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Charter and Bylaws Update History

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	REFERENCE Date Bylaw Adopted or Amended by Town Meeting 1979 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Voted to re-enact the General Bylaws of the Town (Warrant Article 16) Article 1 Town Meetings and the Procedure Thereat 2 Advisory Finance Committee 3 Selectmen (Duties and Powers) 4 Accounting Department (Accounting Procedures and Purchasing) 5 Town Collector (Duties and Powers) 6 Extensions of Water Mains (Procedures) 7 Cemeteries (Management and Care) 8 Use of Public Ways and Places (Rules and Regulations) 9 Junk Dealers and Collectors 10 Dumps (Operation, Procedures, and Restrictions) 11 Hawkers and Peddlers 12 General Provisions 13 Salary Administration Plan 14 Building Department 15 Provisions of General Laws (Laws Accepted by the Town of Westborough) 16 Building Code (Replaced by State Building Code) 17 Sewer Cost Apportionment 18 Licensing of Solicitors 19 Dog Control 20 Alcoholic Beverage 1982 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 21 Alarm Systems 1983 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 22 Fees - Sealing of Weights and Measures 23 Hunting 24 Handicapped Parking Areas 25 Fire Lanes 1985 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 26 Smoking in Public Places (Warrant Article 58) 1987 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 27 Sewer Regulations (Warrant Article 60) 1988 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 28 Demolition of Historic Buildings (Warrant Article 36) 1988 Special Town Meeting 6/16/88 Bylaw Warrant Article 29 Alternate Methods of Dealing with MGL Chapter 61, 61A, 61B (Warrant Article 3 - no Bylaw # given at STM) (ATM 3/23/96 Bylaw Articles renumbered from here) 1989 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 17 Amend Sewer Cost Apportionment, Sec. 2 (Warrant Article 44) Article 30 Rules & Regulations for Lake Chauncy (Warrant Article 63) Article 31 Termination of Water Services (Warrant Article 77) 1991 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 32Handicapped Access Bylaw (Warrant Article 20) 1992 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 4 Amend Accounting Department (Warrant Article 18) Article 19 Amend Animal Control (Warrant Article 43) Article 19 Amend Animal Control (Warrant Article 44) Article 19 Amend Animal Control (Warrant Article 45) Article 22 Amend Weights & Measures (Warrant Article 68) 1993 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 1 Amend Town Meeting (Warrant Article 28A) Article 1 Amend Town Meeting (Warrant Article 28B) Article 3 Amend Selectmen (Warrant Article 39) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan (Warrant Article 6) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan (Warrant Article 7) Article 19 Amend Animal Control (Warrant Article 19) Article 33 Recycling (Warrant Article 54) Article 34 Stable Fees (Warrant Article 55) Article 35 Legal Expenses (Warrant Article 56) Article 36 Residency Requirement for Appointment (Warrant Article 57) Article 37 Non-Criminal Disposition of Certain Violations (Warrant Article 33) 1994 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 1 Amend to Section 3A-Quorum Requirement (Warrant Article 46) Article 1 Change Town Meeting Date (Warrant Article 60) Article 4 Amend Accounting Dept./Procurement (Warrant Article 63) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan (Warrant Article 7) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan (Warrant Article 8) Article 13 Amend Salary Admin.,§29-3-Ed.Benefits (Warrant Article 12) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan (Warrant Article 34) Article 35 Amend Legal Expenses (Warrant Article 64) Article 37 Amend Non-Criminal Disposition (Warrant Article 80) 1995 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 1 Amend Town Meeting, §17 (Warrant Article 40) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §24 (Warrant Article 7) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan,§25 (Warrant Article 8) Article 18 Amend Licensing of Solicitors/Canvassers (Warrant Article 53) 1996 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Bylaw Update (Renumbering, reordering) (Warrant Article 7) Article 2 Amend Town Meeting,§3 (Warrant Article 73) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §24 (Warrant Article 8 & 9) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §25 (Warrant Article 11) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §26 (Warrant Article 16) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §27 (Warrant Article 17) Article 18 Amend Licensing of Solicitors & Canvassers (Warrant Article 61) Article 38 Add Bylaw Underground Sprinkler Systems (Warrant Article 71) 1996 Special Town Meeting (11/18/96) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §25 (Warrant Article 4) Article 13 Reorganize Engineering Dept., §24 (Warrant Article 6) Article 17 Increase Sewer Fees; Modify Cost Apportionment (Warrant Article 22) 1997 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 2 Amend §18, Council on Aging (Warrant Article 3) Ratification of AG changes to Bylaw Update (Warrant Article 11) Article 4 New §7, Council on Aging Accept provisions MGL Ch. 40, §8B (Warrant Article 12) Article 9 Amend §18 (Warrant Article 47) Article 9 Add to §1 (Warrant Article 54) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §14 (Warrant Article 7) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §14 (Warrant Article 8) Article 13 Amend Salary Administration Plan, §25 (Warrant Article 9) Article 13 Changes to §23 (B) & (D) (Warrant Article 58) Article 13 Changes to §27 c, d, & e (Warrant Article 57) Article 19 Amend §1, G-2; and Amend §11 (Warrant Article 59) Article 39 Sandra Pond Regulations (Warrant Article 25) 1997 Special Town Meeting (10/27/97) Bylaw Warrant Article 9 Use of Public Ways...Addition to §1(b) (Warrant Article 10) Article 17 Sewer Cost..Deletion and addition to §3(a)3 (Warrant Article 11) 1998 Annual Town Meeting Bylaw Warrant Article 9 Delete §6 (Warrant Article 47) Article 13 Amend §24 (Classification Group) (Warrant Article 7) and §25 VI(General Group) “ “ Article 13 Amend §25 I-A (Wage&Salary Sched.) (Warrant Article 8) And Section V Article 13 Amend §27 (Vacation With Pay) (Warrant Article 10) Article 13 Amend §29 (Educational Benefits) (Warrant Article 6) Article 13A Add new Article, Exempt Employee Leave (Warrant Article 9) Article 40 Add new Article, Water Use Restriction (Warrant Article 46) 1998 Special Town Meeting (10/20/98) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Add new budget-Animal Control Salary (Warrant Article 4) 1999 Annual Town Meeting (3/13/99) Bylaw Warrant Article 2 Amend §1(b) TM time 7:00 p.m. (Warrant Article 3) Article 6 Charter & Bylaw change to Treasurer/Collector (Warrant Article 12) Article 13 Amend §24 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 8) Article 13 Amend §25 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 9) Article 13 Amend §29 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 10) Article 37 Add Tobacco violation $100/day (Warrant Article 46) Accept Provisions MGL Ch.73, Sec. 4 (Warrant Article 31) 1999 Special Town Meeting (11/15/99) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend §24 & 25 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 7) 2000 Annual Town Meeting (3/25/00) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend §24 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 6) Article 13 Amend §25 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 7) Charter Change Article 3, §3-1 (Treasurer/Collector) & Article 6, §6-6 (Treasurer/Collector) (Warrant Article 11) 2001 Annual Town Meeting (3/17/01) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend §24 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 7) Article 13 Amend §25 (Salary Administration Plan) (Warrant Article 6) Article 13 Amend §29 (§3,Educational Benefits) (Warrant Article 8) Article 15 Rescind acceptance of MGL Chap 41, §105 (Warrant Article 52) Article 41 Committee for Soldiers' Memorials (Warrant Article 52) Article 37 Noncriminal Disposition, Art.9, §14 Pub. Ways (Warrant Article 29) 2002 Annual Town Meeting (3/16/02) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend §8, add §3 (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Article 8A) Article 13 Amend §12,§5 &§6 (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Article 8B&C) Article 13 Amend §24-Classification (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Art. 6 & 7) Article 13 Amend §25, 1-A, 1-B, IV, V (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Article 5) Article 13 Amend §27, d & e (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Article 8D) Article 13 Amend §28, 2 (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Article 8E) Article 13 Amend §33 (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Article 8F) Article 13A Amend §1 (Warrant Article 8G) 2003 Annual Town Meeting (3/15/03) Bylaw Article 2 Amend § 3, Add New§ 19 (Photo/Video) (Warrant Article 18) Article 15 Amend § 41A Increase Allow. Inc. - Deferrrals (Warrant Article 9) Article 27 Amend § 4 & Article 37 Ditto in Town Bylaws (Warrant Article 10) 2004 Annual Town Meeting (3/13/04) Bylaw Warrant Article 2 Amend §1a & 1b (Town Mtgs.) (Warrant Article 36) Article 9 Add new §16 (Warrant Article 11) Article 13 Amend §24 & 25, add §VII (Salary Admin.) (Warrant Article 5) Article 19 Amend §8, add §3 (Animal Control) (Warrant Article 17) Article 28 Amend §3a & 3b (Procedure) (Warrant Article 14) Article 37 Add to Appendix, New sections in: -Board of Health & Town Bylaws (Warrant Articles 11, 15, 23) Add New Article 43 (Licensing and Fees) (Warrant Article 16) Add New Article 43 (Construction Activity) (Warrant Article 23) 2005 Annual Town Meeting (5/14/05) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend § 24 (Warrant Article 7) Article 13 Amend § 2, § 3 & § 18 (Warrant Article 8) Article 13 Amend §25, replacing 1A, 1B & V (Warrant Article 9) Article 2 Amend § 10, delete § 17 (Warrant Article 17) Charter Article 8 Amend § 8-5(b), par.3 (Warrant Article 45) 2006 Annual Town Meeting (5/11/06) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend § 24 (Warrant Article 6) Article 13 Amend § 25, replacing 1A, 1B & V (Warrant Article 7) Article 13 Amend § 29 (Warrant Article 5) 2007 Annual Town Meeting (5/12/07) Bylaw Warrant Article 2 Amend §2,8,9 (Warrant Article 36) Article 4 Amend §3 (Warrant Article 32) Article 13 Amend § 24 (Warrant Article 6) Article 13 Amend § 25 (Warrant Article 7) 2007 Special Town Meeting (10/22/07) Bylaw Warrant Add new Article 30, Rule 20 (Prohibited Watercraft) (Warrant Article 7) Adopt MGL32B, § 18 (Under Provisions Of Gen. Laws) (Warrant Article 6) 2008 Annual Town Meeting (5/17/08) Bylaw Warrant Article 2 Add § 1B (Warrant Article 31) Article 13 Amend § 24 (Warrant Article 6) Article 13 Amend § 25 (Warrant Article 7) Add new Article 13B (Department Head Employment Contract) (Warrant Article 26) Add new Article 27A (Discharges to Muni. Storm Drain Sys) (Warrant Article 11) Add new Article 44 (Storm Water Mgmt & Erosion Control) (Warrant Article 10) 2008 Special Town Meeting (10/20/08) Bylaw Warrant Article 13 Amend § 24 (Warrant Article 6) Article 28 Amend § 5(b) (Warrant Article 3) Article 37 Amend § Appendix A (Warrant Article 13) Add new Article 45 (Non-Zoning Wetlands Protection) (Warrant Article 12)