There shall be a Department of Records and Personnel, the head
of which shall be designated as the Director of Records and Personnel
and shall be either the Town Manager or someone appointed by the manager.
The Director of Records and Personnel shall have general supervision
of the operation of the office of the Town Clerk, of the Board of
Canvassers and Registration, of the Personnel Board, and of any other
office or agency which the Town Council may establish and place under
its jurisdiction.
There shall be a Town Clerk, who shall be appointed by the Town
Manager, to serve for an indefinite term. The Town Clerk, in like
manner, shall appoint a Deputy Town Clerk. The Deputy shall have all
the powers and perform all the duties which are granted to the office
of Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk shall be the clerk of the Town Council, clerk
of the Probate Court, and Recorder of Deeds. It shall be the duty
of the Town Clerk to:
(1)
Make a permanent record of all proceedings and certify by the clerk's
signature all actions of the aforesaid bodies;
(2)
Be custodian of the town seal and of the official documents of the
town;
(3)
Direct and supervise the recording of deeds, mortgages, vital statistics,
licenses and permits and such other records as shall, by ordinance
and by law, be required to be kept by the Town Clerk;
(4)
Issue marriage licenses, burial permits, and such other licenses
and permits as are required by ordinance and law to be issued by the
Town Clerk; and
(5)
Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this Charter, by
law pertaining to town clerks, and such other duties appropriate to
this office as the Town Council and the Town Manager may require.
All fees collected by either the Town Clerk or the Deputy Town
Clerk shall be transmitted to the Town Treasurer and deposited in
the general funds of the town, unless otherwise directed by the laws
of the state.
The Town Clerk and the Deputy Town Clerk, shall respectively,
within fifteen (15) days of the time of being sworn into office, give
bond to the Town Treasurer with sufficient surety, in such sum as
the Town Council shall prescribe, for the faithful performance of
said office, the cost of such bonds to be paid by the town.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sections 9.20, Personnel board, 9.21,
Appointments and tenure, 9.22, Vacancy, 9.23, Qualifications, 9.24,
Duties, 9.25, Recommendations, 9.26, Action by Town Council, and 9.27,
Exemptions, which immediately followed this section, were repealed
11-8-2016.
