[HISTORY: Sections 3-1, 3-2, 3-8, 3-9 and 3-12 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Select Board shall exercise a general supervision over all matters affecting the interests or welfare of the Town.
The Select Board may appear either personally or by counsel before any committee of the legislature, or board, or commission, to protect the interests of the Town, but are not authorized by the By-Law to commit the Town to any course of action.
The Select Board shall have full authority, as agents of the Town, to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the Town, to appear and defend suits brought against it, and to appear on its behalf in proceedings before any committee or tribunal, except as otherwise provided herein, and unless it is specially ordered by vote of the Town as provided by law. It 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 $500 without authority from the Town.
[Amended 5-7-1980 ATM by Art. 63; 5-7-1985 ATM by Art. 71]
The Select Board shall have the right to sell any personal property of the Town, provided that the Select Board shall first give notice of any intended or agreed-upon sale at a price in excess of $5,000 by publishing the same in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town not less than 10 days prior to such sale.
The Select Board is authorized to allocate all insurance for the protection of the Town.
[Added 5-1-2023 ATM by Art. 44]
Term of Select Board: three-year staggered terms.[1]
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Editor's Note: The minutes from the 5-1-2023 ATM, Art. 44, indicate that the Town Bylaws were to be amended to: "Change the current term of Select Board from a one-year term to a three-year staggered term and to submit a home rule petition to the legislature to change the term from 1 to 3 years, similar to the School Committee and most other local Select Boards. In order to implement this transition to three-year terms, the first highest recipient will receive a 3 year term, the second highest vote recipient a 3 year term, the third highest vote recipient 2 year term, the fourth highest recipient a 2 year term and the fifth highest recipient a 1 year term. All future terms will be 3 year staggered terms."