voters by districts, two Councillors to be elected from each of the three districts of the City. Three Councillors shall be nominated and elected at large. Precincts 1, 2, 6 and 10, to be known as the Central District; Precincts 3, 7, 9 and 12, to be known as the East District; and Precincts 4, 5, 8 and 11, to be known as the West District. (Increase in number of precincts from 9 to 12 approved by Legislature, June 10th, 1986, Chapter 88 of the Acts and Resolves of 1986). The City Council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members.
(b) Eligibility - Only voters who at all times during their term of office shall be and remain residents of the City shall be eligible to hold the office of Councillor. A member of the City Council shall, notwithstanding his removal from one district to another, continue to serve and to perform his official duties during his term of office.
(c) Election and Term - The term of office of all members of the City Council shall be for two years, beginning on the first secular day in January after their election and until their successors are qualified. No person shall hold office of City Councillor for more than three consecutive terms. (Consecutive term limits approved by the Legislature, September 24th, 1999, Chapter 82 of the Acts and Resolves of 1999 and adopted by the Voters November 2nd, 1999. This Act eliminated lifetime term limits.)
After the Councillors elect have been sworn, the City Council shall be called together by the oldest member elected who shall preside. The City Council shall then elect, from among its members, a Chairman and Vice Chairman to serve at the pleasure of the City Council. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the City Council and perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Charter, by ordinance, or by vote of the City Council. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman of the Council during the absence or disability of the Chairman. (Elimination of appointed Councillor on School Committee approved by voters November 3rd, 1981; see Resolution #758).
Section 2-3 Compensation; Expenses.
The City Council shall, by ordinance, establish an annual salary and expense allowance for its members.
No ordinance increasing such salary or expense allowance shall be effective, however, unless it shall have been adopted by a two-thirds vote of the full Council during the first eighteen months of the term for which Councillors are elected and the new salary and expense schedule is to be effective upon the commencement of the terms of office of the next City Council to be elected.
Section 2-4 General Powers and Duties.
Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in the City Council which shall provide for their exercise and for the performance of all duties and obligations imposed on the City by law.
No Councillor shall, while a member of the City Council, hold any other office or position the salary or compensation for which is payable out of the City treasury. No former Councillor shall hold any compensated appointive City office or City employment until one year after the expiration of his service on the City Council. This provision shall not prevent a City officer or employee who has taken a leave of absence from such duties in order to serve as a member of the City Council from returning to such office or employment following service as a member of the City Council.
Section 2-6 Filling of Vacancies.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of Councillor-at-Large or in the office of District Councillor, whether by failure to elect or otherwise, the remaining Councillors shall, within twenty-one days following the date such vacancy is declared to exist, act to fill the said vacancy. The Council shall elect, as acting Councillor whichever of the defeated candidates for the seat in which the vacancy is declared to exist, that person who received the highest number of votes at the last regular City election immediately preceding the date the vacancy is declared to exist, and who received at least twenty (20) percent of the total votes cast for the office at such election, and who remains eligible and willing to serve.
There being no such person, the Council shall choose from among the voters entitled to vote for such Councillor, an acting Councillor to serve for the balance of the unexpired term. If such choice is not made as hereinbefore provided within the said twenty-one days, the choice shall be made by the Councillor senior in length of service, or if there be more than one such, by the Councillor senior both in age and in terms of service. Any person so chosen shall be sworn and commence to serve forthwith. No vacancy shall be filled, in the manner hereinbefore provided, if a regular City election is to be held within one hundred twenty days following the date the vacancy is declared to exist.
Section 2-7 Exercise of Powers; Quorum; Rules of Procedure.
(a) Exercise of Powers - Except as otherwise prohibited by law or the Charter, the legislative powers of the City Council may be exercised in a manner determined by it.
(b) Quorum - A majority of the full City Council shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the full City Council shall be necessary to adopt any appropriation order. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Charter, any other motion or measure may be adopted by a majority vote of those present.
(c) Rules of Procedure - The City Council shall, from time to time, establish rules for its proceedings. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held at a time and place fixed by ordinance but which shall be not less frequent than once monthly. Special meetings of the City Council may be held on the call of the Chairman of the City Council, or on the call of any three or more members, by written notice delivered to the place of residence or business of each member at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time set. Except as otherwise authorized by General Laws, all sessions of the City Council shall be open to the public and press. Every matter coming before the City Council for action shall be put to a vote, the result of which shall be duly recorded. A full, accurate, and up-to-date record of the proceedings of the City Council shall be kept and shall be open to inspection by the public.
(a) City Accountant - The City Council shall, on or before January fifteenth in odd numbered years, elect, by ballot or otherwise, a City Accountant to hold office for a term of two years and until his/her successor is qualified. (Odd numbered year appointment by amendment approved by the Legislature June 28th, 1996 as Chapter 145 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996. Amendment submitted by City Council Order #3738, approved February 5th, 1996.)
The City Accountant shall keep and have charge of the accounts of the City. He shall regularly audit the books and accounts of all City agencies, and he shall have such powers and perform such other duties as the City Council may prescribe in addition to such duties as may be prescribed by law.
(b) Clerk of the Council - The City Council shall, on or before January fifteenth in odd numbered years, elect, by ballot or otherwise, a Clerk of the Council to hold office for a term of two years or until his/her successor is qualified. The Clerk of the Council shall give notice of all meetings of the City Council to its members and to the public, keep a record of its proceedings and perform such duties as may be assigned by the Charter, by ordinance, or by other vote of the City Council. (Odd numbered year appointment by amendment approved by the Legislature June 28th, 1996 as Chapter 145 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996. Amendment submitted by City Council Order #3738, approved February 5th, 1996.)
(c) City Solicitor - The City Council shall, on or before January fifteenth in odd numbered years, elect, by ballot or otherwise, a City Solicitor to hold office for a term of two years and until his/her successor is qualified. (Odd numbered year appointment by amendment approved by the Legislature June 28th, 1996 as Chapter 145 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996. Amendment submitted by City Council Order #3738, approved February 5th, 1996.)
The City Solicitor shall represent the municipality in all court matters, advise the City Council and municipal boards and officers upon all legal questions and perform such other duties as the City Council may prescribe in addition to such duties as may be prescribed by law. (Appointment by the City Council approved by voters November 5th, 1985; see Resolution #1380 and Chapter 182 of the Acts and Resolves of 1985).
(d) Salaries - The City Council shall set the salaries of the City Accountant, Clerk of the Council, Mayor and City Solicitor. (Approved by voters November 5th, 1985; see Resolution #1380 and Chapter 182 of the Acts and Resolves of 1985).
Section 2-9 Measures; Emergency Measures; Charter Objection.
(a) In General - No measure shall be passed finally on the date on which it is introduced, except in cases of special emergency involving the health or safety of the people or their property. Except as otherwise provided by the Charter, every adopted measure shall become effective at the expiration of thirty days after adoption or at any later date specified therein. Measures not subject to referendum shall become effective upon adoption. No ordinance shall be amended or repealed except by another ordinance adopted in accordance with the Charter, or as provided in the initiative and referendum procedures.
(b) Emergency Measures - An emergency measure shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for measures generally except that it shall be plainly designated as an emergency measure and shall contain statements after the enacting clause declaring that an emergency exists and describing its scope and nature in clear and specific terms. A preamble which declares and defines the emergency shall be separately voted on and shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the City Council.
An emergency measure may be passed with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced. No measure making a grant, renewal or extension, whatever its kind or nature, of any franchise or special privilege shall be passed as an emergency measure, and except as provided in General Laws, Chapter 166, Sections 70 and 71 (relating to utility lines), no such grant, renewal or extension shall be made otherwise than by ordinance. After its adoption, an emergency measure shall be published as prescribed for other adopted measures. It shall become effective upon adoption or at such later time as it may specify.
(c). Charter Objection - On the first occasion that the question on adoption of a measure is put to the City Council, if a single member objects to the taking of the vote, the vote shall be postponed until the next meeting of the City Council, whether regular or special. If two or more other members shall join the member in objection, such postponement shall be until the next regular meeting; but for an emergency measure, at least four members in all must object. This procedure shall not be used more than once for any matter bearing a single docket number notwithstanding any amendment to the original matter.
Section 2-10 Delegation of Powers.
The City Council may delegate to one or more City agencies, the powers vested in the City Council by the laws of the Commonwealth to grant and issue licenses and permits, and may regulate the granting and issuing of licenses and permits by any such City agency, and may, in its discretion, rescind any such delegation without prejudice to any prior action which has been taken.
Section 2-11 Inquiries and Investigations.
The City Council may require any City officer or member of a board or commission to appear before it, and give such information as it may require in relation to his office, its function, and performance. The City Council shall give at least forty-eight hours written notice of the general scope of the inquiry which is to be made to any person it shall require to appear before it under this section.
The City Council may make investigations into the affairs of the City and
into the conduct of any City agency, and for this purpose may subpoena witnesses,
administer oaths and require the production of evidence.
Section 3-1 Mayor - Qualifications; Term of Office; Compensation.
(a). Mayor; Qualifications - The Chief Executive Officer of the City
shall be a Mayor, elected by and from the qualified voters of the City. Any
voter domiciled in the City shall be eligible to hold the office of Mayor. He
shall devote his full time to the office and shall not hold any other public
office, elective or appointive, nor engage in any other business activity whether
or not such business activity is pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary
advantage, during his term.
(b) Term of Office - The term of office of Mayor shall be two years, beginning on the first Monday of January following his election and until his successor is qualified. No person shall hold the office of Mayor for more than three consecutive terms. (Consecutive term limits approved by the Legislature September 24th, 1999, Chapter 82 of the Acts and Resolves of 1999 and adopted by the Voters November 2nd, 1999).
(c) Compensation - The City Council shall, by ordinance, establish an annual salary for the Mayor.
Section 3-2 Executive Authority and Duties.
The executive powers of the City shall be vested solely in the Mayor, and may be exercised by him either personally or through the several City agencies under his general supervision and control. The Mayor shall see that all of the provisions of the General Laws, of this Charter, of votes of the City Council which require enforcement by him or officers subject to his direction and supervision are faithfully carried out and shall cause a record of all his official duties to be kept. He shall have the following authority and duties:
A.. He shall supervise and direct the administration of all departments, commissions,
boards and offices, except the City Council, the School Committee, the City
Accountant, the City Solicitor and Clerk of the Council.
B. He shall fix the compensation of all City officers and employees appointed
by him within the limits established by City ordinances and existing appropriations.
C. He shall attend all regular meetings of the City Council, unless excused
at his own request, and shall have a voice but no vote in all of its deliberations.
D. He shall keep full and complete records of his office, and shall render as
often as may be required by the City Council, but not less than once a year,
a full report of all operations during the period reported on, which report
shall be made available to the public.
E. He shall keep the City Council fully advised as to the needs of the City and shall recommend to the City Council for adoption such measures requiring action by them as he may deem necessary or expedient.
F. He shall have full jurisdiction over the rental and use of all City facilities under his control. He shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of all City property under his control.
G. He shall be responsible for the appointment, subject to the approval of the City Council, of any necessary building and facilities committees having to do with the preparation of plans and supervision of work on all construction, reconstruction, alterations, improvements and other undertakings authorized by the City Council, provided, however, that the approval of the School Committee shall be obtained for school construction or improvement plans.
H. He shall keep a full and complete inventory of all property of the City, both real and personal.
I. He shall negotiate and may execute contracts involving any subject within his jurisdiction. All contracts shall be awarded by the Mayor, however, all contracts, prior to said award, shall meet with approval, by vote, of the majority of the City Council.
J. He shall be responsible for the purchasing of all supplies, materials and equipment for all departments and activities of the City, but not including food for schools, school books and other instructional materials, supplies and equipment; library books and related printed and audio-visual subject material, unless otherwise requested by the School Committee or the Library Trustees.
K. The City of Methuen shall have a board of no less than three (3) Assessors appointed by the Mayor and he shall designate one of his appointees as Chairman thereof.
L. He shall perform any other duties required by the ordinances or other votes of the City Council
M. He shall exercise general supervision and direction over all City agencies unless otherwise provided by law. Each City agency shall furnish to him, forthwith upon his request, any information, materials or otherwise as he may request and as needs of his office and the interests of the City require.
Section 3-3. Appointments by the Mayor.
Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, the Mayor shall appoint, upon merit and fitness alone, and may remove subject to the provisions of the civil service laws, the provisions of this Charter, or other pertinent statutes where applicable, all officers and employees of the City, except employees of the School Department. All appointments of Department Heads, Assistant Department Heads, Division Heads, Police Superior Officers of the rank of Sergeant and above, Fire Department Superior Officers of the rank of Lieutenant and above, the Conservation Commission Agent, and all Boards and Commissions shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the full City Council. The Mayor shall submit, in writing, to the City council, at least ten days prior to the next regular meeting when the appointment is to be made, the name of any person he desires to appoint to a City position. (Approved by the voters November 5th, 1996; see Resolution #3745 and Chapter 148 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996).
Section 3-4. Temporary Appointments to City Offices.
Whenever a vacancy, either temporary or permanent, occurs in a City office and the needs of the City require that such office be filled, the Mayor may designate the head of another City agency or a City officer or employee, or some other person, especially fitted by merit and fitness, to perform the duties of the office on a temporary basis until such time as the position can be filled as otherwise provided by law, Charter or ordinance. The Mayor shall file a certificate, in substantially the following form, with the City Clerk whenever he makes a designation under this section:
I designate (name of person) to perform the duties of the office of (designate office in which vacancy exists) on a temporary basis until the office can be filled by (here set out the regular procedure for filling the vacancy, or when the regular officer shall return). I certify that said person is qualified to perform the duties which will be required and that I make this designation solely in the interests of the City of Methuen.
Section 3-5. Communications; Special Meetings.
(a). Communications to the City Council - Within six weeks following the start of each fiscal year, the Mayor shall submit to City Council, and make available for public distribution, a complete report on the financial and administrative activities and status of the City for the preceding fiscal year. He shall from time to time, and, whenever requested by the City Council, by written communication, keep the City Council fully informed of the financial condition and administrative issues of the City and shall recommend to them such measures for their consideration as, in his judgment, the needs of the City require.
(b) Special Meetings of the City Council - The Mayor may at any time call a special meeting of the City Council for any purpose by causing a notice thereof to be delivered in hand or residence of each member of the City Council. Such notice shall, except in an emergency as determined by the Mayor, be delivered at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the time set and shall specify the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.
Section 3-6. Approval of Mayor; Exception (Veto).
Every order, ordinance, resolution or vote adopted or passed by the City Council relative to the affairs of the City shall be presented to the Mayor for his approval. If approved, he must sign it. If not, he shall return it, with his written objections, to the City Council who shall, gain, consider it. To override the Mayor's objections, a two-thirds vote is required. Further, the failure of the Mayor to submit his disapproval of the measure with written objections within ten (10) days after it is presented to him shall be deemed valid and in full force and effect. This section shall not apply to emergency measures as provided in Sections 2-9(a) and 2-9(b) of this Charter.
Section 3-7. Temporary Absence of Mayor.
(a) Acting Mayor - Whenever, by reason of sickness, absence from City or other unexpected cause, the Mayor shall be unable to perform the duties of his office for a period of three (3) successive working days or more, the City Council shall appoint from among its members an Acting Mayor to serve in the Mayor's absence
(b) Powers of an Acting Mayor - The Acting Mayor shall have all the powers of the Mayor except that he shall not make any permanent appointment or removal to or from any office unless the disability of the Mayor shall have continued for sixty (60) days or more without having resigned, nor shall he approve or disapprove of any measure passed by the City Council unless the time within the Mayor must act would expire before the return of the Mayor.
Section 3-8. Vacancy in Office of Mayor.
(a) Special Election - If a vacancy in the office of Mayor occurs in the first year of the term for which the Mayor is elected, whether by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, incapacity, or otherwise, the City Council shall forthwith order a special election to be held within sixty (60) days following the date the vacancy is created to fill such vacancy for the balance of the then unexpired term.
(b) Council Election - If a vacancy in the office occurs in the second year of the term for which the Mayor was elected, whether by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, or otherwise, a meeting of the City council shall be called forthwith and they shall elect, by a majority vote, one of its members as Mayor for the unexpired term. Failing to so elect at said meeting, or, thirty (30) days thereafter, the Chairman of the City Council shall become Acting Mayor for the unexpired term. Upon the qualification of the City Council member or Chairman of the City Council as the Mayor under this section, a vacancy shall exist in his seat on the City Council which shall be filled in the manner provided in Section 2-6.
(c) Powers; Term of Office - The Mayor elected under Section 3-8(a) or 3-8(b) shall have all the powers of the Mayor. He shall serve for the balance of the term unexpired at the time of his election to the office.
Section 3-9. Terms of Office - Department Heads.
The terms of office of Department Heads of the City of Methuen shall be three years. The term "Department Heads", as used herein, shall mean the Fire Chief, Director of Public Works, Veterans' Service Agent, City Clerk, Treasurer/Tax Collector, and the Executive Director of the Council on Aging and such other officers who may be designated as Department Heads under City ordinances. (Approved by the voters November 5th, 1996; see Resolution #3745 and Chapter 148 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996).
Section 4-1. Composition; Eligibility; Election; Term.
(a) Composition - There shall be a School Committee consisting of seven members, six of whom shall be nominated and elected at large, and the Mayor who shall serve as the seventh member of the School Committee. The Mayor shall also serve as the Chairman thereof with full power to vote. The School Committee shall exercise control and management of the public schools of the City. (Mayor as ex-officio Chairman approved by the voters November 5th, 1996; see Resolution #3745 and Chapter 148 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996).
(b) Eligibility - Only voters shall be eligible to hold office of School Committeeman.
(c). Election and Term - The terms of School Committeemen shall
be two years, beginning the first secular day in January after election and
until their successors are qualified. No person shall hold the office of school
committee member for more than three consecutive years. (Establishment of term
limits approved by the Legislature, September 24th, 1999, Chapter 82 of the
Acts and resolves of 1999 and adopted by the Voters November 2nd, 1999).
Section 4-2 Organization.
The School Committee shall annually organize by the election from among its
members a Chairman, a Vice Chairman and a Secretary. The Vice Chairman shall
preside at all meetings of the committee in the event of the absence or the
disability of the Chairman.
Section 4-3 General Powers and Duties.
The School Committee shall have the powers and duties which School Committees
have under the General Laws and may have such additional powers and duties as
the City Council may, by ordinance, from time to time assign. The powers of
the School Committee shall include, but not be limited to, the power to: (1)
appoint a Superintendent; (2) appoint all other officers and employees connected
with the schools, except as otherwise provided by this Charter, fix their compensation
and define their duties, make rules concerning their tenure of office and discharge
them; (3) furnish all school buildings with proper fixtures, furnishings and
equipment; and (4) make all reasonable rules and regulations consistent with
law, for the management of the public schools of the City and for conducting
the business of the Committee.
Section 4-4 Location and Erection of Schools; Approvals
Required.
No site for a school building shall be acquired by the City unless the approval
of the site by the School Committee is first obtained. No plans for the construction
of or alterations in a school building shall be accepted, and no work shall
be begun on the construction or alteration of a school building unless with
the approval of the School Committee and the Mayor. The Mayor shall notify the
School Committee in writing prior to or at the time of each change in plans
after work is begun. This section shall not require such approval for the making
of ordinary repairs.
Section 4-5 Prohibitions.
No member of the School Committee shall, during the term for which he was elected,
hold any other compensated City office or City employment under the jurisdiction
of the School Committee, nor shall he be eligible for appointment to any compensated
City office or City employment under the jurisdiction of the School Committee
until one year after the term for which he was elected has expired. This provision
shall not prevent a City officer or employee, under the jurisdiction of the
School Committee, who has taken a leave of absence from such duties in order
to serve as a member of the School Committee from returning to such office or
employment following such services as a member of the School Committee.
Section 4-6 Filling of Vacancies.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of School Committeeman, whether by failure
to elect or otherwise, the remaining School Committeemen shall, within twenty-one
days following the date such vacancy is declared to exist, act to fill the said
vacancy. The School Committee shall elect as acting School Committeeman whichever
of the defeated candidates for election to the School Committee who received
the highest number of votes at the last regular City election immediately preceding
the date the vacancy is declared to exist and who received at least twenty (20)
percent of the total votes cast for the office at such election, and who remains
eligible and willing to serve. There being no such person, the School Committee
shall choose from among the voters an acting School Committeeman to serve the
balance of the unexpired term. If such choice is not made as hereinbefore provided
within the said twenty-one days, the choice shall be made by the School Committeeman
senior in length of service, or if there be more than one such, by the School
Committeeman senior both in age and in terms of service. Any person so chosen
shall be sworn and commence to serve forthwith. No vacancy shall be filled,
in the manner hereinbefore provided, if a regular City election is to be held
within one hundred twenty days following the date the vacancy is declared to
exist.
Section 4-7 Budget Hearing.
(a) At least thirty (30) days before the meeting at which the School Committee
is to vote on the budget request which it will submit to the Mayor for inclusion
in the budget he is required to submit to the City Council, the School Committee
shall cause to be published in a local newspaper a general summary of their
proposed budget. The summary shall indicate specifically areas of increase from
the present budget, if any, and the reasons for such changes and a notice stating
(1) the times and places where complete copies of their proposed budget will
be available for public examination, and (2) the date, not less than seven nor
more than fourteen days following such publication, and the place at which a
public hearing will be held by the School Committee on their proposed budget.
(b) The School Committee shall submit its annual budget to the City Council
for approval in the following format: Expenditures for each individual school
building in the City, including administration, if any, shall be broken down
categorically by line item. Example: Teacher salaries, custodial salaries, teacher
aide salaries, teacher supplies, maintenance supplies, etc.
ARTICLE 5
Financial Procedures
Section 5-1 Submission of Budget; Budget Message.
Within the period prescribed by state statute, the Mayor shall submit to the
City Council a proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year which shall provide
a complete financial plan of all City funds and activities for the ensuing fiscal
year, and accompanying budget message, and supporting documents, including the
estimated effect of the proposed budget on the tax rate. The proposed budget,
including departmental requests, shall be in the same format as prescribed by
the Mayor.
The message of the Mayor shall explain the budget for all City agencies both
in fiscal terms and in terms of work programs. It shall outline the proposed
financial policies of the City for the ensuing fiscal year, describe the important
features of the budget, indicate any major changes from the current fiscal year
in financial policies, expenditures and revenues, together with the reasons
for such changes; summarize the City's debt position and include such other
material as the Mayor deems desirable or the City Council may reasonably require.
Section 5-2 Action on the Budget.
(a) Public Hearing - The City Council shall publish in one or more newspapers
of general circulation in the City the general summary of the proposed budget
as submitted by the Mayor by a notice stating: (1) the times and places where
copies of the proposed budget are available for inspection by the public, and
(2) the date, time and place, not less than two weeks after such publication,
when a public hearing on said proposed budget will be held by the City Council.
(b) Adoption of the Budget - The City Council shall adopt the budget, with
or without amendments, within forty-five days following the date the budget
is filed with the Clerk of the Council. In amending the budget, it may delete
or decrease any programs or amounts except expenditures required by law or for
debt service, but except on the recommendation of the Mayor, it shall not increase
any item in or the total of the proposed budget.
If the City Council fails to take action with respect to any item in the budget
within forty-five days after receipt of the budget, such amount shall, without
any action by the City Council, become a part of the appropriations for the
year, and be available for the purposes specified.
Section 5-3 Capital Improvement Program.
(a) Submission - The Mayor shall prepare and submit annually to the City
Council a five-year capital improvement program at least thirty days prior to
the final date for submission of the operating budget.
(b) Contents - The capital improvement program shall include: (1) a clear
summary of its contents; (2) a list of all capital improvements proposed to
be undertaken during the next five fiscal years with supporting data; (3) cost
estimates, method of financing, and recommended time schedules; and (4) the
estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities included.
The above information shall be revised and extended each year.
(c). Public Hearing - The City Council shall publish in one or more newspapers
of general circulation in the City the general summary of the capital improvement
program and a notice stating: (1) the times and places where copies of the capital
improvement program are available for inspection by the public; and, (2) the
date, time and place not less than two weeks after such publication, when a
public hearing on said program will be held by the City Council.
(d) Adoption - After the public hearing and on or before the twentieth day of the last month of the current fiscal year, the City Council shall, by resolution, adopt the capital improvement program, with or without amendment, provided that each amendment must be voted separately and that any increase in the capital improvement program as submitted must clearly identify the method of financing proposed to accomplish this increase.
Section 5-4 Provision for Outside Audit.
At least once in every three years an outside audit of the books and accounts shall be made. In the event that the Commonwealth shall fail in any such period to provide for an audit to be conducted, within ninety days following the date a written request for them to do so is made by the City Council, the City Council shall provide for such an audit to be made by a certified public accountant, or firm of such accountants, who have no personal interests, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the City government or of any of its affairs or employees.
Section 5-5 Annual Audit of Department Heads.
There will be a financial audit done by a private public accountant or firm of all department heads who are responsible for any negotiating or any individual who awards any contracts or investments in the interest of the City.
This audit shall be done annually and if this audit finds that there is no wrongdoing as far as the residents of the City are concerned, a report stating such shall be placed on file with the City Clerk. If any wrongdoing is found, then the private accountant shall forward to the District Attorney's office of Essex County, any such evidence of wrongdoing for his necessary action.
Section 5-6 Chief Financial Officer Obtaining Five (5) Quotes from Banks.
The Treasurer shall obtain not less than five (5) quotes on interest rates
from separate corporate financial institutions when borrowing or investing City
funds and shall file such records of transaction with the City Council. This
section does not pertain to bond issues.
ARTICLE 6
Administrative Departments
Section 6-1 Reorganization Plans by City Council.
Except as otherwise prohibited by law or the Charter, the City Council may, by ordinance, reorganize, consolidate or abolish any existing City agency, in whole or in part; establish new City agencies and prescribe the functions of any City agencies. All City agencies under the direction and supervision of the Mayor shall be headed and administered by officers appointed by him.
Section 6-2 Reorganization Plans by Mayor.
(a) The Mayor may, from time to time, prepare and submit to the City Council, reorganization plans which may, subject to applicable law and the Charter, reorganize, consolidate or abolish any City agency, in whole or in part, or establish new City agencies, as he deems necessary or expedient. Such reorganization plan shall be accompanied by an explanatory message when submitted.
(b) Every such reorganization plan shall, upon receipt by the Clerk of the Council, be referred to an appropriate committee of the City Council which shall, not more than thirty days later, hold a public hearing on the matter and shall, within ten days following such hearing, report either that it approves or that it disapproves of the plan. A reorganization plan shall become effective ninety days after the date it is received by the City Council, unless the City Council has, prior to that date, voted to disapprove the reorganization plan, or, unless a later effective date is specified in the plan. A reorganization plan presented by the Mayor to the City Council under this section may not be amended by it, but shall either be approved or rejected as submitted and shall not be subject to the objection as provided in Section 2-9(c).
Section 6-3 Publication of Reorganization Plan.
An up-to-date record of any reorganization plan under this article shall be
kept on file in the office of the City Clerk and copies of all such plans shall
be included as an appendix in any publication of the ordinances of the City.
ARTICLE 7
Nominations and Elections
Section 7-1 City Elections; General and Preliminary.
The regular City election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each odd- numbered year.
On the fourth Tuesday preceding every regular City election, there shall be held a preliminary election for the purpose of nominating candidates.
Section 7-2 Preliminary Elections.
(a) Signature Requirements - The number of signatures of voters required to place the name of a candidate on the official ballot to be used at a preliminary election shall be as follows: For an office which is to be filled by vote of the whole City, not less than one hundred and fifty signatures, not less than fifty from each of the three districts. For an office which is elected by the voters in a district, not less than fifty signatures from said district.
(b) Ballot Position - The order in which names of candidates appear on the ballot for each office shall be determined by a drawing by lot conducted by the City Clerk in the presence of such candidates or their representatives as may choose to attend such drawings.
(c) Determination of Candidates for Election - The two persons receiving at a preliminary election the highest number of votes for nomination for an office shall be the sole candidates for that office whose names may be printed on the official ballot to be used at the regular election at which such office is to be filled, and no acceptance of a nomination at a preliminary election shall be necessary to its validity.
If two or more persons are to be elected to the same office at such regular election, the several persons in number equal to twice the number so to be elected receiving at such preliminary election the highest number of votes for nomination for that office shall be the sole candidates for that office whose names may be printed on the official ballot.
If the preliminary election results in a tie vote among candidates for nomination receiving the lowest number of votes, which but for said tie vote would entitle a person receiving the same to have his name printed upon the official ballot for the election, all candidates participating in said tie vote shall have their names printed upon the official ballot, although in consequence, there be printed thereon candidates to a number exceeding twice the number to be elected.
(d) Nominations of Candidates; Conditions Making Preliminary Election Unnecessary - If, at the expiration of the time for filing petitions of candidates to be voted for at any preliminary election, not more than twice as many such petitions have been filed with the City Clerk for an office as are to be elected to such office, the candidates whose petitions have thus been filed shall be deemed to have been nominated to said office and their names shall be voted on for such office at the succeeding regular election, and the City Clerk shall not print said names upon the ballot to be used at said preliminary election and no other nomination to said office shall be made. If, in consequence, it shall appear that no names are to be printed upon the official ballot to be used at any preliminary election in any district or districts of the City, no preliminary election shall be held in any such district or districts.
(a) Information to Voters - If the candidate in a regular City election is an incumbent of the office to which he seeks election, against his name shall appear the phrase "candidate for re-election".
(b) Ballot Position - The order in which names of candidates appear on the ballot for each office in a regular City election shall be determined by a drawing by lot conducted by the City Clerk in the presence of such candidates or their representatives as may choose to attend.
Section 7-4 Precincts and Districts.
The territory of Methuen shall be divided into twelve precincts, so established as to consist of as nearly equal a number of inhabitants as it is possible in compact and contiguous territory; bounded insofar as possible by the center line of known streets or ways or by other well defined limits. The twelve precincts shall be separated into three districts. The Central District shall include Precincts 1, 2, 6 and 10; the East District shall include Precincts 3, 7, 9 and 12; and the West District shall include Precincts 4, 5, 8 and 11. (Increase in precincts from 9 to 12 approved by the Legislature June 10th, 1986 - Chapter 88 of the Acts and Resolves of 1986; see Resolution #1473).
Section 7-5 Application of State Laws.
Except as expressly provided in the Charter and authorized by statute, all City elections shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth relating to the right to vote, the registration of voters, the nomination of candidates, the conduct of preliminary and regular elections, the submission of Charter amendments and other propositions, the counting of votes and the declaration of results.
ARTICLE 8
Free petition; Initiative; Referendum; Recall
a) Individual Petitions, Action Discretionary - The City Council and the School Committee shall receive all petitions which are addressed to them and signed by a voter and may, in their discretion, take such action in regard to such petitions as they deem necessary and appropriate.
b) Group Petitions; Action Required - The City Council (or the School Committee), as the case may be, shall hold a public hearing and act by taking a vote on the merits of every petition which is addressed to it and which is signed by at least one hundred fifty voters. The hearing shall be held by the City Council or the School Committee, or, in either case, by a committee or sub-committee thereof and the action by the City Council or School Committee shall be taken not later than three months after the petition is filed with the City Clerk. Hearings on two or more petitions filed under this section may be held at the same time and place. The City Clerk shall mail notice of the hearing to the ten petitioners whose names first appear on each petition at least seven days before the hearing. Notice by publication at least seven days prior to all such hearings shall also be made, and shall be at public expense. No hearing shall be heard upon any one subject matter more than once in any given twelve month period.
Section 8-2 Citizen Initiative Measures.
a) Commencement of Proceedings - Initiative procedures shall be started by the filing of an initiative petition with the City Clerk. The petition shall be addressed to the City Council or the School Committee, shall contain a request for passage of a particular measure set forth in the petition and shall be signed by not less than ten per cent of the total number of voters.
Signatures to initiative petitions need not be all on one paper. All such papers pertaining to any one measure shall be fastened together and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk as one instrument, with the endorsement thereon of the names and addresses of the persons designated as filing the same. With each signature to the petitions, shall be stated the place of residence of the signer, giving the street and number, if any.
Within five days after the filing of said petition the registrars of voters shall ascertain by what number of voters the petition is signed, and what percentage that number is of the total number of voters and shall attach thereto their certificate showing the result of such examination.
The City Clerk shall forthwith transmit the said certificate with the said petition to the City Council or to the School Committee, according as the petition is addressed and at the same time shall send a copy of said certificate to the persons designated on the petition as filing the same.
When such certificate has been so transmitted, said petition shall be deemed to be valid unless written objections are made with regard to the signatures thereon by a voter within forty-eight hours after such certification by filing such objections with the City Council or the School Committee, and a copy thereof with the registrars of voters. Any such objection shall be determined forthwith.
b) Referral to City Solicitor - If the City Clerk determines that a sufficient number of signers are voters, he shall transmit a copy of the petition to the City Solicitor.
Within fifteen days after his receipt of the petition the City Solicitor shall advise the City Clerk in writing whether the measure may be proposed by initiative procedures and whether it may lawfully be passed by the City Council or the School Committee. If the opinion of the Solicitor is that the measure may not lawfully be passed, he shall state his reason or reasons therefor in his reply. The City Clerk shall forthwith furnish a copy of the City Solicitor's opinion to the person designated on the petition as filing the same.
c) Initiative Petition; Requirements for Passage and Submission to Electorate - If any initiative petition is signed by voters equal in number to at least ten per cent of the total number of voters, and, in the opinion of the City Solicitor, such measure may lawfully be passed by the City Council or the School Committee, the City Council or the School Committee, within twenty days after the date of the certificate of the registrars to that effect: (1) shall pass said measure without alteration, subject to the referendum vote provided by this Charter; or (2) the City Council shall call a special election to be held on a date fixed by it not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after the date of the certificate hereinbefore mentioned, and shall submit the proposed measure without alteration to a vote of the voters at that election; provided, that if any City election is otherwise to occur within one hundred and twenty days after the date of said certificate, the City Council may, at its discretion, omit the calling of a special election and submit the proposed measure to the voters at such approaching election.
The ballots used when voting upon a proposed measure under this section shall state the nature of the measure in terms sufficient to show the substance thereof.
Section 8-3 Citizen Referendum Procedures.
Referendum Petition; Effect on Final Passage - If within twenty days after the final passage of any measure, except a revenue loan order, by the City Council or by the School Committee, a petition signed by voters equal in number to at least ten per cent of the total number of voters, and addressed to the City Council or to the School Committee, as the case may be, protesting against such measure or any part thereof taking effect, is filed with the City Clerk, the same shall thereupon and thereby be suspended from taking effect; and the City Council or the School Committee, as the case may be, shall immediately reconsider such measure or part thereof; and if such measure or part thereof is not entirely rescinded, the City Council shall submit the same, by the method herein provided, to a vote of the voters either at the next regular City election, or at a special election which may, in its discretion, be called for the purpose and such measure or part thereof shall forthwith become null and void unless a majority of the voters voting on the same at such election vote in favor thereof.
The petition described in this section shall be termed a referendum petition and section 8-2 (a) shall apply to the procedure in respect thereto, except that the words "measure or part thereof protested against" shall for this purpose be understood to replace "measure" in said section whenever it may occur, and "referendum" shall be understood to replace the word "initiative" in said section.
In addition to the requirements for filing as mentioned above, the following shall apply: referendum petitions shall be on a form as prepared by the City Clerk and such petition forms may not be issued on any referendum matter until the same has been finally passed in accordance with Article 2, Section 2-9(a) of the Methuen Home Rule Charter. Failure to comply with the above procedure shall invalidate any petition otherwise proper in form and substance. (Approved by voters November 5, 1985; see resolution #1359).
Section 8-4 Submission of Proposed Measure to Voters.
The City Council may, of its own motion, and shall upon request of the School Committee if a measure originates with that committee and pertains to the affairs under its administration, submit to a vote of the voters for adoption or rejection at a general or special City election any proposed measure, or a proposition for the repeal or amendment of any measure, in the same manner and with the same force and effect as are hereby provided for submission on petition.
Section 8-5 Measures with Conflicting Provisions.
If two or more proposed measures passed at the same election contain conflicting provisions, only the one receiving the greater number of affirmative votes shall take effect.
(a) Who Can Be Recalled - The holder of any elective City office may be recalled therefrom by the voters as herein provided.
(b) Recall Petition - Any one hundred fifty voters may file with the City
Clerk an affidavit containing the name of the officer sought to be recalled
and a statement of the grounds for the recall. The City Clerk shall thereupon
deliver to said voters making the affidavit copies of petition blanks demanding
such recall printed forms of which he shall keep available. The blanks shall
be issued by the City Clerk with his signature and the official seal attached
hereto. They shall be dated, shall be addressed to the City Council and shall
contain the names of all persons to whom they are issued, the name of the person
whose recall is sought, the grounds of recall as stated in the affidavit and
shall demand the election of a successor in the said office. A copy of the petition
shall be entered in a record book to be kept in the office of the City Clerk.
The recall petition shall be returned and filed with the City Clerk within sixty
days after the filing of the affidavit, and shall have been signed by at least
fifty per cent of the number of voters of the City who have voted in the last
preceding local election, or in the case of a district councilman, of the district,
who shall add to their signatures the street and number, if any, of their residences.
The City Clerk shall within twenty-four hours of receipt submit the petition
to the registrars of voters and the registrars shall forthwith certify thereon
the number of signatures which are names of voters.
(c) City Council's Action on Receiving Petition - If the petition shall be found
and certified by the City Clerk to be sufficient, he shall submit the same with
his certificate to the City Council without delay, and the City Council shall
forthwith give written notice of the receipt of the certificate to the officer
sought to be recalled and shall, if the officer does not resign within five
days thereafter, order an election to be held on a date fixed by them not less
than forty-five nor more than sixty days after the date of the City Clerk's
certificate that a sufficient petition is filed; provided, however, that if
any other City election is to occur within sixty days after the date of the
certificate, the city council shall postpone the holding of the recall election
to the date of such other election. If a vacancy occurs in said office after
a recall election has been ordered, the election shall nevertheless proceed
as provided in this section.
(d) Nomination of Candidates - Any officer sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests otherwise in writing, the City Clerk shall place his name on the ballot without nomination. The nomination of other candidates, the publication of the warrant for the removal election, and the conduct of the same, shall all be in accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections, unless otherwise provided in this section.
(e) Incumbent Holds Office Until Election - The incumbent shall continue to perform the duties of his office until the recall election. If then re-elected, he shall continue in office for the remainder of his unexpired term, subject to recall as before, except as provided in this section. If not re-elected in the recall election, he shall be deemed removed upon the qualification of his successor, who shall hold office during the unexpired term. If the successor fails to qualify within five days after receiving notification of his election, the incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed and the office vacant.
(f) Propositions on Ballot - Ballots used in a recall election shall submit the following propositions in the order indicated:
For the recall of (name of officer)
Against the recall of (name of officer)
Immediately at the right of each proposition there shall be a square in which the voter, by making a cross mark (X), may vote for either of the said propositions. Under the proposition shall appear the word "Candidates", the directions to voters required by Section 42 of Chapter 54 of the General Laws, and beneath this, names of candidates nominated as hereinbefore provided. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of recall is in the affirmative, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. If a majority of votes on the question is in the negative, the ballots for candidates need not be counted.
(g) Re-appointment of Person Recalled - No person who has been recalled from an office, or who has resigned from office while recall proceedings were pending against him, shall be appointed to any city office within two years after such recall or such resignation.
Section 9-1 Certificate of Election and Appointment.
Every person who is elected or appointed shall receive a certificate of such election or appointment from the City Clerk which shall bear the date of its expiration. Except as otherwise provided by law, before performing any act under his election or appointment, he shall take and subscribe to an oath to qualify him to enter upon the duties of office. A record of the taking of such oath shall be made by the City Clerk. Any oath required by this section may be administered by any officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Records of transaction of all officers and boards shall be open to the inspection of the public.
Section 9-2 Rules and Regulations.
A copy of all rules and regulations adopted by any City agency shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and made available for review by any person who requests such information.
Section 9-3 Re-enactment and Publication of Ordinances.
The City Council shall, at five year intervals, cause to be prepared by a special committee of the City Council appointed for that purpose proposed revisions or recodifications of all ordinances of the City which shall be presented to the City Council for re-enactment. Such revision or recodification shall be prepared under the supervision of the City Solicitor, or, if the City Council so directs, by special counsel retained for that purpose. Copies of the revised ordinances shall be made available for distribution, provided, however, that a charge not to exceed the actual cost per copy of reproduction may be charged.
Section 9-4 Liability of City Offices and Agencies.
All City officers and members of City agencies shall be deemed to be public or municipal officers or officials. Subject to appropriation, the City may indemnify any such officer or member for expenses or damages incurred in the defense or settlement of a claim against him which arose while acting within the scope of his official duties or employment, but only to the extent and subject to the limitations imposed by the General Laws.
No member of the executive or legislative branch or of the School Committee shall appear as counsel before any City office or agency.
Section 9-6 Meetings of Qualified Voters.
General meetings of the voters may be held from time to time, according to the right secured to the people by the Constitution of the Commonwealth; and all such meetings may, and upon the request in writing of one hundred voters setting forth the purpose thereof, shall be duly called by the City Council.
If any provision of the Charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the Charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the Charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of the Charter and its provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Section 9-8 Specific Provisions Shall Prevail.
To the extent that any specific provision of the Charter will conflict with any provisions expressed in the Charter in general terms, the specific provisions shall prevail.
Section 9-9 References to General Laws.
All references to the General Laws contained in the Charter refer to the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and are intended to include any amendments or revisions to such chapters and sections or to the corresponding chapters and sections of any rearrangement of the General Laws enacted subsequent to the adoption of the Charter.
Section 9-10 Removals and Suspensions.
(a) In General - Any appointed officer or full-time salaried employee of the City, not subject to the provisions of the state civil service law, whether appointed for a fixed or an indefinite term, may be suspended or removed from office by the appointing authority for good cause. The term cause shall include, but not be limited to, the following: incapacity other than temporary illness, inefficiency, insubordination and conduct unbecoming the office.
(b) Suspension - Any appointed officer or full-time salaried employee of the City may be suspended from the office by the appointing authority if such action is deemed by them to be necessary to protect the interest of the City. However, no suspension shall be for more than fifteen days.
Suspension may be coterminous with removal and shall not interfere with the rights of the officer or employee under the removal procedure given below.
(a) Removal - The appointing authority, when removing any such officer or employee, shall act in accordance with the following procedure:
1. A written notice of intent to remove and a statement of the cause or causes therefor shall be delivered by registered mail to the last known address of the person sought to be removed.
2. Within five days of delivery of such notice, the officer or employee may request a public or closed hearing to be held by the City Council at which he may be represented by counsel, who shall be entitled to present evidence, call witnesses and to question any witness appearing at the hearing. Such hearing shall be conducted under the rules of evidence.
(b) Between one and ten days after the public or closed hearing is adjourned, the City Council shall direct the appointing authority to take final action by either removing the officer or employee or notifying him that the notice has been rescinded.
(c). After delivery of this notice of intent to remove, if the officer or employee fails to request a hearing, the appointing authority shall take final action either by removing the officer or employee or notifying him that the notice has been rescinded.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting a right to such a hearing
to:
A. A person who holds a position for a fixed term, when his term expires; and
B. A person who is a member of Local 3699, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Methuen Support Staff Employees Unit. Said member shall be governed by the disciplinary Procedure of said Unit's collective bargaining agreement with the City Of Methuen. (Chapter 76 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996)
(a) Meetings - All multiple member bodies of the City, whether elected or appointed or otherwise constituted, shall meet regularly at such times and places within the City as they may prescribe. Except in emergencies, special meetings of any multiple member body shall be held on the call of the respective chairman or by one-third of the members thereof by written notice delivered to the residence or place of business of each member at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time set. A copy of the said notice shall also be posted on the City bulletin board(s). Special meetings of any multiple member body shall also be called within one week after the date of the filing with the City Clerk of a petition signed by at least one hundred voters and which states the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be called. Except in cases of special emergency as otherwise authorized by the General Laws, all meetings of all multiple member bodies shall be open and public; however, the multiple member body may recess for the purpose of discussing in a closed or executive session limited to its own membership, any matter which would tend to defame or prejudice the character or reputation of any person, which would affect the public security, or which might have a direct fiscal effect on the city, provided that the general subject matter for consideration is expressed in the motion calling for such session.
(b) Agendas - Except in cases of special emergency, at least forty-eight hours before any meeting of a multiple member body is to be held, an agenda containing all items which are scheduled to come before it at the meeting shall be posted. No action taken on a matter not included in the posted agenda shall be effective unless the body first adopts by special vote a resolution declaring that an emergency exists and that the particular matter must be acted upon at that meeting for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety or convenience of the City.
(c) Rules and Journal - Each multiple member body shall determine its own rules and order of business unless otherwise provided by the Charter or by law and shall provide for keeping a journal of its proceedings. These rules and journals shall be a public record kept available in a place convenient to the public at all times and certified copies shall be kept available in the City Clerk's office.
(d) Voting - Except on procedural matters, all votes of all multiple member bodies shall be taken by a call of the roll and the ayes and nays shall be recorded in the journal, provided, however, that if the vote is unanimous only that fact need be recorded.
(e) Quorum - A majority of the members of a multiple member body shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and subject to the penalties prescribed by the rules of the body. No other action shall be valid or binding unless ratified by the affirmative vote of the majority of the full body.
Unless another meaning is clearly apparent from the manner in which the word is used, the following words as used in the Charter shall have the following meanings:
(a) Charter - The word "Charter" shall mean this Charter and any amendments to it made through any of the methods provided under Article LXXXIX of the amendments to the State Constitution.
(b) Days - The word "days" shall refer to business days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and Legal Holidays, when the time set is seven days or less; when more than seven days, every day shall be included when counting days.
(c) Emergency - The word "emergency" shall mean a sudden, unexpected, unforeseen happening, occurrence or condition which necessitates immediate action.
(d) Full Council - The words "full Council" shall mean the entire authorized complement of the City Council notwithstanding any vacancies which might exist.
(e) Initiative Measure - The words "initiative measure" shall mean a measure proposed by initiative procedures under the Charter, including a specific item in a City budget or School Committee budget but excluding:
1. Proceedings relating to the organization or operation of the City Council or School Committee;
2. An emergency measure passed in conformity with the Charter;
3. The City budget as a whole or the School Committee budget as a whole;
4. A revenue loan order;
5. An appropriation for the payment of the City debts or obligations;
6. Any appropriation of funds necessary to implement a written agreement executed under General Laws, Chapter 149, Section 178I (relating to collective bargaining);
7. Any proceeding or part thereof, relating to the election, employment, appointment, suspension, transfer, demotion, removal or discharge of any City officer or employee;
8. Any proceeding repealing or rescinding a measure, or a part thereof, which is protested by referendum procedures.
9. Any proceeding providing for the submission or referral of a matter to the voters at an election.
(f) Majority Vote - The words "majority vote" shall mean a majority of those present and voting, provided, that a quorum of the body is present.
(g) Measure - The word "measure" shall mean an ordinance passed or which could be passed by the City Council or an order, resolution, vote or other proceeding passed or which could be passed by the City Council or School Committee.
(h) Multiple Member Body - The words "multiple member body" shall mean any body consisting of two or more persons, whether elected, appointed or otherwise constituted.
B. Municipality - Methuen shall have a municipal form of government.
(j) Number and Gender - The singular number may be extended and applied to several persons or things; words imparting the plural number may include the singular; and words imparting the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender.
(k) Referendum Measure - The words "referendum measure" shall mean a measure protested by referendum procedures under the Charter, including a specific item in the City budget or School Committee budget, but excluding items #1 through 7 mentioned under the definition of (e) Initiative Measures, and:
(l) City - The word "City" shall mean the name "City of Methuen".
(m) City Agency - The words "City agency" shall mean any board, commission, committee, department, or office of the City government.
(n) Voters - The word "voters" shall mean registered voters of the City of Methuen.
ARTICLE 10
Transitional Provision
All by-laws, ordinances, resolutions, of the previous City Council votes, and rules and regulations of the City which are in force at the time the Charter is adopted, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Charter, shall continue in force until amended or repealed.
Section 10-2 Continuation of Government.
All City agencies shall continue to perform their duties until re-appointed, re-elected, or until successors to their respective positions are duly appointed or elected or their duties have been transferred.
Section 10-3 Continuation of Administrative Personnel.
Any person holding an office or position in the administrative service of the City, or any person serving in the employment of the City shall retain such office or position and shall continue to perform his duties until provisions shall have been made in accordance with the Charter for the performance of the said duties by another person or agency; provided, however, that no person in the permanent full time service of employment of the City shall forfeit his pay grade or time in service. All such persons shall be retained in a capacity as similar to their former capacity as it is practical so to do.
Section 10-4 Transfer of Records and Property.
All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any City agency or part thereof, the powers and duties of which are assigned in whole or part to another City agency shall be transferred forthwith to the City agency to which such powers and duties are assigned.
Section 10-5 Effect on Obligations, Taxes and other Legal Acts.
All official bonds, recognizances, obligations, contracts and other instruments entered into or executed by or to the City before its adoption of the Charter, and all taxes, special assessments, fines, penalties, forfeitures incurred or imposed, due or owing to the City, shall be enforced and collected, and all writs, prosecutions, actions and causes of action, except as herein otherwise provided, shall continue without abatement and remain unaffected by the Charter; and no legal act done by or in favor of the City shall be rendered invalid by its adoption of the Charter.
The salary to be paid to each member of the City Council elected at the first election shall be determined by the City Council but under no circumstances shall exceed $1,000.00 per annum. This salary if any shall continue until changed by ordinance under the provisions of Section 2-3 of the Charter.
Section 10-7 Time of Taking Effect.
This Charter shall become fully effective on January 1, 1978 but it shall take partial effect in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) The first regular election shall be held in accordance with Article 7-1 of this proposed Charter on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1977. All of the provisions of the Charter which relate to the conduct of regular City elections including a preliminary election with regard to the City Council shall take effect as stated in the Charter.
(b) The School Committee shall only elect three members at large in November of 1977 for a term of two years. The three School Committeemen elected at the regular City election of April, 1977 shall continue to serve until the election of November, 1979. At that time, six School Committeemen will be elected every two years in accordance with the Charter proposed.
(c) The powers and duties of the City Council shall not become fully effective until the first secular day of January, 1978, but in the meantime, the City Council shall prepare for the transition to the new form of government as follows:
1. They shall establish qualifications and procedures to follow in the selection of a City Manager to serve under the Charter. The appointment of a City Manager shall be effective on the second Monday of January following their election.
2. They shall cause to be prepared rules and regulations governing the conduct of Council business. They shall study the requirements of the new Council and may prepare all necessary ordinances to be effective, for the orderly and convenient exercise of the administrative affairs of the City. They shall consider and prepare such agency reorganizations as they deem advisable, such as a Community Development Authority and a Human Service Board, for their consideration at the first session of the Council after January 1, 1978 but shall take no such action until they have taken the oath of office on the first secular day of 1978.
(d) Representatives to Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical High School.
The committee members elected by the City of Methuen to the Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical High School district shall be elected in the following manner.
1. The committee member to be elected at the April, 1977 election shall serve until the end of 1979 and his replacement shall be elected at the November, 1979 election.
2.. The committee member whose term would have expired after the April, 1979 election shall serve until the end of 1979 and his replacement shall also be elected in the November, 1979 election.
Thereafter, both representatives that Methuen is entitled to will be elected at the regular election held every two years in accordance with this Charter.
(e) Representatives to Nevins Library.
The representatives elected by the City of Methuen to the Nevins Memorial Library will be elected in the following manner:
1. The delegate who will be elected in April, 1977 will serve until the end of 1979 and his replacement will be elected in the November, 1979 election.
2. The delegate who would have been elected in the April, 1978 election will continue serving as a holdover and he will serve until the end of 1979 and his replacement will be elected at the November, 1979 election.Thereafter, both representatives will be elected in the regular manner.
(f) Any officials elected under the previous Charter shall remain in office until January 1, 1978 unless specific provisions for their continuance is provided for in this Charter.
(g) Community Development Department.
The City Council, within sixty (60) days after taking office, shall file a special act with the Great and General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to create a Community Development Department which will combine the Methuen Housing Authority, Methuen Redevelopment Authority, Methuen Planning Board and any other boards and commissions that the City Council feels is necessary to coordinate the present responsibilities of these boards and commissions.
(h) Elimination of Fiscal Autonomy for the Methuen School Department.
The City Council shall, within thirty (30) days after taking office in January 1978, submit home rule legislation which shall eliminate fiscal autonomy for the Methuen School Department. Such legislation shall allow the City Council, by a 4/5 vote, to reduce the budget as submitted by the Methuen School Department.
(i) The City Manager appointed in January following the election at which the Charter is adopted shall assist the City Council in the establishment of the new Charter as they may request him to do.
(j) The Councillors in office at the time of the first November election shall continue to serve in that office until December 31st of that year. They shall be responsible for general operation of the government and shall continue to perform all of the powers, duties and functions of their office as though, this, the Charter, had not been adopted except that they shall coordinate all of their long-range plans with the new members of the new City Council.
Section 10-8 Disposition of Special Acts.
(a) Partial Repeal of Certain Special Acts - The following special acts, insofar as they confer power upon the City of Methuen which the City would not otherwise hold under the Charter, General Laws or the Constitution, are retained; otherwise, they are hereby repealed, it being the explicit intention of this paragraph that portions of any special acts retained which limit or restrict a power conferred or the manner in which it is to be exercised be repealed and that powers so conferred are to be exercised in accordance with the Charter.
Chapter 310 of the acts of 1892; Chapter 176 of the acts of 1909; Chapter 57 of the acts of 1968.
(b) Special Act Specifically Retained - The following act is hereby recognized, confirmed and retained: Chapter 12 of the acts of 1725.
Section 10-9 City Solicitor Appointment/Time of Taking Effect.
The provisions of Section 2-8(c) relative to the appointment of the City Solicitor shall take effect on July 1st, 1986, provided, however, that the City Council shall, upon the effective date of the act, assume supervision and direction of the City Solicitor and he/she shall become directly responsible and accountable to the City Council. (Approved by voters November 5, 1985, see Resolution #1380 Chapter 182 of the Acts and Resolves 1985.)
CHRONOLOGY OF CHARTER AMENDMENTS
1. Home Rule Charter adopted April 23rd, 1977, effective January 1st, 1978.
2. Article 2, City Council, Section 2-2, Organization. Amendment approved by the voters November 3rd, 1981. Amendment submitted to voters by the City Council, Resolution #758, approved March 16th, 1981.
This section originally read as follows:
Section 2-2 Organization.
After the Councillors Elect have been sworn, the City Council shall be called together by the oldest member elected who shall preside. The City Council shall then elect, from among its members, a chairman and vice chairman to serve at the pleasure of the City Council. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the City Council, and perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Charter, by ordinance or by vote of the City Council. The vice chairman shall act as chairman of the Council during the absence or disability of the chair- man. The City Council shall elect from among its members one Councillor to sit as a voting member of the School Committee. This member shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council.
3. Article 4, School Committee, Section 4-1, sub-section (a), Composition. Amendment approved by the voters November 3rd, 1981. Amendment submitted to voters by the City Council, Resolution #758, approved March 16th, 1981.
This section originally read as follows:
(a) Composition - There shall be a School Committee of seven members. Six of these members to be nominated and elected at-large. The seventh member shall be a member of the City Council elected by the City Council. The School Committee shall exercise control and management of the public schools of the City. All school committeemen shall be nominated and elected by the voters at large.
4. Article 8, Referendum Petitions, Section 8-3. Amendment approved by the voters November 5th, 1985. Amendment submitted to voters by the City Council, Resolution #1359, approved February 25th, 1985. Said amendment added the last two sentences at the end of the second paragraph.
5. Appointment of City Solicitor. Amendment approved by the voters November 5th, 1985. Amendment submitted to the voters by the City Council, Resolution #1380, approved August 5th, 1985 and enacted by the General Court as Chapter 182 of the Acts and Resolves of 1985.
Said Act:
(a) Struck sub-section (c) of Article 2, Section 2-8, and replaced the same with the present section;
(b) Moved former sub-section (c) to new sub-section (d);
(c) Added new Article 10, Section 10-9.
6. Number of Precincts Increased. Amendment approved by the legislature June 10th, 1986 as Chapter 88 of the Acts and Resolves of 1986. Amendment submitted by the City Council, Resolution #1473, approved April 16th, 1986.
Amendment changed:
(a) Article 2, Section 2-1, sub-section (a), which originally read:
"Precincts 1, 2 and 6 to be known as the central district; precincts 3, 7 and 9 to be known as the east district; and precincts 4, 5 and 8 to be known as the west district".
(b) Article 7, Section 7-4, which originally read:
"Section 7-4 Precincts and Districts.
The territory of the City shall be divided into nine precincts so established as to consist of as nearly equal a number of inhabitants as it is possible in compact and contiguous territory; bounded insofar as possible by the center line of known streets or ways or by other well defined limits.
The nine precincts shall be separated into three districts. The central district shall include precincts 1, 2 and 6; the east district shall include precincts 3, 7 and 9; and the west district shall include precincts 4, 5 and 8.".
7. Election of a Mayor and Establishment of Limitation of Terms of City Councillors. Chapter 332 of the Acts and Resolves of 1992 accepted by the voters on May 4th, 1993 replaced the City Manager with a Mayor and placed term limits on the Mayor and City Councillors.
8. Section 9-10 of Article 9, Removals and Suspensions. The following was added: "Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting a right to such a hearing to a person who is a member of Local 3699, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Methuen Support Staff Employees Unit. Said member shall be governed by the disciplinary procedure of said Unit's collective bargaining agreement with the City of Methuen." Chapter 76 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996.
9. Article 2, Sections 2-8(a), (b) and (c), Appointment of City Accountant, Clerk of the Council and City Solicitor. Amendment approved by the legislature approved June 28th, 1996 as Chapter 145 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996. Amendment submitted by the City Council, Order #3738, approved February 5th, 1996.
Amendment changed:
(a) Article 2, Section 2-8, sub-section (a), which originally read:
"(a) City Accountant - As soon as practicable after the Council has been organized, the City Council shall elect, by ballot or otherwise, a City Accountant to hold office for a term of two years and until his successor is qualified."(b) Article 2, Section 2-8, sub-section (b), which originally read:
"(b) Clerk of the Council - The City Council shall elect, by ballot or otherwise, a Clerk of the Council, who may be the City Clerk, to hold office at the pleasure of the Council."(c) Article 2, Section 2-8, sub-section (c), which originally read:
"(c) City Solicitor - The City Council shall, on or before July 1st in the year it organizes under Article 2, Section 2-2, elect, by ballot or otherwise, a City Solicitor to hold office for a term of two years and until his/her successor is qualified."
10. Article 3, Section 3-3, Appointments by the Mayor. Amendment approved by the voters November 5th, 1996; see Resolution #3745 and Chapter 148 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996.
This section originally read as follows:
"Section 3-3. Appointments by the Mayor.Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, the Mayor shall appoint, upon merit and fitness alone, and may remove subject to the provisions of the civil service laws, the provisions of this Charter, or other pertinent statutes where applicable, all officers and employees of the Town, except employees of the School Department. All appointments made by the Mayor shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the full Council. The Mayor shall submit, in writing, to the Town council, at least ten days prior to the next regular meeting when the appointment is to be made, the name of any person he desires to appoint to a Town position."
11. Article 3, a new section 3-9, Terms of Office - Department Heads was added. Amendment approved by the voters November 5th, 1996; see Resolution #3745 and Chapter 148 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996.
12. Article 4, School Committee, Section 4-1, sub-section (a), Composition. Amendment approved by the voters November 5th, 1996; see Resolution #3745 and Chapter 148 of the Acts and Resolves of 1996.
This sub-section originally read as follows:
"(a) Composition - There shall be a School Committee of seven members who shall be nominated and elected at large. The School Committee shall exercise control and management of the public schools of the City." (Approved by the voters November 3rd, 1981; see Resolution #758).B. Article 2, Legislative Branch, Section 2-1, Sub-section (c), Election and Term
Amendment approved by the Legislature September 24th, 1999, Chapter 82 of
the Acts and Resolves of 1999, and adopted by the Voters November 2nd, 1999.
The second sentence thereof originally read as follows:
"No person shall hold the office of City Councillor for more than three consecutive or non-consecutive terms".
C. Article 3, Executive Branch, Section 3-1, Sub-section (b), Term of Office
Amendment approved by the Legislature September 24th, 1999, Chapter 82 of
the Acts and Resolves of 1999, and adopted by the Voters November 2nd, 1999.
The following sentence was added to Sub-section (b):
"No person shall hold the office of Mayor for more than three consecutive terms".
D. Article 4, School Committee, Section 4-1, Sub-section (c), Election and TermAmendment approved by the Legislature September 24th, 1999, Chapter 82 of
the Acts and Resolves of 1999, and adopted by the Voters November 2nd, 1999.The following sentence was added to Sub-section (c):
"No person shall hold the office of School Committee ember for more than three consecutive terms".
PERMISSIVE LEGISLATION
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CHAPTER
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ACTS
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TITLE
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DATE
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VOTED
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CLERK'S PAGE
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| Acts of 1845 |
Steam Engines
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11-9-1846 | To Accept |
161
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|
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Ch. 218, S. 9 |
Acts of 1863 |
Raising State Tax
|
9-21-1863 | To Accept |
271
|
| Ch. 366 | Acts of 1869 |
Impounding Cattle
|
2-18-1871 | To Accept |
446
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| Ch. 366 | Acts of 1869 |
Impounding Cattle
|
3-7-1870 | To Accept |
424
|
| Ch. 158 | Acts of 1871 |
Election of Road Commissioners
|
3-4-1872 | Not to Accept |
4
|
| Ch. 158 | Acts of 1871 |
Election of Road commissioners
|
3-2-1874 | To Pass Over |
52
|
| Ch. 242 | Acts of 1867 |
Shade Trees
|
3-2-1874 | To Adopt |
54
|
| Ch. 158 | Acts of 1871 |
Election of Road Commissioners
|
3-2-1875 | To Adopt |
77
|
| Ch. 229 | Acts of 1883 |
Tellers for Voting
|
3-3-1884 | Read at Town Meeting - Appointed Tellers to Count Votes |
289
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| Ch. 331 | Acts of 1888 |
Catching of Pickerel
|
3-4-1889 | To Adopt |
432
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|
Purchase of Fire Apparatus
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3-4-1889 | Passed Over |
432
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Division Into Voting Precincts
|
3-6-1893 | Passed Over |
569
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| Ch. 309 | Acts of 1885 |
License for Groves for Amusements
|
3-6-1893 | To Accept |
569
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| Acts of 1908 |
Protection of Forest Fires
|
3-20-1909 | To Accept |
538
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|
| Amend. Ch. 310 | Acts of 1892 |
Water Act
|
3-20-1909 | To Accept |
537
|
| Acts of 1909 |
Sale of Fruit, etc. on Sunday
|
6-2-1909 | Passed Over |
544
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|
| Ch. 176 | Acts of 1909 |
No Explanation of What the Act Concerns
|
6-2-1909 | To Accept |
543
|
| Ballot Question |
Workmen's Comp. - Ch. 807 of 1913
|
3-2-1914 | To Accept |
158
|
|
| Ballot Question |
Abolition of Party Enrollment
|
11-3-1914 | To Accept |
183
|
|
| Ballot Question |
Saturday Half Holiday for Laborers
|
11-3-1914 | Not Accepted |
183
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|
| Ballot Question |
Vacation of Laborers
|
11-3-1914 | Not Accepted |
183
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|
|
Ballot Question Special Election |
Acts of 1916 |
Act Providing for Precinct Voting, Limited Town Meetings,
a Referendum, and an Annual Moderator in the Town of Methuen
|
7-29-1916 | To Accept |
241
|
|
Ballot Question' Ch. 289 |
Acts of 1917 |
Act to Incorporate Town of Methuen
|
11-6-1917 | To Accept |
293
|
| Ch. 386 | Acts of 1890 |
Election of Town Officers
|
1-7-1891 | To Accept |
486
|
| Ballot Question |
To Supply Methuen With Water
|
6-27-1891 | Not Accepted |
516
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|
| Ballot Question |
To Supply Methuen With Water
|
10-14-1891 | Not Accepted |
520
|
|
| Ch. 820 | Acts of 1950 |
Authorizing Increases in the Annual Amounts of Certain
Pensions, Retirement Allowances, Annuities Payable by the Town to Certain
Former Employees and Persons Claiming Under Them
|
3-26-1951 | Accepted |
5 - 34
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| Ch. 156 | Acts of 1945 |
Sick Leave for Laborers and Foremen
|
3-26-1951 | Accepted |
5 - 34
|
| Ch. 781 | Acts of 1951 |
Increasing the Amounts of Pensions and Retirement Allowances
Payable to Certain Former Public Employees
|
3-12-1952 | Accepted |
5 - 74
|
| Ch. 536 | Acts of 1952 |
Increasing the Amounts of Pensions and Retirement Allowances
Payable to Certain Former Public Employees
|
3-11-1953 | Accepted |
5 - 130
|
| Ch.624 | Acts of 1952 |
Increasing the Amounts of Pensions, Retirement Allowances
and Annuities Payable to Certain Former Public Employees
|
3-11-1953 | Accepted |
5 - 130
|
| Ch. 351 | Acts of 1930 |
Police Department Uniforms
|
3-11-1953 | Accepted |
5 - 130
|
| Ch. 351 | Acts of 1930 |
Fire Department Uniforms
|
3-10-1954 | Accepted |
5 - 167
|
| Ch. 670 | Acts of 1955 |
Increasing the Amounts of Pensions, Retirement Allowances
and Annuities Payable to Certain Former Public Employees
|
3-26-1956 | Accepted |
5 - 270
|
|
Ballot Question Ch. 730 |
Acts of 1956 |
Shall Chapter 32B of the General Laws, Authorizing any
county, city, town or district to provide a plan of group life insurance,
group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group general
or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons
in the service of such county, city, town or district and their dependents
be accepted by this Town?
|
3-4-1957 | Accepted |
1 - 309
|
| Ch. 605 | Acts of 1956 |
Increasing the Amounts of Pensions, Retirement Allowances
and Annuities Payable to Certain Former Public Employees Separated From
Service After April 1, 1951
|
3-20-1957 |
Accepted |
5 - 329
|
| Ch. 265 | Acts of 1947 |
Accept the Provisions of Section 110A, Ch. 41 and Amend
the Salary and Wage Plan by Setting Up a Standard Work Week for Town Office
Employees (Saturday Closing)
|
3-12-1958 | Accepted |
5 - 377
|
| Acts of 1957 |
Increasing Amount of Pensions of Certain Retired Police
Officers and Firefighters
|
3-12-1858 | Accepted |
5 - 377
|
|
| Ch. 374 | Acts of 1956 |
Pensions for Widows of Policemen and Firemen Under Noncontrib.
Retirement
|
3-17-1958 | Accepted |
5 - 381
|
| Ch. 268 | Acts of 1954 |
Credible Service in the Retirement of Certain Police
Officers and Firemen in Certain Cities and Towns
|
3-11-1959 | Accepted |
6 - 43
|
| Ch. 121 | Acts of 1959 |
Authorizing Advance Payments to Certain Employees of
Cities, Town or Counties Who are Eligible for Retirement
|
3-15-1961 | Accepted |
6 - 166
|
| Ch. 223, Sec. 1 | Acts of 1955 |
Providing Compensatory Time Off to Police Officers
|
3-25-1964 | Accepted |
7 - 51
|
| Ch. 490 as Amended | Acts of 1961 |
Veteran Retirement 25 years of Service
|
6-21-1965 |
Voted by Selectmen 6-21-1965 |
Selectmen's Rec. Bk. 8, Pg. 209
|
| Ch. 40, Sec. 8C | Acts of 1957 |
Conservation Commission
|
1967 | Accepted |
Town Meeting Pg. 255 |
| Ch. 628, Sec. 1 | Acts of 1953 |
Indemnification of Retired Police Officers and Fire
|
3-15-1969 | Accepted |
8 - 147
|
|
Ballot Question Ch. 452 |
Acts of 1965 |
42 Hour Work Week - Firefighters
|
11-3-1970 | Voted |
8 - 252
|
|
Ch. 41, Sec. 100D Repealed Ch. 512, Sec. 10 |
Acts of 1978 |
Indemnification of Officers and Employees of Mun. for
Damages Arising From Operation of Municipally Owned Motor Vehicles
|
3-13-1971 | Accepted |
8 - 297
|
|
Ch. 41, Sec. 100A Repealed Ch. 458, Sec. 4 |
Indemnification of Officers and Employees for Damages
or Expenses Arising Out Of Operation of Vehicles or Equipment Owned by
the Municipality
|
3-13-1971 | Accepted |
8 - 297
|
|
| Ch. 835 | Acts of 1970 |
As Amended, Known as the Police Pay Incentive Bill
|
3-13-1971 | Accepted |
8 - 299
|
| Acts of 1966 |
Firefighters Residence
|
3-24-1971 | Accepted |
8 - 308
|
|
| Ch. 190 | Acts of 1963 |
Accept Ch. 40, Sec. 6J "Town To Purchase Storm
Work Clothes, Including Rubber Boots and Other Work Clothes For Its Employees"
|
4-17-1973 | Voted |
Res. #13
|
| Ch. 220, Sec. 2 | Acts of 1972 |
Accept Ch. 40, Sec. 8G "Authorizing
Ch. 220, Sec.2 Town of Methuen to enter into an agreement with another city or town, or other cities and towns, to provide mutual aid programs for Police departments to increase the capability of such departments to protect the lives, safety and property of the people in the area designated in the agreement" |
5-22-1973 | Voted |
Res. #20
|
| Ch. 284 | Acts of 1975 |
Authorizing the Appropriation of Money For The Payment
of Unpaid Bills of Previous Fiscal Years Due To Insufficient Appropriation
in the Fiscal Year Bills Were Incurred
|
9-4-1973 | Voted |
Res. #37
|
| Ch. 595 | Acts of 1959 |
Political Subdivisions Contribution for Insurance Premiums
of Retired Employees Authorizing Methuen to Pay One-half The Premium Cost
Payable by Retired Employees
|
7-1-1974 | Voted |
Res. #112
|
| Ch 478, Sec. 40 | Acts of 1978 |
Providing for Violations of parking Regulations
|
12-16-1974 | Voted |
Res. #147
|
|
Ch. 381 Repealed Ch. 319 |
Acts of 1961 |
Private Ways
|
11-3-1975 | Voted |
Document Folder
|
| Ch. 806 | Acts of 1975 |
Provision for continued group insurance to spouses and
dependents of
employee killed while performing his duty; further to provide for payment by the Town of one-half of the amount of the premium to be paid by the surviving spouse of an insured employee or injured employee |
6-28-1976 | Voted |
Res. #273
|
| Ch. 586 | Acts of 1977 |
Acceptance of Act Making Certain Unpaid Annual Sewer
Charges a Tax Lien
|
11-6-1978 | Voted |
Res. #470
|
| Ch. 665 | Acts of 1977 |
Establishing Recreation/Leisure Services Revolving Fund
|
11-20-1978 | Voted |
Res. #474
|
| Ch. 148 | Acts of 1969 |
Authorizing the Exemption of Enginemen and Members of
the Fire Dept. From Jury Duty
|
8-6-1979 | Voted |
Res. #545
|
| Ch. 217 | Acts of 1980 |
Accepting Ch. 217 of the A & R of 1980 - Purchases
by Towns and Districts
|
9-3-1980 | Voted |
Res. #684
|
| Ch. 384 | Acts of 1980 |
Establishing An Energy Resources Commission
|
10-6-1980 | Voted |
Res. #698
|
| Ch. 639 | Acts of 1977 |
Creation of a Community School Adult and Continuing
Education Revolving Account for the Methuen School Department
|
10-28-1980 | Voted |
Res. #707
|
| Ch. 416, Sec. 2 | Acts of 1980 |
Qualifications of Assessors
|
12-15-1980 | Voted |
Res. #721
|
| Ch. 41, Sec. 69B | Acts of 1909 |
Establishing Water Enterprise Funds
|
6-1-1981 | Voted |
Res. #785
|
| Ch. 32B, Sec. 17 |
Continuation of Health Insurance Coverage for Laid Off
Town Employees
|
9-21-81 | Voted |
Res. #822
|
|
| Ch. 41, Sec. 100G |
Payment of Funeral and Burial Expenses of Police and
Firemen
|
11-2-1981 | Voted |
Res. #839
|
|
| Ch.90, Sec. 20A 1/2, 20C and 20D |
Designation of Parking Clerk for Implementing Local
Processing Of Collection of Moving and Parking Violation Revenues
|
12-7-1981 | Voted |
Res. #852
|
|
| Ch. 148, Sec. 26C |
Smoke Detectors
|
2-16-1982 | Voted |
Res. #879
|
|
| Ch. 743 | Acts of 1981 |
Changing Eligibility of Certain Surviving Spouses, Minors
and Elderly Persons
|
3-15-1982 | Voted |
Res. #894
|
| Ch. 39, Sec. 7 |
Utilization of Councillors in Other Functions Within
Town Management Structure
|
5-3-1982 | Voted |
Res. #915
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|
|
Ch. 40, Sec. 42A - 42F |
Method for Collection of Delinquent Water Charges
|
5-3-1982 | Voted |
Res #916
|
|
| Ch. 339 | Acts of 1981 |
Offsetting Annual Ordinary Operating Costs by Estimated
Receipts from Fees Charged to Users of Services Provided
|
6-7-1982 | Voted |
Res. #933
|
| Ch. 48, Sec. 57G |
Annual Base Rate of Compensation to be Paid to Fire
and Police Chiefs
|
10-18-1982 | Voted |
Res. #988
|
|
| Ch. 152, Sec. 69 |
Workmen's Compensation/Teachers
|
11-1-1982 | Voted |
Res. #988
|
|
| Ch. 44, Sec. 16A |
Facsimile Signature-Manager
|
2-8-1983 | Voted |
Res #1029
|
|
| Ch. 60A, Sec. 1 |
Veterans - Excise Tax
|
4-4-1983 | Voted |
Res. #1048
|
|
| Ch. 138, Sec. 12B |
Nude Entertainment
|
5-2-1983 | Voted |
Res. #1078
|
|
| Ch. 53, Sec. 9A |
Nomination Papers
|
10-19-1983 | Voted |
Res. #1109
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5 |
Tax Abatements
|
9-19-1983 | Voted |
Res. #1111
|
|
| Ch. 14, Sec. 26G |
Sprinkler Systems
|
1-18-1984 | Voted |
Res. #1148
|
|
| Ch. 40, Sec. 8J |
Handicapped Commission
|
6-6-1984 | Voted |
Res. #1192
|
|
| Ch. 40, Sec. 4H |
Equipment Purchase
|
3-18-1985 | Voted |
Res. #1308
|
|
| Ch. 64G, Sec. 3A, Amended by Sec. 6, Ch. 145 | Acts of 1985 |
Establishment of an Excise Tax on Hotels, Lodging Houses
and Motels
|
9-23-1985 | Voted |
Res. #1404
|
| Ch. 70A, Sec. 5 Amended by Sec. 4-6, Ch. 188 | Acts of 1985 |
Equal Education Opportunity Grant
|
10-7-1985 | Voted |
Res. #1406
|
| Ch. 188, Sec. 13 | Acts of 1985 |
Professional Development Grant Program
|
10-7-1985 | Voted |
Res. #1407
|
| Ch. 188, Sec. 16 | Acts of 1985 |
Minimum Salary of $18,000 for School Teachers
|
10-7-1985 | Voted |
Res. #1408
|
| Ch. 40, Sec. 57 |
Authorizing Town Council to enact
ordinance to deny, revoke or suspend any local license, including renewals and transfers upon determining that person seeking license or permit has not paid any local taxes, fees, assessments or betterments |
3-3-1986 | Voted |
Res. #1465
|
|
| Ch. 147, Sec. 10F |
Parking Control Officer
|
5-6-19087 | Voted |
Res. #1663
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5, Clause 17D (Ch. 73, Sec. 1) | Acts of 1986 |
Abatements - Widows, etc.
|
5-6-1987 | Voted |
Res. #1666
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5, clause 41C (Ch. 73, Sec. 3) | Acts of 1986 |
Abatements - Elderly
|
5-6-1987 | Voted |
Res. #1667
|
| Ch.60, Sec. 23 (Ch. 250) | Acts of 1987 |
Increase Fee for Certificate of Lien to $25.00
|
12-7-1987 | Voted |
Res. #1768
|
| Ch. 188, Sec. 13 | Acts of 1985 |
Voke School - E.E.O.G.
|
3-21-1988 | Voted |
Res. #1810
|
| Ch. 32B, Sec. 9F (Ch. 705, Sec. 4) | Acts of 1986 |
Increase Life Insurance Benefit for Retirees of Methuen
to $5,000
|
4-19-1988 | Voted |
Res. #1815
|
| Ch. 188, Sec. 16 |
School Teachers Minimum Salary
|
4-19-1988 | Voted |
Res. #1817
|
|
| Ch. 188, Sec. 4-6 |
E.E.O.G. Chapter 70A, Sec. 5
|
4-19-1988 | Voted |
Res. #1818
|
|
| Ch. 71, Sec. 17A (Ch. 236) | Acts of 1981 |
Allowing School District to Maintain Culinary Arts Revolving
Fund
|
4-19-1988 | Voted |
Res. #1819
|
| Ch. 697, Sec. 18, 31 and 33 | Acts of 1987 |
Retirement Acts
|
8-1-1988 | Voted |
Res. #1880
|
| Ch. 697, Sec. 64 | Acts of 1987 |
Retirement Cap
|
11-21-1988 | Voted |
Res. #1921
|
| Ch. 188 | Acts of 1985 |
E.E.O.G.
|
2-6-1989 | Voted |
Res. #1940
|
| Ch. 308 (G.L. Ch. 140, Sec. 147A) | Acts of 1985 |
Regulation of Dogs
|
4-3-1989 | Voted |
Ord. #336
|
| Ch. 499, Sec. 1 (G.L. Ch. 59, Sec. 5, Clause 5b | Acts of 1987 |
Veterans' Organization Exemption Clause
|
10-11-1989 | Voted |
Res. #2038
|
| Ch. 188 | Acts of 1985 |
Voke School
|
10-19-1989 | Voted |
Res. #2047
|
| Ch. 653, Sec. 40 (G.L. Ch. 59, Sec. 2A | Acts of 1989 |
Change of Assessment Dates
|
5-2-1990 | Voted |
Res. #3017
|
| Ch. 491, Sec. 2 (G.L. Ch. 138, Sec. 17A) | Acts of 1984 |
Seasonal Liquor Licenses
|
6-20-1990 | Voted |
Res. #3040
|
| Ch. 32B, Sec. 7A, G.L. |
Employee Health
|
7-2-1990 | Voted |
Res. #3066
|
|
| Ch. 291 | Acts of 1990 |
E911
|
3-13-1991 | Voted |
Res. #3149
|
| Ch. 653, Sec. 41 (G.L. Ch. 59, Sec. 57C) | Acts of 1989 |
Quarterly Tax bills
|
4-1-1991 | Voted |
Res. #3186
|
| Ch. 254, Sec. 90G-3/4 (Chapter 32) | Acts of 1990 |
Creditable Service Beyond Age of 70 - Municipal Employees
|
7-1-1991 | Voted |
Res #3210
|
| Ch. 151, Sec. 28 (G.L. Ch. 40, Sec. 3) | Acts of 1993 |
School Rental Receipts
|
9-20-1993 | Voted |
Res #3483
|
| Ch. 481, Sec. 2 (G.L. Ch. 138, Sec. 12) | Acts of 1993 |
Licensing of Common Victualers for the Sale of Liqueurs
and Cordials
|
5-16-1984 | Voted |
Res. #3562
|
| Ch. 71, Sec. 83 | Acts of 1993 |
Education Reform Act - Providing Teachers Early Retirement
Incentive
|
5-16-1994 | Voted |
Res. #3564
|
| Ch. 32B, Sec. 7A |
Subsidiary or Additional Rate for Health Insurance
|
2-6-1995 | Voted |
Res. #3637
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 90A |
Authorizing Increasing the Allowance of Former Employees
Retired for Accidental Disability
|
10-16-1995 | Voted |
Res. #3704
|
|
| Ch. 90, Sec. 7L |
Standing in School Buses
|
11-19-1995 | Voted |
Res. #3713
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5 and 58, Amended by Ch. 181, Sec. 1 | Acts of 1995 |
Elderly Abatements
|
12-18-1995 | Voted |
Res. #3727
|
| Ch. 143, Sec. 32 |
Part-time Inspector of Buildings, Building Commissioner,
Local Inspector or Alternate Inspector, Other Employment
|
6-3-1996 | Voted |
Res. #3775
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 90C |
Retirement Allowance Increase - Superannuated Retirement
|
8-5-1996 | Voted |
Res. #3788
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 90D |
Retirement Allowance Increase - Ordinary Disability
|
8-5-1996 | Voted |
Res. #3789
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 3 as Amended by Chapter 71 | Acts of 1996 |
Authorizing Certain Public Employees Creditable Retirement
Service Time for Active Service in the Armed Forces
|
8-5-1996 | Voted |
Res #3792
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 90A |
Increasing Retirement Allowance of Individuals Retiring
on Accidental Disability
|
8-5-1996 | Voted |
Res. #3795
|
|
| Ch. 60, Sec. 3C |
Voluntary Check-off for Town Scholarship Fund
|
8-4-1997 | Voted |
Res. #3905
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 103, as Amended by Ch. 17 | Acts of 1997 |
Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Retirees
|
3-16-1998 | Voted |
Res. #3973
|
| Ch. 94, Sec. 288 | Acts of 1998 |
"Pop-up" Adjustment of Pension Allowance
|
11-16-1998 | Voted |
Res. #4044
|
| Ch. 456 | Acts of 1998 |
Granting Cost-of-Living Adjustments to Non-Contributory
Retirees
|
6-10-1999 | Voted |
Res. #4112
|
| Ch. 127, Sec. 31 | Acts of 1999 |
Cost-of-Living Adjustment in Excess of Allowance Under
Ch. 32, Sec. 103C
|
1-18-2000 | Voted |
Res. #4203
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5(17D) |
Establishing Cost of Living Adjustment for Senior Citizens,
Surviving Spouses and Minors - FY 2000
|
3-20-2000 | Voted |
Res. #4226
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5K |
Providing Senior Citizens Tax Work-off Abatements
|
5-1-2000 | Voted |
Res. #4234
|
|
| Ch. 39, Sec. 7 |
Accepting Law Authorizing City Council to Serve in Other
Public Offices in Unpaid Status
|
9-21-2000 | Voted |
Res. #4267
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 90C |
Increasing Retirement Allowance
|
10-2-2000 | Voted |
Res. #4270
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 20(6) |
Compensation of Retirement Board members
|
11-9-2000 | Voted |
Res. #4216
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5 |
Establishing CPI Increase Exemption
|
4-2-2001 | Voted |
Res. #4302
|
|
| Ch. 380 | Acts of 2000 |
Further Regulating Certain Real Estate Tax Exemptions
|
4-2-2001 | Voted |
Res. #4303
|
| Ch. 267, Sec. 3-7 | Acts of 2000 |
Providing a Surcharge on Local Property Tax to Provide
for a Community Preservation Fund
|
7-9-2001 | Voted |
Res. #4323
|
| Ch. 44, Sec. 53E 1/2 |
Re-Authorizing School Revolving Funds
|
9-4-2001 | Voted |
Res. #4330
|
|
| Ch. 32, Sec. 90C |
Increasing Retirement Allowance
|
9-4-2001 | Voted |
Res. #4333
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5(17D) |
Establishing CPI Increase Exemption
|
9-4-2001 | Voted |
Res. #4334
|
|
| Ch. 44, Sec. 53E 1/2 |
Rescinding Order #4247 and Establishing a School Ice
Rink Revolving Fund
|
4-1-2002 | Voted |
Res. #4369
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5(17D) |
Establishing CPI Increase Exemption
|
4-16-2002 | Voted |
Res. #4374
|
|
| Ch. 116 | Acts of 2002 |
Accepting Early Retirement Incentive Program
|
7-23-2002 | Voted |
Res. #4388
|
| Ch. 60, Sec. 23B |
Accepting Certificate of Liens Fee Schedule
|
8-5-2002 | Voted |
Res. #4391
|
|
| Ch. 32B, Sec. 19 |
Accepting "health carriers, contracts, public employee
committees; agreements with public authorities"
|
9-16-2002 | Voted |
Res. #4406
|
|
| Ch. 184, Sec. 51 | Acts of 2002 |
Adjusting Clause 41C (Age eligibility)
|
3-5-2003 | Voted |
Res. #4436
|
| Ch. 26, Sec. 116 | Acts of 2003 |
Providing Relief and Flexibility to Municipal Officials
|
10-20-03 | Voted |
Res. #4475
|
| Ch. 46, Sec. 128 | Acts of 2003 |
Un-funded Pension Liability Deferral
|
12-1-03 | Voted |
Res. #4481
|
| Ch. 90, Sec. 20A |
Resolution accepting Chapter 90, Section 20A- Parking
Regulations
|
04-5-04 | Voted |
Res. #4499
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 2D |
Resolution rejecting the provisions of Chapter 59 Section
2D
|
05-03-04 | Voted |
Res. #4505
|
|
| Ch.137 | Acts of 2003 |
Resolution accepting Chapter 137 of the Acts of 2003
|
11-1-04 | Voted |
Res. #4527
|
|
Ch. 55, Sec. 64
|
Acts of 2006
|
Resolution accepting Chapter 55, Section 64 of the Acts
of 2006
|
10-18-06
|
Voted
|
Res. #4651
|
|
Ch. 157, Sec.1
|
Acts of 2005
|
Resolution accepting Chapter 157, Section 1 of the Acts
of 2005 - Disability Retirement Benefits for Veterans
|
06-21-06
|
Voted
|
Res. #4624
|
|
Ch. 44, Sec. 31
|
"State of Emergency"
|
Resolution accepting Chapter 44, Section 31 State of
Emergency by the Governor - Liabilities in Excess of Appropriations Forbidden,
Exceptions
|
05-22-06
|
Voted
|
Res. #4625
|
|
Ch. 79
|
Acts of 2006
|
Resolution accepting Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2006
- An Act Further Regulating Meetings of Municipal Boards
|
11-15-06
|
Voted
|
Res. #4656
|
|
Ch. 184, Sec. 51Amended by Ch. 59, Sec. 55(41C) |
Acts of 2002 | Increase the Exemption Amount Under Clause 41C Senior Exemption Options | 11/22/06 |
Voted
|
Res. #4664
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5 Clause (17D) | Establishing the CPI Increase of an Exemption Under the 17D | 01/03/07 |
Voted
|
Res. #4665
|
|
| Ch. 59, Sec. 5L | Deferral of Taxes Due by Member of the National Guard | 12/18/06 |
Voted
|
Res. #4667
|
|
SPECIAL LAWS RELATIVE TO METHUEN
|
YEAR
|
CHAPTER
|
ITEM
|
|
1725
|
12
|
An act for dividing the Town of Haverhill and erecting
a new town
there, and in parts adjacent, by the name of Methuen. |
|
1726
|
9
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of twenty
thousand
pounds. |
|
1727
|
19
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of six thousand
pounds.
|
|
1728
|
17
|
An act for raising and settling a public revenue
|
|
1729
|
14
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of eight
thousand pounds
|
|
1729-30
|
4
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of eight
thousand two
hundred eighty pounds. |
|
1730
|
7
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of eight
thousand
pounds and for assessing a penalty for not sending a representative as is required by law. |
|
1731-32
|
4
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of six thousand
eight hundred eighteen pounds
|
|
1732-33
|
5
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of eight
thousand seven hundred shillings
|
|
1733-34
|
3
|
An Act for apportioning and assessing a tax of seven
thousand nine
hundred eighty-seven pounds, sixteen shillings. |
|
1734-35
|
13
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of six thousand
fifteen
pounds, twelve shillings. |
|
1735-36
|
13
|
An Act for apportioning and assessing a tax of thirty
thousand
ninety-nine pounds, fourteen shillings, three pence. |
|
1736-37
|
7
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of twenty-nine
thousand nine hundred fifty-three pounds, seven shillings, six pence. |
|
1736-37
|
8
|
An act for supplying the treasury with the sum of eighteen
thousand pounds in bills of credit. |
|
1737-38
|
5
|
An act for supplying the treasury with the sum of twenty
thousand pounds in bills of credit
|
|
1737-38
|
14
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of forty-four
thousand nine hundred thirty pounds, one shilling, three pence
|
|
1737-38
|
15
|
An act for supplying the treasury with the sum of six
thousand pounds in bills of credit
|
|
1738
|
1
|
An act for supplying the treasury with the sum of six
thousand pounds in bills of credit
|
|
1738-39
|
13
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of thirteen
thousand
pounds in bills of credit. |
|
1740-41
|
8
|
An act for apportioning and assessing a tax of twenty-four
thousand
pounds in bills of credit. |
|
1750-51
|
12
|
Order remitting to the Town of Methuen the fine for
not sending a representative
|
|
1751-52
|
135
|
Order accepting the report of the committee on the petition
of the
first parish of Methuen. |
|
1756-57
|
159
|
Vote for the removal of French inhabitants from Gloucester
to Wenham and Methuen. |
|
1759-60
|
347
|
Order Empowering John Muir and family to move from
Methuen to
Gloucester. |
|
1775-76
|
896
|
Resolve granting sixteen pounds, two shillings, four
pence for provisions supplied to the Army
|
|
1777-78
|
635
|
Resolve on the petition of the inhabitants of Methuen
that they be
set off from paying to the support of Reverend Sergeant. |
|
1778-79
|
26
|
Setting off a number of inhabitants of Town of Methuen
in the County of Essex into a separate parish.
|
|
1779-80
|
75
|
Resolves for raising two thousand men to reinforce the continental
|
|
1779-80
|
138
|
Resolve for procuring shirts, shoes, etc. from the inhabitants
for the
army. |
|
1780
|
11
|
Resolves for raising three thousand nine hundred thirty-four
six
months' men for reinforcing the continental army (seventeen men from Methuen). |
|
1780
|
103
|
Resolves for raising four thousand seven hundred twenty-six
three
months' men for the continental army and for forming a brigade under Gen. Fellows (twenty men from Methuen). |
|
1780
|
121
|
Resolve for procuring one thousand twenty horses for
the
continental army by purchase or hire (four horses from Methuen). |
|
1780
|
205
|
Resolves requiring the inhabitants of several towns
to furnish cattle
for the continental army (eight thousand seven hundred eighty pounds of beef from Methuen). |
|
1789
|
40
|
In addition to and for the explanation of an act passed
in 1779
entitled "setting off a number of inhabitants of Town of Methuen in the county of Essex into a separate parish |
|
1790
|
App. 4
|
An act in addition to "An act for setting off a
number of the
inhabitants of the Town of Methuen into a separate parish." |
|
1791
|
2
|
An act to set off John Tippet from the second to the first parish in An act to set off John Ladd from the first to the second parish in
|
|
1792
|
63
|
Incorporating certain persons for purpose of building
a bridge over
Merrimack River between Andover and Methuen |
|
1854
|
224
|
An act to set off a part of the Town of Methuen and
annex the
same to the City of Lawrence. |
|
1877
|
25
|
An act to confirm certain acts of the Town of Methuen
(re:
celebration of Town's 150th anniversary). |
|
1885
|
47
|
An act to incorporate the Nevins Memorial in the Town
of
Methuen (library corp.). |
|
1889
|
306
|
An act to exempt certain property of the First First
Baptist Society
in Methuen from taxation. |
|
1891
|
331
|
An act to supply the Town of Methuen with water. |
|
1892
|
375
|
An act to incorporate the Lowell, Lawrence Haverhill
Street
Railway Co. and to allow it to lay rail in Methuen. |
|
1892
|
375
|
An act to repeal Chapter 331, Act of 1891, entitled
"An Act to
Supply the Town of Methuen With Water". |
|
1894
|
194
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to make an additional
water loan. |
|
1895
|
395
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to make an additional
water loan. |
|
1897
|
255
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to make an additional
water loan. |
|
1900
|
227
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to make an additional
water loan. |
|
1902
|
222
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to pay sum of
money to
the father or guardian of Ernest H. Gaunt. |
|
1902
|
502
|
An act to authorize the Rockingham County Light &
Power
Company to furnish electricity at the state line to certain street railway companies. |
|
1903
|
218
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to elect a Board
of
Public Works to have control of its water works, sewer system and public lighting. |
|
1905
|
389
|
An act to provide an increased water supply for the
City of
Lawrence (and to allow it to sell to sell water to Methuen). |
|
1906
|
331
|
An act to incorporate the Henry C. Nevins Home for the
Aged and
Incurable. |
|
1908
|
415
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to borrow money
for
water supply purposes. |
|
1909
|
176
|
An act relative to the Methuen Water Co.
|
|
1909
|
427
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to make make
an
additional water loan. |
|
1910
|
418
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to make an additional
water loan. |
|
1911
|
Res. 106
|
Plans and estimates for proposed highway from Lawrence
to
Methuen |
|
1911
|
50
|
An act to authorize the transfer of the property of
the Walnut
Grove Cemetery, an association, to the Walnut Grove Cemetery, Inc. |
|
1912
|
591
|
An act to provide for the construction of highway along
the
Merrimack River from Lawrence to Methuen. |
|
1913
|
712
|
An act to provide for the completion of a state highway
in the
towns of Dracut and Methuen. |
|
1914
|
532
|
Methuen made part of Lawrence District Court
|
|
1915
|
269
|
An act to authorize the Town of Methuen to pay a sum
of money to
Jeanette Pollard. |
|
1916
|
203
|
An act to provide further for the improvement by the
Mass.
Highway Commission of a state highway in the Towns of Dracut and Methuen. |
|
1916
|
116
|
Representative town meeting
|
|
1917
|
316
|
An act to contract with Salem, NH for sale, use and
conveyance of
water. |
|
1917
|
289`
|
Incorporated as a city
|
|
1921
|
435
|
Repeal of incorporation of a city
|
|
1921
|
240
|
Act to extend revenue loans
|
|
1921
|
241
|
Representative town meeting
|
|
1921
|
19 (see also Ch. 1)
|
Act authorizing call of town meeting
|
|
1921
|
244
|
Authorizing town to incur indebtedness for school purposes.
|
|
1922
|
364
|
Establishing salary of trial justice in Methuen
|
|
1922
|
546
|
Appropriation to investigate needs for water supply
in Methuen by
D.P.H. |
|
1922
|
Res. 53
|
Investigation of water supply in Methuen.
|
|
1923
|
260
|
Authorizing town to incur indebtedness for school purposes.
|
|
1923
|
494
|
Appropriation for investigation of sewerage in Merrimack
River.
|
|
1923
|
Res. 49
|
Investigation of sewerage in Merrimack River D.P.H.
|
|
1924
|
229
|
Abolition of District Court sessions in Methuen and
transfer to
District Court of Lawrence. |
|
1924
|
Res. 61
|
Investigation of new water supply in Methuen
|
|
1925
|
70
|
Establishment of reserve police force.
|
|
1925
|
Res. 28
|
Further investigation as to water supply.
|
|
1926
|
49
|
Placing of Albert Slack, Clerk to Board of Selectmen,
under Civil
Service. |
|
1927
|
343
|
Appropriation for investigation of water supply.
|
|
1927
|
Res. 30, 31
|
Investigation of water supply.
|
|
1929
|
324
|
Water supply, additional for and improvement of its water systems.
|
|
1930
|
261
|
Annexation of part of Methuen to Lawrence.
|
|
1930
|
194
|
Town Hall, remodeling of, borrowing of money for.
|
|
1931
|
Res. 32
|
Investigation of construction of state highway in Methuen.
|
|
1931
|
460
|
Appropriation for investigation of new state highway
in Methuen.
|
|
1934
|
200
|
Borrowing of money by the Town of Methuen for water supply |
|
1934
|
76
|
Janitors of municipal buildings subject to Civil Service.
|
|
1935
|
446
|
Methuen included in Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District.
|
|
1936
|
420
|
Same as 1935, Chapter 446.
|
|
1936
|
87
|
Certain officers of town to be town meeting members.
|
|
1937
|
Res. 24
|
State highway improvements, investigation of.
|
|
1937
|
Res. 60
|
Providing for investigation and study by special commission
relative to certain problems in Merrimack Valley. |
|
1939
|
103
|
Establishment authorized for reserve force in fire department.
|
|
1940-41
|
Missing
|
|
|
1944
|
Missing
|
|
|
1945
|
187
|
Authorizing payment of wages due from 1942 to certain
employees. |
|
1945
|
201
|
Permanent intermittent police force, establishment.
|
|
1946
|
332
|
Annexation to, of part of City of Lawrence, authorized.
|
|
1947
|
653
|
Methuen, included in Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District.
|
|
1950
|
577
|
Pensions payable to certain former public employees.
|
|
1950
|
451
|
Borrowing of money for school purposes.
|
|
1953
|
178
|
Authorizing cemetery commissioner of Methuen to appropriate
and
dedicate to the public use a portion of cemetery land a/k/a "Daddy Frye's Cemetery |
|
1953
|
318
|
Authorizing town to pay money to Orlando Robins.
|
|
1953
|
394
|
Authorizing town to pay a sum of money to Harry Noorigian.
|
|
1953
|
554
|
Transfer of powers and duties of park commissioners
to tree
warden. |
|
1955
|
Res. 105
|
Study by state D.P.W. relative to draining and filling
of Mystic
Pond. |
|
1957
|
306
|
Authorizing payment of death benefits to retired members
of police
department. |
|
1959
|
191
|
Payment of retirement benefits to Methuen firefighters.
|
|
1959
|
10
|
Authorizing submission of question on new junior high
school to
voters. |
|
1960
|
330
|
Formation of regional school district(vocational).
|
|
1960
|
377
|
Contract for water supply from Lawrence extended.
|
|
1961
|
88
|
Lawrence and Methuen Incinerator, authority created.
|
|
1961
|
274
|
Formation of regional school district(vocational).
|
|
1962
|
199
|
Authorizing issuance of all alcoholic beverages license
to #4027
Knights of Columbus. |
|
1964
|
36
|
Validation of regional school district (vocational).
|
|
1964
|
29
|
Authorizing establishment of selectmen/town manager
plan.
|
|
1965
|
651
|
Payment of Money to Mae E. Press.
|
|
1966
|
333
|
Supervision of Hillside Manor, Civil Service status
|
|
1967
|
712
|
Authorizing establishment of City of Methuen
|
|
1967
|
845
|
Corrective changes to Acts and Resolves 1967 Section
712.
|
|
1968
|
160
|
Norman McLeod interchange designated
|
|
1968
|
57
|
Tree warden and moth superintendent offices merged.
|
|
1969
|
265
|
Commissioner of Veterans Affairs placed under Civil
Service.
|
|
1969
|
352
|
Authorizing sum of money to be paid to Joseph Laorenza.
|
|
1969
|
305
|
Payment of money for overtime work of school custodians.
|
|
1970
|
358
|
Office of Town Engineer exempted from Civil Service.
|
|
1971
|
589
|
Chief of Police made appointing authority, ballot question.
|
|
1971
|
45
|
James Stanley overpass designated.
|
|
1972
|
39
|
William A. Dickinson area designated.
|
|
1973
|
419
|
Chief of Police exempt from Civil Service, authorized.
|
|
1973
|
Res. 24
|
State D.P.W. investigation relative to construction
of bridge
|
|
1973
|
420
|
Authorizing exemption of town accountant from Civil
Service.
|
|
1974
|
377
|
Study of economics and environmental impact of oil
refinery.
|
|
1974
|
384
|
Authorizing payment of certain unpaid bills.
|
|
1975
|
13
|
Authorizing payment of money to John and Marilyn Mugavaro.
|
|
1975
|
6
|
Authorizing payment of money to Carl Reuter.
|
|
1976
|
383
|
Authorizing town to sell certain park land to Malden
Mills.
|
|
1977
|
532
|
Drawing of water from Merrimack River by town authorized.
|
|
1977
|
Res. 27
|
Problems in Spicket River to be studied.
|
|
1977
|
12
|
Authorizing payment of certain unpaid bills.
|
|
1978
|
309
|
Facilities engineer in school department exempt from
Civil
Service. |
|
1978
|
550
|
Establishment of Community Development Department.
|
|
1979
|
Res. 15
|
Study of Flooding - Merrimack River
|
|
1979
|
785
|
Authorizing Methuen to acquire land in Lawrence and
lay
sewerage mains on such and to connect with sewerage disposal system of Lawrence |
|
1981
|
151
|
Bond anticipation notes
|
|
1981
|
334
|
Civil Service Exemptions - Assessors, Accounting, Town
Clerk
and Solicitor's Department |
|
1981
|
589
|
John F. Kiley, Payment for Necropsy on son
|
|
1982
|
606
|
Tenney Estate Land - Acquisition
|
|
1983
|
528
|
Merrimack River Flooding - Disaster Relief
|
|
1983
|
616
|
Tenney Estate Land - Acquisition
|
|
1984
|
4
|
Authorizing Lease of Corliss School
|
|
1984
|
61
|
Abatements from flood of Merrimack River
|
|
1985
|
106
|
Sale of water supply - Merrimack River
|
|
1985
|
182
|
Town Solicitor - Hiring
|
|
1986
|
88
|
Number of precincts increased in the Town of Methuen
from nine to twelve
|
|
1986
|
257
|
Felix Victor Bezeredy - Civil Service appointment
|
|
1986
|
488
|
Antonio Franciosa Memorial Bridge
|
|
1987
|
30
|
Representative Nicholas J. Buglione Bridge
|
|
1987
|
358
|
Insurance Benefits - Local 122, Federation of State,
City and Town Employees
|
|
1988
|
266
|
Rocco J. Bonanno Sr. Memorial Bridge
|
|
1989
|
185
|
Easement to Development & Marketing Group
|
|
1989
|
537
|
Civil Service Exemption - School Business Manager and
Supervisor of Attendance |
|
1989
|
539
|
Methuen Sewer and Water Commission
|
|
1990
|
161
|
Amending Chapter 550 of 1978 - Community Development
Board
Size |
|
1990
|
194
|
Authorizing Conveyance of Land - Methuen Youth Center
|
|
1990
|
205
|
Amending Chapter 539 of 1989 - Sewer and Water Commission
Size |
|
1990
|
349
|
Park & Ride Facility - Pelham Street
|
|
1991
|
184
|
Charter Amendment to Provide for Earlier Preliminary
Elections
(Defeated by Voters November 1991) |
|
1991
|
324
|
Firefighters' Memorial Bridge
|
|
1991
|
361
|
Easements to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
|
|
1992
|
29
|
Honorable Frank S. Giles Memorial Bridge
|
|
1992
|
113
|
Civil Service Exemption - Executive Director of Council
on Aging
|
|
1992
|
213
|
Validating Contract of the Town - Watertown Engineering
Corp.
|
|
1992
|
277
|
Commission on Disability - Alternate Members
|
|
1992
|
332
|
Election of Mayor and Term Limitations of Town Councillors
|
|
1993
|
95
|
Methuen Housing Authority - Election of Members and
Term
Limitations |
|
1993
|
104
|
Authorizing the Town to Grant a Lease with an Option
to Purchase
a Certain Parcel of Land - Burnham Road (Methuen Youth Center) |
|
1993
|
197`
|
Police Department - Seniority of David San Antonio and
Timothy
Henrick |
|
1993
|
372
|
Public Health Director - Civil Service Exemption
|
|
1993
|
373
|
Providing for Alternate Members on the Conservation
Commission
|
|
1993
|
378
|
Authorizing Alternate Members for the Historical Commission
|
|
1993
|
463
|
Fire Station Repairs - John Jennings, Inc.
|
|
1994
|
61
|
Authorizing Town to Convey Certain Land to the Methuen
Housing Authority |
|
1994
|
229
|
Robert Monahan Retirement
|
|
1994
|
313
|
Payment by the Methuen Firefighters' Relief Association,
Inc. of
Certain Retirement Benefits |
|
1995
|
141
|
Validating D & K Realty Trust Lease
|
|
1996
|
76
|
Methuen Support Staff Employees Unit, Local 3699, AFSCME
-
Article 9, Section 9-10 of the Methuen Methuen Home Rule Charter (Disciplinary Procedure) |
|
1996
|
145
|
Town Council Employees - Appointment Date
|
|
1996
|
148
|
Authority of the Mayor
|
|
1996
|
274
|
Authorizing the Town of Methuen to Guaranty a Borrowing
by the
Nevins Memorial Library |
|
1996
|
322
|
Authorizing the Town of Methuen to Convey Certain Land
to
Malden Mills Industries, Inc. |
|
1997
|
89
|
Timothy Henrick Retirement and Pension
|
|
1997
|
130
|
Malden Mills Land Conveyance
|
|
1997
|
213
|
Greater Lawrence Sanitary District biosolid processing
facility
|
|
1998
|
37
|
Increased Retirement Allowances for Former Employees
- Non-
Contributory Retirement System |
|
1998
|
39
|
Billy Perry's Spouse's Accidental Death Benefit, Pension
and
Adjustment |
|
1998
|
400
|
Act Providing for Associate Members of the Youth Commission
in the City Known as the Town of Methuen |
|
1999
|
82
|
Act Providing for Term Limits for Elected Officials
in the City
Known as the Town of Methuen (Adopted by the Voters November 2nd, 1999) |
|
2000
|
223
|
Authorizing the City Known as the Town of Methuen
to grant Certain Easements |
|
2000
|
293
|
Designating State Highway Route 213 as the Loop
Connector |
|
2001
|
142
|
Act Authorizing the City Known as the Town of Methuen
to
Enter into a Lease Agreement With Dispatch Communications |
|
2002
|
42
|
Exempting Herbert Stacey and Timothy Getchell From
the Maximum Age Requirements as a Police Officer in the City of Methuen
|
|
2002
|
173
|
Methuen Lease Agreement Measurements - Amending Chapte
142 of the Acts of 2001 - Dispatch Communications
|
|
2002
|
471
|
Relative to the Retirement Allowance of David SanAntonio
|
|
2002
|
Authorizing the City of Methuen to Pay Certain Employees
Thereof wages Due them for the Fiscal Year 2001
|
|
|
2002
|
478
|
Exempting David Lahey and Steven M. Moriarty From The
Maximum Age Requirement as Firefighters in the City of Methuen
|
|
2002
|
503
|
Exempting the Position of Deputy Chief of Police in
the City of Methuen from the Civil Service Laws
|
|
2003
|
60
|
Designating A Certain Bridge in the City Known as the
Town of Methuen as the Patriots' Bridge
|
|
2003
|
115
|
Authorizing the City of Methuen to Pay Certain Moral
Obligations
|
|
2004
|
61
|
Relative to Certain Housing in the City Known as the
Town of Methuen
|
|
2004
|
80
|
Designating a Certain Bridge in the City Known As the
Town of Methuen as the Joseph S. Franciosa Bridge
|
|
2004
|
164
|
An Act Increasing the Number of the Permanent Intermittent
Police Force in the City of Methuen
|
|
2004
|
151
|
An Act Regulating Late Counting of Certain Overseas
Absentee Ballots in City Elections
|
|
2005
|
An Act for the Purpose of Amending Chapter 94C, Section
32J Drug Sales in Parks
|
|
|
2005
|
72
|
An Act Canceling the Preliminary Election in the City
of Methuen
|
|
2005
|
123
|
An Act Relative to the Installation of Carbon Monoxide
Alarms and Smoke Detectors in Residential Buildings
|
|
2006
|
3
|
An Act Authorizing the Appointment of Matthew A. Kraunelis
to the Position of Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the City of Methuen
|
|
2006
|
60
|
An Act Providing for Alternate Members on the Community
Development Board of the City of Methuen
|
|
2006
|
79
|
An Act Further Regulating Meetings of Municipal Boards
|
|
2006
|
218
|
An Act Exempting Sean W. Richards from the Maximum Age
Requirement fro Appointment as a Police Officer in the City of Methuen
|
|
2006
|
400
|
An Act Authorizing Jeffrey C. Beohner and John Zaccari
from the Maximum Age Requirement fro Applying for Civil Service Appointment
as a Police Officer in the City of Methuen
|
|
2007
|
An Act Providing for the Deferral of Taxes Due by Member
of the Mass. National Guard While on Active Duty Outside the Commonwealth
|
|
AMENDMENTS TO 1973 ORDINANCES
|
ORDINANCE NUMBER
|
TITLE
|
ACTION
|
PRESENT SECTION
|
|
1
|
Enacting Clause
|
Adopted
|
Chapter A
|
|
2
|
Council Meetings (summer months)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-1
|
|
3
|
Building Moratorium
|
Adopted
|
|
|
4
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Revised
|
|
5
|
Assessor's' Term
|
Adopted
|
|
|
6
|
Oak Street - Dead-Ending
|
Adopted
|
Repealed
|
|
7
|
Milk Street
|
Adopted
|
Repealed
|
|
8
|
Swimming Pool Fences
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-74
|
|
9
|
Motor Boat Engines
|
Seed. Ord. #19
|
|
|
10
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
11
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Defeated
|
|
|
12
|
Public Drinking
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-33
|
|
13
|
Inspection of Rental Units
|
Defeated
|
|
|
14
|
Hitchhiking Prohibited
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-34
|
|
15
|
Rubbish Storage
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-75
|
|
16
|
Soliciting Business
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-35
|
|
17
|
Loafing and Loitering
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-36
|
|
18
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
19
|
Internal Combustion Engines
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-22
|
|
20
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
21
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
22
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
23
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
24
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
25
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
26
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
27
|
Air-Tight Containers
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-84
|
|
28
|
Solicitor's Term
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-6
|
|
29
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
30
|
Dog Leashing - Fine
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-12
|
|
31
|
Fire Prevention Code
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-83
|
|
32
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
33
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
34
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
35
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
36
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
37
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
38
|
Peeping Tom
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-38
|
|
39
|
Water Main Extensions
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 15, Sec. 15-10
|
|
40
|
Excavation of Public Streets
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 16, Sec. 16-9
|
|
41
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
42
|
Towing Vehicles - Snow Emergency
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-53
|
|
43
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
44
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
45
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
46
|
Sewer User Charges
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 14, Sec. 14-10
|
|
47
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
48
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
49
|
Soil Removal Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 19
|
|
50
|
Sewer User Charges Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 14, Sec. 14-7
|
|
51
|
Sale of Surplus Property
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-30
|
|
52
|
Repeal of Ordinances #6 and #7
|
Adopted
|
N/A
|
|
53
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
54
|
Dump - Permits and Charges
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9
|
|
55
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
56
|
Sewer User Charges Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 14, Sec. 14-7
|
|
57
|
Dump - Permits and Charges
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-23
|
|
58
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
59
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
60
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
61
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
62
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
63
|
Council on Aging, Term
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-30
|
|
64
|
Community Development Department
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-11
|
|
65
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
66
|
Community Development Department Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-11
|
|
67
|
Building, Planning and Construction Committee
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-11(E)3
|
|
68
|
Cultural Affairs Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-29
|
|
69
|
Sidewalks
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-54
|
|
70
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
71
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
72
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
73
|
Zoning By-Law
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
74
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
75
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
76
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
77
|
Certificate of Occupancy
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 10, Sec. 10-10
|
|
78
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
79
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
80
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
81
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
82
|
Common Nuisance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-37
|
|
83
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
84
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
85
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
86
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
87
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
88
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
89
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
90
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
91
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
92
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
93
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
94
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
95
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
96
|
Sewer User Charges Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 14, Sec. 14-7
|
|
97
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
98
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
99
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
100
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
101
|
Personnel By-Law Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
102
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment ("DeLucia" Farm)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
103
|
Handicapped Parking
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 55
|
|
104
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
105
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification
Plan
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
106
|
Personnel Amendment (Academic Credits - Fire Chief)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
107
|
Amending Handicapped Parking
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55
|
|
108
|
Personnel Amendment (Ass't Supt. - DPW)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
109
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan (Police matron) |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
110
|
Zoning By-Law Amendment (Map)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
111
|
Personnel Amendment (City Accountant)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
112
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan (Supt. of Highways and Environmental Management) |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
113
|
Personnel Amendment (Supt. Water Div., Highways and
Environmental Management)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
114
|
Repair of Vehicles on Public Ways
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-56
|
|
115
|
Methuen Arts & Cultural Affairs Council
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-29
|
|
116
|
Repeal of Ord. #68 (Creating Cultural Affairs Commission)
|
Adopted
|
|
|
117
|
Zoning Amendment (Piggeries)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
118
|
Zoning Amendment (Day Care)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
119
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
120
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
121
|
Prohibiting Improper Use of Fire Hydrants
|
Adopted
|
Ch. 9, Sec. 9-57
|
|
122
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan (Water Registrar) |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
123
|
Automatic Amusement Device License Fee
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-5
|
|
124
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan (C.O.L.) |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
125
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification Plan (Accountant and Council Clerk) |
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
126
|
Personnel Amendment, Repealing Ord. #99, 100, 101 and
111 (Accountant and Council Clerk)
|
Adopted
|
|
|
127
|
Security Alarm Systems
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-85
|
|
128
|
Sale of Real Property
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 20, Art. II
|
|
129
|
Amendment to Ord. #127, Security Alarm Systems
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-85
|
|
130
|
Personnel Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
131
|
Zoning Amendment (Map)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
132
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification
Plan (Assistant to the City Manager)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
133
|
Zoning Amendment (Map)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
134
|
Regulating Flea Markets
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-30
|
|
135
|
Adult Zoning
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Sec. 11-11A
|
|
136
|
Fair Housing
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 21
|
|
137
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification
Plan
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
138
|
Personnel Amendment (Ord. #78 - Vacation Buy-Back and
Career Incentive)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-12A; Sec. 6-22
|
|
139
|
Personnel Amendment, Wage & Salary Classification
Plan (Highway and Sewer System Foreman)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
140
|
City Council Salary
|
Adopted
|
None
|
|
141
|
Recodification
|
Adopted
|
New Code
|
|
142
|
Personnel Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
AMENDMENTS TO 1983 CODE
|
ORDINANCE NUMBER
|
TITLE
|
ACTION
|
PRESENT SECTION
|
|
143
|
City Property Admission - Residence
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Sec. 18-12
|
|
144
|
Vacation Buy-Back
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-12A
|
|
145
|
Wage and Salary Classification Plan
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
146
|
Fees - Building, Plumbing & Licensing
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 2, Sec. 4, Sec. 5
|
|
147
|
Overtime Compensation
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec.6-10
|
|
148
|
Negligent or Intentional Use of Fire
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-86
|
|
149
|
Forest Lake Outlet
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-87
|
|
150
|
Authorizing Sale of Searles School
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
151
|
Creating Handicapped Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-31
|
|
152
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
153
|
Zoning Map Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
154
|
Alcohol on Public Property
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-39
|
|
155
|
Amending Ordinance #150 (Sale of Searles School)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
156
|
Zoning Map Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
157
|
Personnel Ordinance - Assessor
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
158
|
Personnel Ordinance - Clerk (ZBA)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
159
|
Personnel Ordinance - Police Matron
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
160
|
Personnel Ordinance - Lifeguard
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
161
|
Amending Ordinance #151 (Handicapped Commission)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-11
|
|
162
|
Personnel Ordinance - Foreman
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
163
|
Amending Ordinance #154 (Alcohol on Public Property)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-39
|
|
164
|
Personnel Ordinance - City Clerk
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
165
|
Transfer of Land - MHA
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
166
|
Amending Ordinance #155 (Sale of Searles School)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
167
|
Amending Ordinance #150
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
168
|
Zoning Map Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
169
|
City Council Salary
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-20
|
|
170
|
Handicapped Parking (Amendment)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55
|
|
171
|
Personnel Ordinance - Clerk Stenographer
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
172
|
Personnel Ordinance - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5, 6-11, 6-12B, 6-14
|
|
173
|
Personnel Ordinance - Foreman
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
174
|
Personnel Ordinance - Custodian
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
175
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5, 6-11, 6-22
|
|
176
|
Amending Chapter 19, Section II, paragraph A (Soil
Removal)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 19, Sec. II, Para. A
|
|
177
|
Academic Credits - Fire Chief
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-22-A
|
|
178
|
Amending Ordinance #167 (Sale of Searles School)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
179
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5, 6-11, 6-13(k), 6-14, 6-22
|
|
180
|
Personnel Ordinance - Part-Time Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
181
|
Amending Ordinance #169 (Council Salary)
|
Adopted - Subject to Voter Approval
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-20
|
|
182
|
Amending Ordinance #132 (Assistant to City Manager)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6-5
|
|
183
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
184
|
Zoning Map Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
185
|
Personnel Ordinance - Assessors Clerk
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
186
|
Personnel Ordinance - Executive Secretary
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
187
|
Boards and Commissions Cost Reimbursement
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-50
|
|
188
|
Amending Chapter 16 (Streets, Highways, Sidewalks
and Bridges)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 16, Sec. 16-11
|
|
189
|
Amending Chapter 20 (Sale of Land)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 20, Art. 2, Sec. 14
|
|
190
|
Sale of Land (Gaunt)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
191
|
Personnel Ordinance - Assessors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
192
|
Career Incentive (Fire Chief)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-22-B
|
|
193
|
Personnel Ordinance - Planner
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
194
|
Personnel Ordinance - Title List Changes
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
195
|
Personnel Ordinance - Clerical Aide (Temporary Seasonal)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
196
|
Transfer of City Owned Property (Corliss School)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
197
|
Personnel Ordinance - Assistant Local Building Inspector
(Part-Time)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
198
|
Director of Finance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Art. II, Sec. 3-8
|
|
199
|
Zoning Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
200
|
Personnel Ordinance - Assessors/Appraiser
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
201
|
Amending Chapters 7 and 7A (Municipal Contracts and
Other Contracts)
|
Adopted
|
Chapters 7 and 7A
|
|
202
|
Zoning Map Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
203
|
Zoning Map Amendment (Lowell Street - Merrimack Park
Drive-In Theater)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
204
|
Sale of Land (Emmet Avenue)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
205
|
Re-Districting the City of Methuen
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
206
|
Amending Ordinance #205 (Re-Districting)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
207
|
Rescinding Ord. #198 (Director of Finance)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Art. II, Sec. 3-8
|
|
208
|
Personnel Ordinance (City Accountant/Finance Director)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
209
|
Personnel Ordinance (Appraiser)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
210
|
Number Not Used
|
||
|
211
|
Amendment - Flea Markets
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-30
|
|
212
|
Amendment - Methuen Arts and Cultural Affairs Council
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-29
|
|
213
|
Amendment - Municipal Handicapped Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-31
|
|
214
|
Zoning Map Amendment (Woodland Street)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
215
|
Amendment - City Solicitor
|
Adopted
|
Chapters 3, 3 and 6
|
|
216
|
Residency Requirement
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-40
|
|
217
|
Personnel Ordinance (Appraiser)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
218
|
Personnel Ordinance (City Accountant/Finance Director)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
219
|
Personnel Ordinance (Head Clerk - Assessors)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
220
|
Amending Re-Districting Plan
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
221
|
Amendment - Handicapped Parking
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55
|
|
222
|
Amendment - Fees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 6
|
|
223
|
Amendment - Sale of Real Property
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 20, Art. II, Sec. 17
|
|
224
|
Zoning Map Amendment (Methuen Industrial Park)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
225
|
Forest Lake Outlet Gate Tender
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-87
|
|
226
|
Personnel Ordinance (Local 122 Employees)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
227
|
Personnel Ordinance (Legal Secretary)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
228
|
Transfer and Sale of Land - Addison Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
229
|
Personnel Ordinance (Chief Engineer/City Engineer)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
230
|
Public Advertisement for Boards and Commissions
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-60
|
|
231
|
Fire Prevention Code
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-83
|
|
232
|
Personnel Ordinance - Treasurer/Tax Collector, Building
Inspector, Exec. Director/Council on Aging, Administrative Ass't. to
Manager (Personnel), Conservation Inspector
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
233
|
Personnel Ordinance - Data Processing Manager and
Apprentice Helper
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
234
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule A-1
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
235
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule A-3 and B
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
236
|
Tourism Committee
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-32
|
|
237
|
Restriction on Re-appointments (10 yrs)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-70
|
|
238
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule A-2
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
239
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule C
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
240
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule A (unaffiliated)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
241
|
Sale of Property - Methuen 495 Realty Trust
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
242
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule B
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
243
|
Regulation of Loud-Speakers, etc.
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-61
|
|
244
|
City of Methuen - Name
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 1, Sec. 1-10, and 1-11
|
|
245
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule B
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
246
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule C
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
247
|
Contract Execution Authorization
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7C
|
|
248
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule C
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
249
|
Unregistered Vehicles - Removal
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-58
|
|
250
|
Sale of Property - St. Pierre
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
251
|
Junk Dealers - Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-20
|
|
252
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule G
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
253
|
City Council Salary
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-3
|
|
254
|
Sale of Property - Charles Hey
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
255
|
Personnel Ordinance - Schedule D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
256
|
Prohibiting Trash Left by Non-Residents
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-76
|
|
257
|
Saturday Licensing of Public Amusements
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-40
|
|
258
|
Comprehensive Ordinance Governing States of Emergency
in Methuen
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 22
|
|
259
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - MMEA
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 5
|
|
260
|
Standards Governing Issuance of Licenses
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13
|
|
261
|
Zoning Amendment - Flood Plan District Regs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
262
|
Compensation Plan
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
263
|
Wage and Salary Compensation Plan - Schedule A-3
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
264
|
Licensing
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 10
|
|
265
|
Amending Chapter 6, Sec. 6-12(B)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-12
|
|
266
|
Cleaning Allowance - Police Chief and Fire Chief
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-22C
|
|
267
|
Zoning Amendment - Beauty Parlors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
268
|
Sale of Property - Perley Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
269
|
Forest Lake
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-9
|
|
270
|
Compensation Plan - Schedule A (unaffiliated)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 5, Sec. 6-5
|
|
271
|
Amending Chapter 3, Sec. 3-70 - Ten year Limit (Bds.
& Comms)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-70
|
|
272
|
Wage and Salary Classification Plan
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
273
|
Noise Pollution Control
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-62
|
|
274
|
Omnibus Revision - MMC
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 5, Sec. 5-3; Chapter 6A; Chapter 12, Sec.
12-1; Chapter 15, Sec. 15-2 and 15-3
|
|
275
|
Amending Chapter 2, Sec. 2-1
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
276
|
Licensing - Rates
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-10
|
|
277
|
Voting Precincts (Amending #205)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
278
|
Designating Polling Places
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
279
|
Residency
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
280
|
Fire Alarm Systems
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9
|
|
281
|
Zoning Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
282
|
Amending Chapter 2, Section 2-20, Council Salary
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-20
|
|
283
|
Municipal Charges Lien
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-7
|
|
284
|
Amending Chapter 2, Section 2-24
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-24
|
|
285
|
Methuen Police Special Services Units (Schedule G)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
286
|
Amending Chapter 6, Section 6-22 (Career Incentive
- Council Employees)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-22
|
|
287
|
Amending Ordinance #225 (Forest Lake Outlet and Gate
Tender)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-87
|
|
288
|
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1988
|
Adopted *(Rescinded by Voters 9-27-88. See Ord. #294) |
Chapter 11
|
|
289
|
Amending Chapter 14, Article II, Section B- Permit
& Inspection Fee
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 14, Art. II, Sec. B
|
|
290
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Local 122
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
291
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Head Dispatcher
(Police)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
292
|
Fence Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-88
|
|
293
|
Door to Door Solicitors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-50
|
|
294
|
Referendum Ordinance to 88-10, Zoning
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
295
|
Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Ass't. City
Clerk and Ass't. City Treasurer
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
296
|
Amending Referendum Ord. #294
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
297
|
Overtime Compensation
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
298
|
Sale of Property - Brookdale Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
299
|
Sale of Property - Enfield Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
300
|
Uniform Rates for Unpaid Municipal Charges and Bills
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-8
|
|
301
|
Transfer of Police Bus
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
302
|
Ordinance Regulating Dogs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9
|
|
303
|
Zoning Ordinance, III-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Map
|
|
304
|
Zoning Ordinance, III-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Map
|
|
305
|
Zoning Ordinance, III-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Map
|
|
306
|
Zoning Ordinance, III-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Map
|
|
307
|
Zoning Ordinance, III-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Map
|
|
308
|
Transfer of Police Dept. Volkswagon
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
309
|
Zoning Ordinance, V-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
310
|
Zoning Ordinance, V-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
311
|
Cross Connection Control
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 15
|
|
312
|
Zoning Ordinance, VI-B5
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
313
|
Numbering of Dwellings/Businesses
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-90
|
|
314
|
Change of City Council Meetings/December 1988
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
315
|
Contract Ordinance on K-8 Grammar School
|
Adopted
|
Special as to Chapter 7, Sec. 7-9
|
|
316
|
Wetlands Ordinance Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 12, Sec. 12-2.1
|
|
317
|
Non-Criminal Disposition Ordinance Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 17, Sec. 17-13
|
|
318
|
Police Contractual Time
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
319
|
First Reading Procedure/City Council
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-18
|
|
320
|
Self-Service Storage Facilities
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-42
|
|
321
|
Wetlands Ordinance Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 12, Sec. 12-9(A)
|
|
322
|
Wetlands Ordinance Amendment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 12, Sec. 12-9
|
|
323
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
324
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Local 396,
I.B.P.O.
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
325
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Department
Heads`
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
326
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Police Superior
Officers
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
327
|
Fees - Sealer of Weights
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-9
|
|
328
|
Zoning Ordinance, III-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Map
|
|
329
|
Zoning Ordinance, V-D
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
330
|
Licensing - Private Livery
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-10
|
|
331
|
Personnel Ordinance - Travel Allowance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec.6-21
|
|
332
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
333
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Police Special
Services
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
334
|
Land Swap - Garcia/Transfer Station
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
335
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Department
Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
336
|
Dog Regulation Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 23
|
|
337
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - School Traffic
Officer
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
338
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Local 122
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
339
|
Zoning Ordinance, V-D (Restaurants and Eating Places)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
340
|
Change of Meeting Date - City Council
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
341
|
Zoning Ordinance, V-D (Hotel/Motel)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
342
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - MMEA
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
343
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Local 1691,
I.A.F.F.
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
344
|
Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Assessors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
345
|
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
346
|
Personnel Ordinance - Local 123
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
347
|
Amending Chapter 18, M.M.C. (adding Sec. 18-15)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Sec. 18-15
|
|
348
|
Nevins Moratorium
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
349
|
Historic District Study Committee
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 22(A)
|
|
350
|
Change of Council Meeting Date
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
351
|
Personnel Ordinance - Purchasing Agent and Data Processing
Manager
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
352
|
Personnel Ordinance - Local 122
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
353
|
Waiver of Chapter 3, Sec. 20A, Residency - Council
on Aging Director
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
354
|
Sale of Land - Garcia
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
355
|
Sale of Land - Pride's Crossing
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
356
|
Cross Connection Control
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 15, Sec. 15-4, Sub-Sec. 4.9.4 and 4.10.7
|
|
357
|
Raymond Martin Park Use Restriction
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Sec. 1, Sub-Sec. (d)
|
|
358
|
Additional Conflict of Interest
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 4A
|
|
359
|
Historic District Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 24
|
|
360
|
Knox (Key) Box
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 85, Sub-Sec. F
|
|
361
|
Conflict of Interest
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 4A
|
|
362
|
Zoning Amendment - Outdoor Storage
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Table of Uses
|
|
363
|
Zoning Amendment - Map
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
364
|
Personnel Ordinance - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
365
|
Personnel Ordinance - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-13, 6-14, 6-17, 6-22, 6-22D
|
|
366
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
367
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-13, 6-22
|
|
368
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Head
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
369
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-13, 6-22
|
|
370
|
Personnel Ordinance - Methuen Municipal Employees
Association (Public Works Secretary)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
371
|
Methuen Sewer and Water Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-9A
|
|
372
|
Personnel Ordinance - Appraiser
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
373
|
Personnel Ordinance - City Manager
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6A
|
|
374
|
Ten Year Limit - Board Appointments
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-70
|
|
375
|
Elimination of Title - Director of Finance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
376
|
Personnel Ordinance - City Manager
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6A
|
|
377
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Heads (City Clerk)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-13, 6-22
|
|
378
|
Personnel Ordinance - Head Lifeguard, Water Safety
Instructor, Lifeguard, Ass't Swim Instructor, Tennis Instructor, Recreation
Leader
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
379
|
Livery Licenses - Insurance Requirements
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-10(b)
|
|
380
|
Forest Lake - Adult Supervision
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Sec. 18-9(l)
|
|
381
|
Board of Assessors - Five Members
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-12
|
|
382
|
Security Alarms - Penalty
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-85(e)
|
|
383
|
Riverside Park - Prohibited Uses
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Sec. 18-15(a)(l)
|
|
384
|
Noise Pollution Control - Hours Extended
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-62, D(2)c
|
|
385
|
Zoning Amendment - Map (Spruce Street)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
386
|
Zoning Amendment - Municipal Parking
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
387
|
Zoning Amendment - Map (Lowell Street)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
388
|
Zoning Amendment - Larchmont Estates
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
389
|
Littering Fines Increase
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18
|
|
390
|
Re-Zoning Over 50 Acres - Notice
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
391
|
Simultaneous Hearing - Conservation Commission and
Community Development Board
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
392
|
Noise Pollution Control
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-62 D(2)c
|
|
393
|
Zoning Amendment - Massachusetts/New Hampshire State
Line
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
394
|
Public Hearings/Charter Amendments
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-16
|
|
395
|
Noise Pollution Control (Definitions)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-62 C
|
|
396
|
Special Ordinance - Fire Lanes (Twin Oaks Condos)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
397
|
Personnel Ordinance - Clerk Typist
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
398
|
Zoning Amendment - Map (West Broadway)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
399
|
Fire Lane Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-91
|
|
400
|
Community Development Board Size
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-11
|
|
401
|
Sewer and Water Commission Size
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-9A
|
|
402
|
Noise Pollution Control
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-62, D, 2(h)
|
|
403
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-13
|
|
404
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
405
|
Personnel Ordinance - Public Health Nurse
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
406
|
Personnel Ordinance - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
407
|
Personnel Ordinance - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-13
|
|
408
|
Home Rule Petitions/State Laws - Public Hearings
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-15
|
|
409
|
Fire Lane Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-91
|
|
410
|
Personnel Ordinance - Salary Increases (City Manager's
Recommendation)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-6
|
|
411
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-13
|
|
412
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
413
|
Tenney Gate House Restoration Committee
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
414
|
Personnel Ordinance - Unaffiliated
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
415
|
Zoning Amendment - Map (Merrimack Street)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
416
|
Methuen Historic District Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 24A
|
|
417
|
Fire Alarm Systems
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-88B
|
|
418
|
Ordinance Regulating Fences (Chase & Tenney Streets)
|
Adopted
|
Special (as to Chapter 9, Sec. 9-89)
|
|
419
|
Personnel Ordinance - Commonwealth Residency
|
Adopted
|
Special (as to Chapter 6, Sec. 6-20A)
|
|
420
|
Personnel Ordinance - Treasurer/Tax Collector and
City Clerk
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
421
|
Ordinance Regulating Door to Door Sales for Future
Delivery
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-50
|
|
422
|
Non-criminal Disposition of Municipal Ordinance, Rule
or Regulation Violations
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 17
|
|
423
|
Zoning Amendment - Auto Repairs, Body Work, Upholstery
Fully Enclosed
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
424
|
Personnel Ordinance - Account Clerk
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
425
|
Authorizing Filing Home Rule Petition - Disability
Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-31
|
|
426
|
Amending Chapter 4A - Additional Conflict of Interest
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 4A
|
|
427
|
Zoning Amendment - Residential/Recreational District
(Merrimack Golf Realty Trust)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
428
|
Authorizing Transfer of Property Abutting Ashford
School
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
429
|
Zoning Amendment - Auto Repairs, Body Work, Upholstery
Fully Enclosed
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
430
|
Zoning Amendment - Edgewood Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
431
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
432
|
Ordinance Regulating Rolling Paper Sales
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-40
|
|
433
|
Regulating Forest Lake Outlet and Establishing Positions
of Gate Tenders
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-87
|
|
434
|
Authorizing Towing of Vehicles in Handicapped Parking
Spaces
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55A
|
|
435
|
Providing Penalty for Violating Executive Session
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 39A
|
|
436
|
Handicapped Parking Fines
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55
|
|
437
|
Disability Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-31
|
|
438
|
Amending Chapter 2, Sec. 2-1 - Regular Meetings of
City Council
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
439
|
Personnel Ordinance - Animal Inspector
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
440
|
Personnel Ordinance - Public Health Physician
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
441
|
Amending Chapter 3, Sec. 3-9 - Division of Management
(DPW)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-9, C, 1.A
|
|
442
|
Authorizing Use of the Searles Building By The Democratic
Town Committee
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
443
|
Providing for Procedure Relative to Water and Sewer
Abatements
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 15, Sec. 15-7 and Chapter 14, Art. VII, G
|
|
444
|
Amending Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55, Handicapped Parking
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55
|
|
445
|
Regulating Establishment of Fence - 58 Walton Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
446
|
Amending Chapter 18, Sec. 18-11 - Public Parks, Playgrounds
and Beaches
|
Adopted
|
Chapter
|
|
447
|
Personnel Ordinance - Administrative Ass't/Elder Affairs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
448
|
Prohibiting Underage Sale of Malt Beverages
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-39A
|
|
449
|
Personnel Ordinance - Assistant City Accountant
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
450
|
Requiring Abutter Notice on Rental, Sale or Lease
of Municipal Property
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 20, Sec. 20-20
|
|
451
|
Ordinance Prohibiting Fishing and Swimming - Kaunas
Street Boat Ramp
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
452
|
Ordinance Barring Further Communication Towers on
Reservoir Hill
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
453
|
Sight Distance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 16, Sec. 16-30
|
|
454
|
Prohibiting Operation of Dirt bikes
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-92
|
|
455
|
Amending Chapter 13, Flea Markets
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-20 and 13-30
|
|
456
|
Changing Title of Inspector of Buildings - Building
Commissioner
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
457
|
Changing Title of Assistant Building Inspector - Local
Inspector (Building)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6
|
|
458
|
Amending Zoning Map - 411 Merrimack Street
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
459
|
Personnel Ordinance - Local 122, Federation of State
and City Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
460
|
Municipal Property Acquisition and Disposition
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 20, Sec. 20-1 and 20-2
|
|
461
|
Amending Zoning Ordinance - Table of Permitted Signs/Projecting
Signs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Sec. VII-G
|
|
462
|
Amending Chapter 7 - Municipal Contracts
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7
|
|
463
|
Residency - Board of Health Physician
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-40
|
|
464
|
Personnel Ordinance - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
465
|
Personnel Ordinance - Department Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
466
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
467
|
Amending Noise Pollution Control Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-62
|
|
468
|
Election Re-Districting
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
469
|
Riverside Park July 4th Celebration - Hawkers/Peddlers
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Sec. 18-15, Art. III
|
|
470
|
Amending Chapter 7 - Municipal Contracts
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7
|
|
471
|
Amending Chapter 7 - Municipal Contracts/Massachusetts
First Procurement Policy
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7, Sec. 7-13
|
|
472
|
Amending Zoning Ordinance - Pet Grooming - Grooming
Shops
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Sec. V-D
|
|
473
|
Amending Zoning Ordinance - Special Permits
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Sec. V-A and Sex. XI-C
|
|
474
|
Amending Re-Districting Plan
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
475
|
Re-Zoning 100-102 Broadway
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
476
|
Personnel Ordinance - Mayor
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6A
|
|
477
|
Security Alarm Systems - Penalties
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-85
|
|
478
|
Personnel Ordinance - Executive Director of Council
on Aging
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
479
|
Personnel Ordinance - Water Registrar
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
480
|
Personnel Ordinance - Data Analyst
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
481
|
Amending Ordinance #474 - Re-Districting Plan
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
482
|
Handicapped parking
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55
|
|
483
|
Dog Regulation Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 23, Sec.23-46
|
|
484
|
Personnel Ordinance - Account Clerk
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
485
|
Personnel Ordinance - Water Meter Installer/Reader
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
486
|
Department of Records (City Clerk) - Licensing Board
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-10
|
|
487
|
Providing for a Re-Connection Fee
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
488
|
Amending Effective Date of Re-Districting Plan
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
489
|
Amending Zoning Map - Merrimack Street
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11`
|
|
490
|
Repealing Ordinance #469 - July 4th Celebration Permits
for Hawkers and Peddlers
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Art. III, Sec. 18-15
|
|
491
|
Personnel Ordinance - Reserve Police Officers
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
492
|
Rescinding Ordinance #483 - Dog Regulation Ordinance
(Order to Muzzle or Restrain Dogs)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 23, Sec. 23-39
|
|
493
|
Fence Height - Alpha Facility (651 Lowell Street)
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
494
|
Municipal Contracts
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7, Sec. 7-7
|
|
495
|
Harbormaster
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
496
|
Regular Meetings of the City Council
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-1
|
|
497
|
Zoning Ordinance - Shopping Centers
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11, Sec. V-T
|
|
498
|
Zoning Ordinance - Political Signs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
499
|
Regular Meeting Times of Methuen City Council
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-1
|
|
500
|
Zoning Ordinance - Accessory Apartment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
501
|
Alternate Members - Conservation Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-17
|
|
502
|
Alternate Members - Historical Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-22
|
|
503
|
Funding Five Member Board of Assessor's
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
504
|
Expanding Right of Municipality to Deny, Revoke or Suspend Licenses or Permits for Failure to Pay Municipal Taxes, Fees, Assessments, Betterments, or Other Municipal Charges |
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-6
|
|
505
|
Personnel Ordinance - Insurance Analyst
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
506
|
Amending Noise Pollution Control Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-62
|
|
507
|
Parking of Private Liveries and Taxicabs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-10
|
|
508
|
Zoning Amendment - Renfrew Street
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
509
|
Mandatory Server Training for Liquor Establishments
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-60
|
|
510
|
Prohibiting Emergency Preambles Regarding Sale, Lease
or Rental of Municipal Property
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 20, Sec. 20-21
|
|
511
|
Zoning Amendment - Limitation Period on Business or
Professional Offices in the City of Methuen
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
512
|
Travel and Participation in Training Sessions Where
Private Entities Provide Financing
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-80
|
|
513
|
Ambulance Rates and Charges
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-5A
|
|
514
|
Childsafe Construction Sites
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-93
|
|
515
|
Use of the City Forest
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 18, Sec. 18-10
|
|
516
|
Declaring Constitutional Open Space/Venice Road
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
517
|
Promoting Integrity and Honesty in the Award of Public
Contracts
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7, Sec. 7-16
|
|
518
|
Security Alarm Systems
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-85 & 9-88
|
|
519
|
Personnel Ordinance - Water Meter Installer Reader
and Water Meter Reader
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
520
|
Feeding or Baiting of Migratory Waterfowl
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 12, Sec. 12-11
|
|
521
|
Waiving of Provisions of Ordinance #496 (City Council
Meetings)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-1
|
|
522
|
Regulating Establishment of Fence - 2 Joy Terrace
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
523
|
Dog License Fees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 23, Sec. 23-9
|
|
524
|
Personnel Ordinance - Reserve Police Officers
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
525
|
City Clerk Fees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-1
|
|
526
|
Personnel Ordinance - Board of Assessors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
527
|
Water Service Shut-Off
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 15, Sec. 15-8
|
|
528
|
Personnel Ordinance - Reserve Firefighters
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
529
|
Posting Requirements for City Appointments
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-23
|
|
530
|
Preventing Possession of and Use of Rhino Ammunition
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
531
|
Council Approval of Contractual Employee Agreements
|
Failed
|
Chapters 7 and 7A
|
|
532
|
Changing Meeting Date of City Council
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
533
|
Amending Traffic Rules and Regulations - Resident
Sticker and Visitor Permit Parking
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
534
|
Personnel Ordinance - Local 122 (DPW)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
535
|
Personnel Ordinance - Head Filter Operator
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
536
|
Personnel Ordinance - Middle Management
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
537
|
Personnel Ordinance - Council Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
538
|
Banning Garbage Rummaging
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-24
|
|
539
|
Pre-Sewer Entry Inspection
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 14, Art. II, Sec. B.1
|
|
540
|
Personnel Ordinance - Creating Position of Deputy
Tree Warden
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
541
|
Regulating Establishment of Fence - 486 Lowell Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
542
|
Regulating Establishment of Fence - 3 Whitney Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
543
|
Regulating Establishment of Fence - 31 Torino Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
544
|
Personnel Ordinance - Executive Director, Council
on Aging
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
545
|
Banning Possession or Use of Self-Contained Propellant
Cans Near Parades
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 40A
|
|
546
|
Personnel Ordinance -Water Registrar
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
547
|
Personnel Ordinance - City Clerk (C.O.L.)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
548
|
Zoning Amendment - Open Space
|
Adopted by Council; Defeated by voters 11/1995
|
N/A
|
|
549
|
Re-Districting Notification
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 14
|
|
550
|
Swimming Pool Fence - Latching
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 74
|
|
551
|
Temporary Absence of Mayor
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 2A
|
|
552
|
Personnel Ordinance - Part-Time Lab Technician
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
553
|
Personnel Ordinance - Public Health Nurse
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
554
|
Banning Recycling Waste Scavenging
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 25
|
|
555
|
Banning Destruction of Political Signs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 40B
|
|
556
|
Zoning Ordinance - Political Signs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
557
|
Prohibiting Alteration of the Tenney Wall
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
558
|
Prohibiting Parking of Trucks on Residential Streets
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 63
|
|
559
|
Banning Graffiti
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 26
|
|
560
|
Prohibiting the Blocking of Sidewalks
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 27
|
|
561
|
Zoning Ordinance - Druid Hill
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
562
|
Bidding of Snow Removal
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
563
|
Youth Curfew
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 94
|
|
564
|
Dog Defecation
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 77
|
|
565
|
Permitting Adult Entertainment
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
566
|
Contract Authority - Mayor
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7, Sec. 3 and Chapter 7A
|
|
567
|
Budget Submission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 5, Sec. 3
|
|
568
|
Malden Mills Fence
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
569
|
Zoning Ordinance - Malden Mills
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
570
|
Personnel Ordinance - Cell Matrons/Monitors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
571
|
Plumbing and Gas Fees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 4
|
|
572
|
Fence Ordinance - 3 Lavoie Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
573
|
Community Development Re-Organization
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 11
|
|
574
|
Personnel Ordinance - Board of Assessors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 5
|
|
575
|
Sewer Connections
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 14, Article X
|
|
576
|
Personnel Ordinance - Ass't Director of Community
Development and Ass't Director of Planning
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
577
|
Fence Ordinance - 1 Goldsmith Court
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
578
|
Zoning Amendment and Map - Tri-Star Plaza
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
579
|
Fence Ordinance - 5 Ayers Village Road
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
580
|
Prohibiting Parking of Manufactured Homes in Public
Streets in Residential Districts
|
Adopted
|
Traffic Rules & Regulations
|
|
581
|
Prohibiting Stockpiling of Snow Near Public Ways
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 95
|
|
582
|
Residency - Eugene J. O'Neill, Director of Community
Development
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
583
|
Methuen Housing Authority Co-operative Agreements
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 10
|
|
584
|
Personnel Ordinance - Ass't Appraiser/Data Analyst
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 5
|
|
585
|
Personnel Ordinance - Groundskeeper, Local 122
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 5
|
|
586
|
Amendment - Banning Possession or Use of Self-Contained
Propellant Cans Near Parades (Police Officers Exempt)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 98, Sec. 40A
|
|
587
|
Amending Chapter 23 - Dog Restrictions
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 23, Sec. 15, 46, 47, 28A
|
|
588
|
Amending Chapter 18 - Spiggott Falls Riverwalk Park
Dedication Concert
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
589
|
Amendment - Numbering of Dwellings/Businesses
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 90
|
|
590
|
Establishing a Uniform Policy on Code Enforcement
|
Adopted
|
None
|
|
591
|
Employment of Outside Consultants (Conservation Commission)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 12, Sec. 12
|
|
592
|
Mailers on Referendum Measures
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 13
|
INITIATIVE PETITIONS ADOPTED BY THE MUNICIPALITY
APP. V - 1 An
Ordinance Abolishing the Sewer and Water Commission, Abolishing the Sewer and
Water Enterprise Fund, and Establishing a Procedure for Rates and Charges for
Sewer and Water
APP. V - 2 An Act Providing for Election of a Mayor in the City Known as the Town of Methuen and Establishment of Limitation of Terms of Town Councillors
APP. V - 1 An Ordinance Abolishing the Sewer and Water Commission, Abolishing the Sewer and Water Enterprise Fund, and Establishing a Procedure for Rates and Charges for Sewer and Water
Section 1 Repealing Sections
B. Ordinance No. 371 (Methuen Municipal Code, Chapter 3, Section 3-9A)
entitled "Methuen Sewer and Water Commission" is hereby repealed.
C. Order No. 1942, Resolution "Establishing a Sewer Enterprise Fund", is hereby
revoked.
D. Order No. 785, Resolution "Establishing a Water Enterprise Fund", is hereby
revoked.
E. The City Clerk, in and pursuant to Chapter 4, Section 5, Massachusetts
General Laws, and/or other pertinent authority, is hereby directed to prepare and transmit a return relating to Sections 1B., 1C., and 2. hereof.
Section 2 Acceptance Section
The provisions of Chapter 44, Section 53F-1/2 of the General Laws, entitled "Enterprise Funds" are hereby accepted by the City of Methuen for the purposes of establishing two separate accounts classified as enterprise funds; said two separate accounts being a water enterprise fund and a sewer enterprise fund.
Section 3 Enactments
The Methuen Municipal Code of the City of Methuen is hereby amended as follows:
A. In Chapter 15, after Section 15-4, by adding the following Section 15-5:
Section 15-5 Water Fees and Charges; Public Hearings; Council Action
The City Council of the City of Methuen may establish such fees, charges and costs for the operation of the water system provided that no such fee, charge or cost may be implemented until a public hearing shall be held by it. Said hearing shall be held within forty-five (45) days of the submission to the City Council of a resolution to establish such fee, charge or cost. Said public hearing shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in said City at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing. The City Council shall take action on such proposed fee, charge or cost within thirty (30) days after said hearing. Provided that no such increase shall take effect excepting as may be approved by a two-thirds vote of the full City Council.B. In Chapter 14 of the Methuen Municipal Code by striking therefrom, in Article VII, Sections A through E, and by inserting therein the following Section A:
A. Sewer Fees and Charges; Public Hearings; Council ActionThe City Council of the City of Methuen may establish such fees, charges and costs for the operation of the sewer system provided that no such fee, charge or cost may be implemented until a public hearing shall be held by it. Said hearing shall be held within forty-five (45) days of the submission to the City Council of a resolution to establish such fee, charge or cost. Said public hearing shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in said City at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing. The City Council shall take action on such proposed fee, charge or cost within thirty (30) days after said hearing. Provided that no such increase shall take effect excepting as may be approved by a two-thirds vote of the full City Council.
C. Public Hearings
In addition to the requirements that shall exist in Chapter 44, Section 53F-1/2 of the General Laws regarding budgets for the sewer enterprise fund and the water enterprise fund, the City Council shall be required to hold a public hearing, separate and apart from the general budget public hearing, on said separate budgets; said public hearing to be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in said City at least seven days prior to the hearing.
(Initiative Petition Approved by the Voters November 5th, 1991; 7,652 yes; 2,383 no)
APP. V - 2 An Act Providing for Election of a Mayor in the City Known as the Town of Methuen and Establishment of Limitation of Terms of Town Councillors
This initiative petition called upon the citizens to determine whether or not they should forward to the Massachusetts legislature an Act Providing for the Election of a Mayor in the City Known as the Town of Methuen and Establishment of Limitation of Terms of City Councillors.
The Methuen City Council, on October 5th, 1992, adopted an Order Calling for a Binding Question asking the inhabitants if they should petition the legislature to enact the aforesaid Act. On November 3rd, 1992, the inhabitants approved said question by a vote of 13,264 "yes" and 5,900 "no" and said Act was forwarded to the legislature.
Said Act further called for a re-submittal to the citizens for a final vote on determining whether or not to establish the position of Mayor and, by Order #3418 adopted by the City Council on January 19th, 1993, a special election was called for said purpose. Said election was held on May 4th, 1993 and by vote of 4,172 "yes" and 2,109 "no", the citizens approved said Act.
This Act eliminated the position of City Manager and substituted an elected mayoral form of government. Said Mayor would serve for two year terms with a maximum of three terms served. The powers of the Mayor are similar to that of a City Manager excepting that the Mayor would have the authority to veto ordinances or resolutions proposed by the City Council. In addition to the Mayor, a provision was created limiting the terms of City Councillors to no more than three consecutive or non-consecutive two year terms.
(SEE APPENDIX I-A, CHARTER AMENDMENTS, CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 6)
AMENDMENTS TO 1997 CODE
|
ORDINANCE NUMBER
|
TITLE
|
ACTION
|
PRESENT SECTION
|
|
593
|
Amending Zoning Ordinance and Map
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
594
|
Providing for Ballot Summaries
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-11
|
|
595
|
Establishing Street Acceptance Protocol
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 16, Sec. 16-7
|
|
596
|
Establishing a Fine for Negligent Adopted Chapter 9,
Disposal of Garbage and Refuse |
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-78
|
|
597
|
Amending Ordinance #563, Youth Curfew
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-94
|
|
598
|
Fence - 18 Woodland Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
599
|
Criminal History Background Checks
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 96
|
|
600
|
Personnel Ordinance - Mayor
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6A, Section 2
|
|
601
|
Enacting Ordinance for Municipal
|
Adopted
|
Chapter A
|
|
602
|
Direct Mail Notice to Abutters of
Zoning Changes |
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-12
|
|
603
|
Providing for Direct Abutter Notification
Historic District Commission |
Adopted
|
Chapter 24A, Sec. 24A-8
|
|
604
|
Prohibiting Dual Membership
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-4
|
|
605
|
Amending Chapter 9, Section 9-58
Prohibiting Unregistered Vehicles or Trailers on Public Ways |
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-58
|
|
606
|
Amending Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Director
of Public Works
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
607
|
Amending Wage & Salary Classification Plan - Seasonal
Laborers
|
Adopted
|
|
|
608
|
Changing Meeting Date of City Council
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
609
|
Zoning Amendment - Central Business District
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
610
|
Regulating Public Hearing and Voting
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Sec. 2-4; Chapter 12, Sec. 12-2
|
|
611
|
Fence Ordinance - 15 Fairview Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
612
|
Banning Sale of Spray Paint to Minors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-40C
|
|
613
|
Removal of Graffiti from Public and Private Property
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-25A
|
|
614
|
Amending Handicapped Parking
Ordinance - Consultation with the Disability Commission |
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-55
|
|
615
|
Fence Ordinance - 16 Monroe Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
616
|
Fence Ordinance - 16 Huntington Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
617
|
Fence Ordinance - 86 Comet Road Extension
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
618
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Recreational
leaders
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
619
|
Amending Zoning Ordinance and Map
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
620
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan -Lifeguards
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
621
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Community
Development Director
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
622
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Assistant
Treasurer
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
623
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Conservation
Inspector
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
624
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Information
Systems Technician I
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
625
|
Establishing New Designations for Polling Places
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
626
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Human
Resource Director
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
627
|
None
|
||
|
628
|
Noise Pollution
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-64
|
|
629
|
Adjusting the Ambulance Rates
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-5A
|
|
630
|
Amending Travel Policy
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-21
|
|
631
|
Amending Cross Connection Control
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 15, Sec. 15-4
|
|
632
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Department
Heads
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
633
|
Banning Snowmobiles on Cemeteries, Parks, Playgrounds
and School Playgrounds
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-96
|
|
634
|
Prohibiting Dual Membership
|
Adopted
|
Chapter2, Sec. 2-4
|
|
635
|
Amendment to Non-Criminal Disposition
of Municipal Ordinance, Rule or Regulation Violations |
Adopted
|
Chapter 17, Sec. 17-3
|
|
636
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Council
Employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
637
|
Expanding Authority of the Methuen Youth Commission
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 3, Sec. 3-26
|
|
638
|
Establishing a Fence at 62 Forest Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
639
|
Fences - Use as Clothesline Prohibited
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 9-28
|
|
640
|
Establishing a Fence at 1 Rock Hill Place
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
641
|
Amending Personnel Ordinance
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
642
|
Amendment to Application for Amusement/Entertainment
Licenses
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-40
|
|
643
|
Mandating Public Notification of Entertainment License
Applications
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-71
|
|
644
|
Establishing a Fence at 84 Weybosset Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
645
|
Banning Late Night Entertainment Licenses
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 13-70
|
|
646
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Establishing a Fence at 14 Pearl Street
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Adopted
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Special
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647
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Amendment to Riverside Park Ordinance
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Adopted
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Chapter 18, Sec. 18-15
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648
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Temporary Prohibition on Granting of Licenses, Permits
or Other Authorizations - Cellular Towers
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Adopted
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Special
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649
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Establishing a Fence at 44 Woburn Street
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Adopted
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Special
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650
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Amending Chapter 18, Public Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches
- Spiggot Falls Riverwalk Park
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Adopted
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Chapter 18, Sec. 18-16
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651
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Amending Zoning Ordinance - Lot 5, Birch Hill Estates
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Adopted
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Chapter 11
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652
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Repealing Chapters 24 and 24A - Historic District Ordinance
and Methuen Historic District Ordinance
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Adopted
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Chapters 24 and 24A
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653
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Extension of Prohibitions on Granting of Adopted Special
Permits and Licenses as provided for in Ordinance #648 |
Adopted
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Special
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654
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Amending Chapter 16 - Commercial Waste Pick-up
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Adopted
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Chapter 16, Sec. 19A
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655
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Executive
Director, Council on Aging
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Adopted
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Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
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656
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Activity
Coordinator (Elder Affairs)
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Adopted
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Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
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657
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Establishing a Building and Property Maintenance Code
|
Adopted
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Chapter 10A
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658
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Amending Zoning Ordinance - Wireless Communications
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Adopted
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Chapter 11
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659
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Banning Dogs from School Grounds
|
Adopted
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Chapter 23, Sec. 49
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660
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Prohibiting Use of Utility Poles for Commercial Advertisements
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Adopted
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Chapter 9, Sec. 29
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661
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Tripling the Fines for Public Drinking in Municipal
Parks and Playgrounds
|
Adopted
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Chapter 18, Sec. 14
|
|
662
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Director
of Veterans' Affairs
|
Adopted
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Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
663
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Amending Chapter 6, Section 6-24 - Posting Requirements
|
Adopted
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Chapter 6, Sec. 24
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|
664
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Establishing a Fence at 2 Haroun Lane
|
Adopted
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Special
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|
665
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Amending Zoning Ordinance - Wireless Communications
|
Adopted
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Chapter 11
|
|
666
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Amending Chapter 7, Section 7-3 - Contract Authority
|
Adopted
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Chapter 7, Section 3
|
|
667
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Administrative
Aide to Chief of Police
|
Adopted
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Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
668
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Creating a Methuen Board of Library Commissioners
|
Adopted
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Chapter 3, Sec. 40
|
|
669
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Superintendent
of Recreation
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
670
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Establishing a Fence at 100A Haverhill Street
|
Adopted
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Special
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|
671
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Establishing a Regular City Council Meeting Date
|
Adopted
|
Special
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|
672
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Establishing a Fence at 575 Prospect Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
673
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Hydrant
& Valve Maintenance Man/laborer (DPW)
|
Adopted
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Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
674
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Establishing a Fence at 243 Pelham Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
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|
675
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Waiving Chapter 7, Sec. 7-16 - Bid or Proposal Process
|
Adopted
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Special
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676
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Senior
Clerk/Steno & Typist - P/T Council Office
|
Adopted
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Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
677
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Re-establishing Career Incentive Benefits for Department
Heads and City Council employees
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 22
|
|
678
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Amending Zoning Ordinance - Table of Use Regulations,
Section V-D (Bakeries)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
679
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Amending Zoning Map - Hampstead Street
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
680
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Executive
Director, Department of Elder Affairs
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
681
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Establishing a Fence at 361 Forest Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
682
|
Governing the Establishing and Erecting of Off-Premise
Sign - 478 Merrimack Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
683
|
Amending Zoning Ordinance - Neighborhood Business Zone
- Haverhill Street
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
684
|
Establishing a Fence at 255 Hampstead Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
685
|
Establishing a Fence at 126 Merrimack Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
686
|
Amending Chapter 13, Licensing - Compliance Checks and
Fines
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sections 10 and 11
|
|
687
|
Changing Meeting Time of the Methuen City Council Meeting
of January 3rd, 2000
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
688
|
Establishing a Fence at 5 Walton Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
689
|
Reinstating Contract Authority of the Mayor
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 7, Sec. 7-3(4)
|
|
690
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Amending Ordinance #610, an Ordinance Regulating Public
Hearing and Voting
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2,, Sec 2-4; Chapter 12, Sect. 12-12
|
|
691
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Amending Chapter 7 - Municipal Contracts
|
Adopted
|
Chapter, Sec. 7
|
|
692
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Department
Heads (Chief of Staff)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
693
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Changing City Council Meeting Date
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
694
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Banning Unregistered Vehicles Stored on Properties
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 65
|
|
695
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Amending Ambulance Rates and Charges
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 8, Sec. 8-5A
|
|
696
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Repealing Ordinance #557 - An Ordinance Prohibiting
Alteration of the Tenney School Wall
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
697
|
Water Use Restriction
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 15, Sec. 9
|
|
698
|
Regulating Class II and Class III Automobile Businesses
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 13, Sec. 90
|
|
699
|
Changing City Council Meeting Date
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
700
|
Occupancy Permit
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 9, Sec. 78
|
|
701
|
Establishing a Fence at 3 Adams Avenue
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
702
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Lifeguards
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 6-5
|
|
703
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Automatic Amusement Devices
|
Adopted
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Chapter 13, Sec. 80
|
|
704
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Establishing a Fence at 175 Howe Street
|
Adopted
|
Special
|
|
705
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Amending Wage and Salary Classification Plan - Cell
Monitors
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 5
|
|
706
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Amending Zoning Map - 231-233 Broadway (RG to CBD)
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
707
|
Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1989
- Dimensional Variances
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
708
|
Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of 1989
- Woodland Street
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 11
|
|
709
|
Amending Chapter 10A - Complaint Process
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 10A
|
|
710
|
Amending Wage and Salary Classification - Human Resources
Director
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 6, Sec. 5
|
|
711
|
Amending Chapter 2, Section 2-1 - Regular Meetings of
the City Council
|
Adopted
|
Chapter 2, Section 1
|
|
712
|
Changing City Council Meeting Date
|
Adopted
|
Special
|