[Amended 5-2-2012 by Bylaw Amendment 12-681]
The Administrator shall have full authority,
as agent of the Town, to institute and prosecute suits in the name
of the Town and to appear and defend suits brought against it, unless
it is otherwise specially ordered by a vote of the Town Council at
a meeting called for that purpose. The Administrator shall consider
all claims made against the Town for damages or breach of contract
and may, with the advice of counsel, settle the same, provided that
in no case shall a settlement be so made by a payment of more than
$5,000 without a vote of the Town Council.
Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any
deed conveying land or any other instrument required to carry into
effect any vote of the Town Council, the same shall be executed by
the Administrator in the name of the Town, unless the Town Council
shall otherwise vote in any special case.
[Amended 6-5-1996 by Bylaw Amendment 96-312; 5-2-2012 by Bylaw Amendment
12-681]
The Town Administrator shall ensure that a summary
of the Town’s finances, and other such information as the Town
Administrator deems of importance, shall be included in the annual
report.