A Special Meeting of the Safety Committee was held on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in the Natick Police Department's Second Floor Conference Room. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the Town Meeting Warrant Article 12, Noise Regulation, amending Natick Town By-Law Article 50, and to determine what, if any, recommendation the committee would make regarding this article.
Members in attendance: Chief Mannix Chief Sabourin
Sgt. Lauzon Robert Ward
Ronald Ordway John Slamin
Patrick Reffett Charlie Sisitsky
Joan Craig
Also in attendance:Jean Williamson-Ostroff, Noise Committee Member
Erich Thalheimer, Noise Committee Member
Old Business:
The Committee VOTED to approve the October 2, 2007 Safety Committee Minutes.
New Business:
Proposed Noise By-Law
The Safety Committee held a special meeting to discuss the proposed by-law regulating noise. After some comments by members of the committee proposing the by-law, the committee expressed concern over the difficulty of implementation and enforcement of the proposed by law. Chief Mannix suggested an alternative which he believed would satisfy the needs of the police department and some of the issues concerning unregulated noise.
The committee VOTED to ask Chief Mannix to prepare an alternative motion for Town Meeting.
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