[Adopted 1983 by Ord. No. 102 (Ch. 2.28 of the 1983 Municipal
Code)]
The Mayor shall, by and with the concurrence
of the Town Council, appoint and retain the services of an engineering
firm to act as the Town's Engineer in the event that the Town chooses
not to hire an individual for the position. The Town Engineer shall
hold office until the end of the term of the Mayor making such appointment
unless removed sooner by a majority of the Council.
It shall be the duty of the Town Engineer to
make and provide copies and/or originals of such maps and surveys,
plans, other documents, recommendations and evaluations that may be
ordered by the Council and preserve the same in his office. All such
instruments when so made shall be the property of the Town and shall
be delivered to each succeeding Town Engineer on the expiration of
the term of office.
[Adopted 1983 by Ord. No. 104 (Ch. 2.24 of the 1983 Municipal
Code)]
There is created and established the position
of Town Clerk-Treasurer.
The Town Clerk-Treasurer shall be selected on
the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications with
special reference to training and experience. The Clerk-Treasurer
shall be appointed and for good cause removed by the Mayor, but only
with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the Town Council.
The Clerk-Treasurer shall be compensated for his services as the Council
may from time to time determine. At the time of appointment the Clerk-Treasurer
need not be a resident of the Town or the state, but within a reasonable
time following his appointment he shall move to the area and thereafter
reside in or near the Town during his tenure.
The Town Clerk-Treasurer of the Town shall have
the custody of the Town Seal and of all laws and ordinances of the
Town and shall keep a correct and regular journal of the proceedings
of the Town Council. The Clerk-Treasurer shall engross all ordinances,
resolutions and bylaws in a separate book to be kept for the purpose,
and shall furnish copies of the same for publication when so directed,
and shall issue all warrants for money, appropriated by the Town Council,
and shall keep a distinct and classified account of such appropriations.
The Clerk-Treasurer shall keep on file all papers, books, records,
contracts and correspondence belonging to the Town and not allow any
such papers, books, records, contracts or Town Seal to be removed
without the written consent of the Mayor.
The Clerk-Treasurer shall, upon payment of all
orders, immediately cancel the same and preserve the same on file,
make out monthly reports to the Town Council, and at other times when
directed by it to do so, give a full and classified statement of all
moneys received and expended, accompanied by all warrants or orders
paid since his last report, as vouchers of his accounts, and at the
close of each fiscal year he shall publish a full report of all the
receipts and disbursements during the year, including all outstanding
warrants drawing interest. The Clerk-Treasurer shall pay no money
from the Town treasury, except upon warrants regularly issued by him
and countersigned by the Mayor.
The Town Clerk-Treasurer shall give a bond for
the faithful performance of his duties, in double the sum of money
estimated by the Town Council to be at any time in his hands. Upon
leaving office, he shall turn over to his successor all property belonging
to the Town in his possession.