All Town Ordinances, Resolutions, Orders, and Regulations which
are in force when this Charter becomes effective are repealed to the
extent that they are inconsistent with or interfere with the effective
operation of this Charter, or of Ordinances, Resolutions, Orders and
Regulations adopted pursuant thereto. To the extent that the Constitution
and laws of the State permit, all general laws or special acts relating
to or affecting the Town or its agencies, officers, or employees which
are in effect when this Charter becomes effective, are superseded
to the extent they are inconsistent with or interfere with the effective
operation of this Charter, or of Ordinances, Resolutions, Orders,
and Regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The Council shall proceed
to enact or adopt as promptly as possible any Ordinances, Rules, Resolutions
and Orders which are necessary to implement the provisions of this
Charter.
All taxes which have been levied or assessed but not collected
at the time this Charter becomes effective shall be collected, with
any penalties thereon, by the Town government hereby established in
accordance with law.
All Committees, Commissions, Boards, Departments and Offices
of the Town shall continue to perform the duties until reappointed
or reelected or until successors to the respective positions are appointed
or elected in the manner provided by this Charter.
All persons holding an office or position in the administrative
table of organization of the Town or any person serving as a member
of any Board, Commission, or Committee at the time this Charter takes
effect shall retain such office or position and continue in the performance
of duties for the term originally designated at the time of the appointment
or election, or until provision shall have been made, in accordance
with this Charter, for the performance of such duties by a person
or body thereunto authorized or the discontinuance of such office,
unless as otherwise established in this Charter.
All records, property and equipment whatsoever of any Office,
Department or Agency or any part thereof, the powers and duties of
which are assigned in whole or in part thereof to another Office,
Department or Agency by this Charter, shall be transferred and delivered
forthwith to the Office, Department or Agency to which such powers
and duties are so assigned.
All leases, contracts, franchises and obligations entered into
by the Town or for its benefit prior to this Charter taking effect,
shall continue in full force and effect.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in law or in equity
pending at the time when this Charter shall take effect, brought by
or against the Town or any Office, Department or Agency or Officer
thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter
or by anything contained in said Charter.
The Council shall have the authority to restructure the accounts
and redistribute the appropriations for the fiscal year in which the
Charter shall take effect for the operation of the Town government
under the provisions of this Charter.
The Town Council shall proceed to enact, adopt, or amend as
promptly as possible all Ordinances, Resolutions, and Rules which
may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Charter.
This Charter shall become effective on January 1, 1991; amended
July 1, 1997; amended November 7, 2000; amended November 2, 2004;
amended November 4, 2008; amended November 4, 2014; amended July 16,
2015; amended December 17, 2020.
