File #: 17-240    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 12/9/2017 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 12/19/2017 Final action: 12/19/2017
Title: To appoint Dennis Welch to fill a vacancy for Senate District 26 representative to the Maine Municipal Association's Legislative Policy Committee.
Attachments: 1. 16-123 Cover Sheet, 2. Ballots for Election to MMA Legislative Policy Committee memo, 3. Legilative Policy Committee Ballot

I.                     Council Action Requested.

Title

To appoint Dennis Welch to fill a vacancy for Senate District 26 representative to the Maine Municipal Association’s Legislative Policy Committee.

Body

II.                     Basis for Council Action.

 

Council approval of this item is required because;

 

a.                     Pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter, the Town Council shall "[e]xercise all the legislative, financial, borrowing and other powers now or hereafter given by statute to inhabitants of towns acting in Town Meeting except as otherwise provided herein, and also exercise all the powers now or hereafter given by statute to municipal officers of towns.

 

III.                     Issue Summary.

 

There are two seats for each Maine state senate district on MMA’s Legislative Policy Committee. The vacant seat was held by former Councilor Nadeau. Appointment to the seat will be for the balance of the term, through June 30, 2018.