Town of Johnston, RI
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2023-11-14
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The Charter
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Chapter C The Charter
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Article XVIII Other Offices and Commissions
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- Ch C Art XVIII Other Offices and Commissions
- § C-18-1 Town Sergeant.
- § C-18-2 Auctioneer.
- § C-18-3 Sealer of weights and measures.
- § C-18-4 Civil defense.
- § C-18-5 Parks and Recreation Commission.
- § C-18-6 Other offices.
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Abandonment of Roadways
- Ch 6 Arbitration
- Ch 9 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 13 Claims
- Ch 18 Senior Citizens Center
- Ch 23 Finance, Department of
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Funds and Trusts
- Ch 41 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Personnel Policies
- Ch 51 Police Department
- Ch 54 Police Details
- Ch 58 Public Works
- Ch 62 Purchasing
- Ch 66 Risk Management
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Social Security
- Ch 74 Town Council
- Ch 77 Town Hall
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 83 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 88 Alarm Systems
- Ch 91 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 94 Amusements
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 103 Arborists
- Ch 107 Barbers, Hairdressers and Similar Services
- Ch 112 Bingo and Beano
- Ch 118 Building Construction
- Ch 121 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Business Operations
- Ch 127 Cannabis
- Ch 129 Car Sales and Rental
- Ch 132 Cemeteries
- Ch 142 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 145 Dances
- Ch 147 Day-Care Centers
- Ch 149 Development Impact Fees
- Ch 156 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Engineering Operations
- Ch 158 Entertainment
- Ch 161 Excavations
- Ch 164 Explosives
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 172 Fire Prevention
- Ch 180 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 183 Graffiti
- Ch 189 Gull Control
- Ch 192 Hotel, Motel, Rooming House Registrants and Room Resellers
- Ch 194 Housing Standards
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 202 Land Development Fees
- Ch 204 Licensing
- Ch 207 Littering
- Ch 210 Loitering; Aggressive Begging, Soliciting and Panhandling
- Ch 212 Mailboxes
- Ch 213 Massage and Body Works Services
- Ch 217 Motor Vehicle Code
- Ch 220 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 224 Noise
- Ch 230 Oil and Gas Heating Code
- Ch 231 Outdoor Heaters and Boilers
- Ch 233 Parades
- Ch 236 Parking
- Ch 239 Parking Lots
- Ch 242 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 244 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 245 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 248 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 252 Plumbing
- Ch 257 Private Detectives
- Ch 261 Property Maintenance
- Ch 265 Rental Property
- Ch 269 Restaurants
- Ch 272 Sales, Casual
- Ch 276 (Reserved)
- Ch 279 Sewers
- Ch 282 Signs
- Ch 286 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 291 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 295 Solid Waste
- Ch 298 Stormwater Management
- Ch 300 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 303 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 307 Taxation
- Ch 313 Tires, Storage of
- Ch 316 Towing
- Ch 319 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 328 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 332 (Reserved)
- Ch 335 Water
- Ch 337 Wells
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a town sergeant who shall be
appointed by the mayor to serve at the pleasure of the mayor. The
town sergeant shall have all the powers, privileges and immunities
of his office and shall perform all the duties as prescribed by the
general laws and applicable special laws and ordinances. He shall
receive such compensation as is fixed by ordinance.
There may be if necessary, one or more auctioneers
appointed by the mayor to serve at the pleasure of the mayor. Every
auctioneer shall at his own expense give bond in a sum not exceeding
ten thousand dollars nor less than two thousand dollars for the faithful
execution of the duties of his office according to law. The powers
and procedure of said office shall be as prescribed by law.
There shall be a town sealer of weights and
measures appointed by the mayor to serve at the pleasure of the mayor.
The powers and procedure of said office shall be as prescribed by
law. His compensation shall be fixed by ordinance.
In accordance with general laws of Rhode Island,
1956, [section] 30-15-8, with the approval of the governor of the
state, the town council is authorized to establish a local council
of defense. The members of the council of defense shall be appointed
by the mayor and shall serve at his pleasure.
There may be established a parks and recreation
commission as is authorized by law. If it is established, the town
council shall by ordinance specify the number of members on said commission
or board of recreation, the manner of their appointment and the term
for which they are chosen and may provide that a member of the school
committee, a member of the town council and a member from the department
of public works designated by the director of said department in said
town shall be ex officio members of said parks and recreation commission.
The members of said commission shall serve without compensation. They
shall have no authority to spend any money or to contract any indebtedness
for or on account of said town other than such money as shall be appropriated
and placed at their disposal by the town council for the purposes
prescribed by law, or by ordinance of the town council.
There shall be other offices of the town as
may be established by ordinance.
