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Ordinance
No. 13-02
Introduced:
Passed:
Approved:
Effective:
ORDINANCE
TO AMEND TOWN OF SOMERSET CODE TO ADD CHAPTER
11, ARTICLE IV. TOWN HISTORY COMMITTEE
BE
IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town
of Somerset to add Article IV to Chapter
11 of the Town Code as follows:
CHAPTER
11, Article IV. Town History Committee
(a) The Mayor
shall appoint, with approval of the Council,
interested Town residents to serve on a
permanent Town History Committee.
(b) The Mayor
shall appoint, with approval of the Council
and the committee members, the committee
chairperson.
(c) The committee
shall have the following duties:
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Identify
and recommend to the Town Council
and staff a suitable place and
equipment to keep the Town's
records, archives and historical
materials safe from fire, water
and humidity, dust, and loss
or theft. Review the adequacy
of the facility on an annual
basis and make recommendations
for keeping up with its growth.
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Work
with Town staff to organize,
catalog and digitally scan archives
and historical material and/or
obtain professional support
as required.
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Identify
historical material that may
be held by residents and others
and negotiate donation of the
material for the Town archives.
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Work
with the Town staff to identify
and establish ways to make the
material accessible to researchers
and interested parties while
ensuring protection from loss
and physical deterioration.
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Plan
events and exhibits to showcase
the Town's historical material,
especially for special events
such as anniversaries.
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Periodically
update the Town's written history,
and initiate oral history projects.
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Coordinate
with the Chevy Chase Historical
Society, the Montgomery County
Historical Society and other
local historical societies in
appropriate joint activities.
Periodically assess organizing
a not-for-profit Town of Somerset
Historical Society.
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Meet
in open session at the call
of the chairperson, but at least
twice a year to review the condition
of the Town's archives and historical
material.
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Recommend
to the Mayor and Council proposed
plans and major expenditures.
The
above ordinance was adopted at the regular
meeting of the
Town Council on ___________, 2002, by a
vote of _____.
Certified
__________________ Approved
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Thomas
W. Carter
Walter
J. Behr
Clerk-Treasurer
Mayor |