[Adopted 12-21-1972 as §§ 2-30 and 2-31
of the Code of the Town of Agawam]
[Added 6-7-1982 by TOR-82-2; amended 4-16-1991 by TOR-91-2; 3-21-1994 by TOR-94-4; 9-8-2009 by TOR-2009-5]
Regular meetings of the Town Council shall be
held on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m., except
that there shall be only one meeting a month during the months of
July and August, in which event such meetings shall be on the first
Monday.
A.
No member of the Town Council, Mayor and no officer
or employee of the Town shall directly or indirectly make a contract
with the Town or receive any commission, discount, bonus, gift, contribution
or reward from or share in the profits of any person making or performing
such contract unless such member, officer or employee, immediately
upon learning of the existence of such contract or that such contract
is proposed, shall notify, in writing, the Town Council of the nature
of his interest in such contract and shall abstain from doing any
official act on behalf of the Town in reference thereto. In case of
such interest on the part of the Town, the contract may be signed
by any other officer whose duty it is to sign such contract on behalf
of the Town, duly authorized thereto by the Town Council.
B.
A violation of any provision of this section shall
render the contract in respect to which such violation occurs voidable
at the option of the Town. Any person violating the provisions of
this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.
