H2269 • 2025

An Act Bridgewater town charter article IV, town manager "temporary absence"

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Sponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher
Last action: 2025-09-29
Official status: Amended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H4569
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act Bridgewater town charter article IV, town manager "temporary absence"

An Act Bridgewater town charter article IV, town manager "temporary absence" By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act Bridgewater town charter article IV, town manager "temporary absence" By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2269) of Dennis C.
Gallagher (by vote of the town) relative to the position of town manager in the town of Bridgewater.
Municipalities and Regional Government.

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Bill History

2025-09-29 House
Read third (title changed)
2025-09-29 House
Amended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H4569
2025-07-23 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-07-23 House
Rules suspended
2025-07-23 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-07-10 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-05-05 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act Bridgewater town charter article IV, town manager "temporary absence"
By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2269) of Dennis C. Gallagher (by vote of the town) relative to the position of town manager in the town of Bridgewater. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill H.2269

Whereas, Article 89, Section 8 of the Massachusetts Constitution allows the legislative body of the Town of Bridgewater to vote to submit a Special Act to the State Legislature to Amend the current Charter of the Town;

Ordered, that the Town Council assembled voted to amend the Bridgewater Home Rule Charter, Article IV, Section 4-7 and to send said amendment to the State Legislature as a Special Act as follows:

Section 4-7 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

"Section 4-7. TEMPORARY ABSENCE

In the event of a temporary absence by the Town Manager of not more than twenty-one consecutive days, the Assistant Town Manager shall perform the duties of that office.

If the Assistant Town Manager is for any reason unable to serve, the Town Manager shall appoint a department head of the Town to perform the duties of that office during that period, by a letter filed with the Town Clerk and the Town Council.

In the event of failure of the Town Manager to make such a designation of if the person so designated is for any reason unable to serve, or is deemed not qualified by the Town Council, the Town Council may appoint some other qualified person to perform the duties of the Town Manager until the Town Manager returns.

No member of the Town Council shall serve as acting Town Manager."

Said Amendment shall only become effective and is contingent upon by the Town Council, the State Legislature and the voters of the Town of Bridgewater.

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