[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting 11-12-1974 by Art. 2
as Art. VI of the 1975 Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
No money shall be paid from the Town treasury
without a warrant or order therefor signed by the Town Accountant
and approved, in writing, by the Select Board or a majority of them,
which warrant shall state the appropriation from which the money shall
be paid.
No bill, draft, order, charge or account against
the Town shall be paid without being first approved, in writing, by
the person, board, commission, department or other Town officer incurring
the same.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
It shall be the duty of the Select Board to
require detailed accounts, showing items and dates in all bills against
the Town.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
The Select Board and all boards, committees,
heads of departments and officers authorized to expend money shall
approve, in writing, and transmit to the Town Accountant as often
as once each month and at such other time or times as the Town Accountant
shall request, in writing, all bills, drafts and orders chargeable
to the respective appropriations of which they have the expenditure.
The Town Accountant shall examine all such bills, drafts and orders
and, if found correct and approved as herein provided, shall draw
a warrant upon the Treasurer for the payment of the same, and the
Treasurer shall pay no money from the treasury except upon such warranty
approved by the Select Board.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
The Town Clerk shall, as soon as an order or
vote appropriating money becomes effective, certify to the Select
Board, the Assessors and the Town Accountant each appropriation in
detail and the provision made for meeting the same, if specified in
the appropriation, order or vote.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 28-6, Competitive bids
required for certain work; exemptions, as amended, was repealed ATM
5-7-2016 by Art. 40.
[Added ATM 5-4-2002 by Art. 42]
A.
As used in this section, a "specific appropriation"
is a Town Meeting authorization described in the vote of the Town
Meeting article to be an appropriation for a particular, identifiable
purpose.
B.
Unless otherwise provided in a vote of the Town Meeting
making a specific appropriation, or unless a specific appropriation
has been encumbered by contractual obligations, the funds for a specific
appropriation shall remain available for a period of three years from
the commencement of the fiscal year in which the funds appropriated
were authorized. At the end of the third fiscal year, any funds remaining
in the specific appropriation shall revert to the General Fund of
the Town.
C.
General appropriations for salaries and other ordinary
recurring departmental expenses shall continue to revert to the General
Fund at the close of the fiscal year for which they are made, as provided
by law.
D.
Exceptions.
(1)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
the right of any creditor of the Town regardless of the reversion
of any appropriation to the General Fund.
(2)
An article appropriating funds utilized by an enterprise
fund shall be closed at the end of the above period to the retained
earnings of that enterprise fund.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
appropriations that require borrowing.
(4)
Articles voted prior to the effective date of this
section shall revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal
year in which this section becomes effective.
E.
Extension of appropriation. The Select Board may,
in its discretion, upon receipt of valid and sufficient written explanation,
vote to extend for one fiscal year the date on which the specific
appropriation would otherwise terminate and revert to the General
Fund. Any further extension of the appropriation shall require Town
Meeting approval.
[Amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 17]
[Added STM 11-4-2003 by Art. 28; amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 17]
Duly delegated procurement officers of the Town
shall be authorized to solicit and/or award contracts, leases, and
other agreements for terms in excess of three years, only if said
contracts, leases or other agreements are ratified by a majority vote
of the Select Board.
[Added ATM 5-6-2017 by
Art. 4]
A.
Pursuant to MGL c. 44, § 53E 1/2, as amended, there are
hereby established the following Revolving Funds for the departments
listed below which shall be credited with the receipts collected in
connection with the stated programs and activities and which shall
be expended by the authorized Town board, department or officer for
the purposes of such programs and activities listed below:
[Amended 5-5-2018 ATM
by Art. 4]
|
Revolving Fund
|
Authority to Spend
|
Revenue Source
|
Use of Fund
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Hazardous Materials Recovery
|
Fire Chief
|
Charges paid by responsible parties for disposal of hazardous
materials
|
Pay expenses incurred for recovery and disposal of hazardous
materials
|
|
2
|
Agricultural Commission Programs
|
Agricultural Commission
|
Receipts received as payment for participation in programs and
activities
|
Pay expenses reasonably related to programs and activities
|
|
3
|
Public Health Clinic and Emergency Response
|
Board of Health
|
Payments received for the purchase and administering of flu
and other vaccines and medications
|
Pay expenses reasonably related to the administering of such
programs
|
|
4
|
Private Road Maintenance pursuant to Chapter 173 of Town Code
|
Director of Public Works
|
Costs paid by residents of private roads who have asked the
Town to conduct repairs and maintenance to their roads
|
Pay expenses incurred for private road maintenance projects
requested and paid for by residents of private roads
|
B.
Expenditures from each revolving fund set forth herein shall be subject
to the limitation established annually by Town Meeting or any increase
therein as may be authorized in accordance with MGL c. 44, § 53E
1/2.
