[Amended 5-3-1982 ATM by Art. 48]
All committees, except as otherwise provided
by law or by by-law or by vote of the Town meeting shall be appointed
in accordance with Section 2 of the Selectmen - Town Manager Act (Chapter
753 of the Acts of 1968, as amended).[1] In choosing a committee at Town meeting, no person shall
nominate more than one member of such committee.
Unless otherwise provided, the first named member
of a committee shall immediately call all the members of the committee
together for the purpose of organization, and each committee shall
thereafter proceed with its duties and report to the Town as promptly
as possible and, unless it is sooner discharged, it shall make a report
at the next annual meeting.
No person shall serve on any committee in a
matter where his private right is immediately concerned as distinct
from the public interest.
No report of a committee chosen or appointed
at a previous meeting shall be acted upon at a subsequent meeting,
otherwise than to be received or published and distributed, unless
it has been announced in the warrant for such subsequent meeting that
a report of such committee was there to be considered.
A vote to accept a report of a committee (except
a report of progress) shall, unless otherwise provided, discharge
the committee, but it shall not operate as an adoption of the recommendations
of such report without an express vote duly passed to that effect.
[Amended 3-27-2019 ATM by Art. 34]
All reports of committees, except reports of
progress, shall be in writing and shall be permanently filed for preservation
with the Town Clerk, and if the Select Board deems best, or the Town
so votes, the report of any committee shall be published as a part
of the next annual Town report.
