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Town of Randolph, MA
Norfolk County
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[Adopted 6-24-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-034]
The Purpose of the Committee shall be:
A. 
To support veterans, active military, National Guard, reservists and their families,
B. 
To offer Veterans, Active military, National Guard, reservists and their families the information necessary to obtain the rights and benefits that their situation warrants,
C. 
To provide educational, training, and psychological forums/services to meet the needs as determined by the committee with the Director of Veterans Services for the Town of Randolph,
D. 
To work with the Randolph Veterans Council,
E. 
To address housing,
F. 
To address suicide prevention and depression,
G. 
To address re-entry issues that comes with deployment,
H. 
To work with the Director of Veterans Services for the Town of Randolph in formulating programs that foster and promote the health and safety of American Military Personnel and their families.
A. 
The membership of the Committee shall consist of at least one (1) member from every active post in the Town Of Randolph; and their Auxiliaries. This shall include the Commander or his/her designee and the Auxiliary President or his/her designee of the:
(1) 
American Legion.
(2) 
American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam (AMVETS).
(3) 
Disabled American Veterans (DAV).
(4) 
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
(5) 
Jewish War Veterans (JWV).
(6) 
Army Navy Union.
(7) 
Sons of AMVETS.
B. 
Five (5) members with a background in areas such as, public policy, finance, law, psychological services, medical provider.
C. 
Five (5) Randolph Residents with preference to veterans who are not members of the above organizations.
D. 
The Director of Veterans Services in Randolph serving as ex-officio with voting rights (see voting rights).
E. 
The President of the Town Council or his/her designee from the Council serving as ex-officio with no voting rights.
Each member shall have one (1) vote on all matters except the Director of Veterans Services in Randolph, who shall only vote to break a tie vote, and the representative of the Town Council who shall have no voting rights.
A quorum shall be a simple majority of those members present and voting (by Yea, Nay, Abstention).
To conduct business, at least ten (10) of the members must be present during the meeting.
Meetings shall be held according to a schedule determined by the Committee, but a meeting shall be held at least monthly.
The Committee may enter into agreements with outside service providers.
A. 
The Committee shall have the authority to raise funds to carry out programs and to provide services without general appropriation of the Town.
B. 
The Committee may petition the Town through its Town Council to request voluntary contribution of its residents and tax payers through the Town's Tax and or Utility billing.
C. 
All vouchers, payments or expenditures must be signed by at least four (4) members and the Veterans Agent.
The Director of Veterans Services shall provide for a member of their staff to carry out the day to day clerical functions of this committee and should the Randolph Veterans Council request such assistance that of the Randolph Veterans Council.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Art. V, Historic District Study Committee, adopted 4-28-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-009, which immediately followed this article, was repealed 3-25-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-002.