[Adopted as Art. 2B of the Town Bylaws]
This bylaw is enacted pursuant to MGL c. 39, § 23D(b)
for the purpose of establishing minimum additional requirements for
attendance at scheduled Town board, committee and commission hearings
under said statute as accepted by the Town of Sharon Special Town
Meeting of November 13, 2006.
A member of any Town board, committee or commission when holding
an adjudicatory hearing shall not be disqualified from voting in the
matter solely due to that member's absence from no more than a single
hearing session of said board, committee or commission at which testimony
or other evidence relative to the matter is received. Before any such
vote, the board, committee or commission member shall certify in writing
that he/she has examined all of the evidence submitted to said board,
committee or commission at the missed session. This written certification
shall become part of the record of the hearing. For purposes of this
bylaw, such evidence shall be all of the documents, maps, exhibits,
submissions and other materials received by a board, committee or
commission at the missed session. Said evidence shall also include
an audio or video recording of the missed session. The reading or
review of a transcript of any missed session does not alone satisfy
the requirement that a member examine all of the evidence received
by a board, committee or commission at the missed session.
