[Amended 5-11-1999 ATM. Art. 55; 9-12-2020 ATM by Art. 19]
A Select Board of five members shall be elected
from the town at large for three-year overlapping terms of office.
The Board shall exercise general supervision over all matters affecting
the interest or welfare of the town. The Select Board shall have all
the powers and duties of a board of selectmen under the General Laws
and any special laws applicable to the Town of Boxford as well as
such other powers and duties as are provided in these bylaws.
The Board may settle any claims or suits against
the town which in its opinion cannot be defended successfully, acting
upon advice of counsel when the amount to be paid exceeds $1,000.
The Board may retain counsel in suits against the town whenever deemed
necessary.
The Board may appear personally or by counsel
before any committee of the Legislature, or board or commission, to
protect the interests of the town, but it is not authorized under
this bylaw to commit the town to any course of action.
The Board shall be authorized to appoint the
following committees:
A. Boxford Water Resources and Drainage Committee.
B. Three members at large of the Capital Budgeting Committee.
I. Historic District Commission.
The Board shall be authorized to appoint the
Chief of the Fire Department, the Chief of the Police Department,
and such other police officers as it deems necessary, an Executive
Secretary, a Director of Civil Defense, and Inspector of Buildings,
and Director of Communications, a Wire Inspector, a Gas Inspector,
a Town Counsel, a Town Accountant, an Animal Control Officer, a Forest
Warden, a Tree Warden, a Moth Superintendent, an Inspector of Animals,
and a Superintendent of Public Works.
The Board shall be authorized to set inspection
fees for building inspections, road inspections, gas and wire inspections,
installation or alteration of oil burners and fuel storage tanks,
and Tree Warden services. Any person or firm requiring the services
of the Tree Warden shall pay the town directly.
The Board shall be authorized to act on other
committees as specified, act as a Board of Public Works, serve as
Veterans Agent, without salary, and appoint one of its members to
another office or position under its control.
[Amended 5-9-1990 ATM, Art. 29; 5-22-1997 ATM, Art. 57; 9-12-2020 ATM by Art. 19]
The Select Board shall be authorized to dispose
of personal property owned by the town pursuant to MGL c. 30B.
[Amended 5-9-1990 ATM, Art. 30; 9-12-2020 ATM by Art. 19]
The Board shall be authorized to sell by public
sale any property the town may acquire or has acquired by foreclosure
of tax titles. Said parcels of land shall be sold at public auction,
notice of which has been published in a newspaper of local circulation
at least seven days in advance thereof, provided that the Select Board
Members may, in respect to any parcel, reject any bid which is less
than the accumulated taxes and costs thereon and; provided, further,
that the Select Board Members may sell at private sale any parcel
for which two auction sales, held within a period of 60 days, fail
to bring bids high enough to cover the taxes and costs thereon, provided
that the failure to send or post a notice as herein stated, or any
insufficiency in the notice sent or posted, shall not invalidate the
title to any property sold hereunder.
[Added 5-22-1997 ATM, Art. 46; 9-12-2020 ATM by Art. 19]
The Select Board and the procurement officer
or officers designated pursuant to MGL c. 30B are authorized to enter
into any contract for the exercise of the town's corporate powers,
on such terms and conditions as are deemed appropriate. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no person shall contract for any purposes, on any terms
or under any conditions inconsistent with any applicable provision
of any general or special law.