Bourne’s amended town charter is now in place. The Massachusetts Legislature and former governor Charles D. Baker Jr. have signed the updated version, which puts the work of the most
The Bourne Charter Review Committee will recommend a number of changes to the town charter for residents to vote on at Special Town Meeting next month. The committee’s recommendations include
The Bourne Charter Review Committee was given several areas to consider amending or changing in the town charter, two of them specific to the function of town counsel. Bourne Town
A section of the Bourne Town Charter calls for meetings of several town boards and committees to be televised. The one board mentioned in that section that currently does not have its meetings televised is the Bourne Board of Health. That could soon change.
Section 8.6 (d) of the charter stipulates that âMeetings of the board of selectmen, the school committee, the board of health and the planning board shall, if possible, be televised on the local cable channel or streamed on the townâs website.â The board of health is the only one in that group whose meetings are not televised live and made available for rebroadcast and later viewing at the Bourne Cable TV website.