[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting 6-7-1994
as Art. 6. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 315.
A.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town shall act as the Board
of Sewer Commissioners pursuant to MGL C. 83, § 1, and shall have
all the powers and authority usually conferred upon a Board of Sewer Commissioners
by law. At the direction of the Board of Selectmen, all sewer functions and
services, including maintenance and distribution of sewers and sewerage systems,
and sewage treatment and disposal, shall be performed by the Department of
Public Works.
B.
The Department of Public Works, acting at the direction
of the Board of Selectmen, shall have and exercise all the powers vested in
the Town by the General Laws and Special Acts pertaining to sewer systems.
The Board of Selectmen may appoint such officers, agents and assistants as
shall be necessary to accomplish the administration of the sewage system.
C.
The Director of the Department of Public Works shall,
on or before each July 31, present to the Board of Selectmen a report on the
condition of the Town's sewers and sewerage systems and the lands and
other property connected therewith.
D.
The Board of Selectmen, or its designee, shall assess
all charges for the use of Town sewers in accordance with the rates as established
from time to time, and the same shall be committed to the collector, who shall,
after notice to the persons to whom they are assessed, collect the same and
pay the proceeds to the Town Treasurer. All charges for sewer use shall be
due and payable to the collector at the time when he shall mail or deliver
to persons assessed notice of commitment of the same to him.
E.
The Board of Selectmen shall have the authority and the
duty to adopt, issue and administer rules and regulations for the administration
and operation of sewer functions and services, sewer usage and all subjects
related to the functioning of the sewerage system.
Until a Board of Sewer Commissioners has been elected as provided for
in MGL c. 83, § 1, the Board of Selectmen may appoint a committee
to carry on the work of such Board. Said committee shall serve without compensation
and shall have, subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, all the
powers and authority conferred under this chapter on the Board of Selectmen,
and all the powers and authority usually conferred upon a Board of Sewer Commissioners
by law.
The Board of Selectmen may make contracts with, or may go to the aid
of, any other city, Town, commission or district with regard to the operation,
repair and maintenance of physical properties of its system or systems of
sewers and drains as are authorized by Chapter 343 of the Acts of 1992, amending
MGL c. 83, § 1.