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ANNUAL SENATE BILL 2 SESSIONSDonna Hume did sign petition and she feels that the new amendment completely changes what she originallysigned. She was approached by a legal voter in the town to sign this petition. After reading the petitionsover, she couldn’t believe that such ordinances weren’t already instituted. The petitions are common sensemeasures.Heath Partington of Galway Rd feels there’s no right to trample all of the petitioner’s article and the peoplethat supported this. He also noted that at any time the Board can review current ordinances and amend them.He feels it should be left as amended and also work on the current ordinance.Robert Leonard of Meetinghouse Road sat in the same room the night before and the debate was over oneword. Seeing this amendment totally change what the people have intended isn’t right. He felt the petitionersshould have the amended article the way they deem necessary. He made MOTION to MOVE THEQUESTION and SECONDED by Selectman Hohenberger.VOTED on in the AFFIRMATIVE.The next vote was for the proposed third amendmentVOTED on in the NEGATIVE. AMENDMENT FAILS.Motion made and seconded to place Article 18 on the Ballot AS AMENDED. Voted in the AFFIRMATIVE.Selectman LoChiatto excused himself for the remainder of the meeting.ARTICLE 19. By Petition of Marc Sneider and others To see if the Town will vote to adopt the followingordinance:The purpose of this ordinance is to insure that town officials and town employees are dedicated solely to theservice of the residents of the town and are not motivated or appear to be motivated in his or her decision toundertake public service for personal benefit or personal advantage. Moreover, this ordinance is to promotetransparency in town administration and to prohibit town officials and town employees from deriving orappearing to derive unfair advantage by improperly using friendships and associations formed or confidentialinformation obtained while serving the Town of Windham.Prohibition Against Conflict of Interest.Town shall be defined as the Town of Windham.Covered Person shall be defined to include an elected Town official, a non-elected Town official, a Townemployee, and any person or business (including the principals, partners, employees and owners of thebusiness) that have performed or are performing services pursuant to a contract or arrangement with or onbehalf of the Town whether or not the services were or are performed for compensation.Covered Period shall be defined as the time period during which the a Covered Person serves or served as anelected town official, non-elected town official, town employee and/or person or business that performedservices under contract or arrangement with or on behalf of the Town and shall extend for a period of twoyears following the termination of any of the foregoing activities.A Covered Person shall not during the Covered Period:1. appear before any Town board as a principal, agent, attorney, representative or otherwise, on behalfof any person, business or entity; or,2. act as a principal, agent, attorney, representative or otherwise, on behalf of any person, business orentity for purposes of obtaining any permits, permissions, licenses, variances, grants, considerationsor approvals from the Town.2012 ANNUAL REPORTS 24 TOWN OF WINDHAM, NH