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Ordered: That the City submits to the Massachusetts Legislature for passage An Act Striking Certain Provisions of the Charter of the City of Malden.
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HOME RULE PETITION
"AN ACT STRIKING CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MALDEN"
(Chapter 169 of the Acts of 1881 and acts in amendment thereto)
Whereas, the City of Malden is a municipal corporation organized and governed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, specifically Chapter 169 of the Acts of 1881 and acts in amendment thereto; and
Whereas, in 2018, when the City undertook an effort to consolidate these provisions into a single, more usable document, a number of organizational inconsistencies, outdated provisions, and operational inefficiencies were revealed; and
Whereas, to address these issues, the Mayor and City Council worked jointly to propose a strengthened and modernized charter; and
Whereas, having received freely expressed input from the public by way of public meetings, various forums, and from working groups, the Joint Charter Review Committee with the Rules and Ordinance Committee have completed their assessment and recommend that various provisions of the Charter be removed and deleted, and
Whereas, the Joint Charter Review Committee with the Rules and Ordinance Committee have recommended that various provisions of the City of Malden's Charter be removed and deleted to allow the replacement of the deleted provisions with more cohesive, consistent, organized, and modernized language reflecting the manner of governance by utilizing Amendments to the Ordinances of the City.
Now, therefore,
Be it hereby resolved that the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enact this Home Rule Petition and delete or strike from the Charter of the City of Malden the following provisions:
First, the provision entitled, "FIRE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT" that is presently contained in the following section:
Section 16. The mayor and city council shall, wit...
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