[Amended 4-5-1972 ATM by Art. 83; 4-8-1974 ATM by Art. 67; 4-24-1974 ATM by Art.
89; 4-9-1979 ATM by Art. 58; 3-16-1981 ATM by Art. 9; 5-3-1982 ATM by Art. 48; 5-4-1988 ATM by Art. 51; 4-5-1989 ATM by Art. 47; 4-5-1989 ATM by Art. 48; 3-24-1999 ATM by Art. 19; 4-10-2000 ATM by Art. 23; 3-27-2019 ATM by Art. 34]
The Town shall have a Select Board consisting
of five members elected for a term of three years each, the terms
of no more than two of which shall expire in any one year.
The Select Board members shall have the general
direction and management of the property and affairs of the Town in
all matters not otherwise provided for by law, or by these By-Laws,
and they shall serve without salary or other financial compensation.
The Select Board shall also be the Board of Public Works as set forth in Acts of 1922, Chapter 1 and shall also have all the powers and duties vested by general law in the following boards and officers, to wit: road commissioners, water and sewer commissioners, park commissioners and tree warden, and may from time to time adopt rules and regulations deemed necessary for the proper operation thereof, which rules and regulations shall be in writing and available for public inspection at such place as shall be designated by the Select Board.
The Select Board shall determine and designate
numbers for the buildings abutting upon or adjacent to such streets
or portions of streets as they may deem best for public convenience.
No person shall neglect or refuse to affix to any building owned by
him the street number designated for him by said Board.
The Select Board shall provide and maintain
a suitable bulletin board in the vestibule of the Town Office Building
and at such other places in the Town as they deem necessary, where
town, legal and other notices as they may authorize may be posted
for public information.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Secs. 9 and 10 of this article, which
immediately followed this section, were deleted 4-24-1974 ATM by Art.
89.
That portion of the Town Office Building which
is occupied by the officers of the Select Board, or Board of Public
Works, the Town Clerk, the Town Treasurer, and the Collector of Taxes
shall be kept open continuously for the transaction of business for
such hours as are determined by the Select Board.
The Town Manager may, with the approval of the
Select Board, sell any personal property or material no longer required
and not exceeding $2,000 in value.
The Select Board shall cause permanent notices
or signs to be posted and maintained, warning automobiles and other
vehicles to go slowly when passing public schools and playgrounds.
The Select Board members shall provide and maintain
under their care and supervision some suitable place or method for
free public disposal for the inhabitants of the Town to deposit ashes,
cinders, papers and other refuse and rubbish in accordance with such
rules and regulations as the Select Board may from time to time make.
Such rules and regulations may require the separation of designated
recyclable material or materials from other refuse.
All notes and bonds issued by the Town for the
purpose of borrowing money shall be negotiated and sold by the Select
Board, who shall in all cases advertise for offers therefor.
In addition to any authority now or hereafter vested in them by law or by any special or standing vote of the Town, the Select Board may sell and convey to any public agency or non-profit corporation, or to any other person or corporation approved by the Lexington Housing Authority and undertaking to provide housing on the land so sold or conveyed for the use of the said Authority, for less than fair market value, any lots, not to exceed a total of 38 such lots on a Town wide basis, meeting the requirements of the Lexington Zoning By-Law for buildable lots (including such lots conforming to the provisions of Section 7.4[1] thereof) now or hereafter taken, or otherwise acquired,
for nonpayment of taxes, the right of redemption of which has been
or shall be foreclosed or otherwise terminated, upon such terms and
conditions as the Select Board members shall deem proper and also
as they may deem necessary to assure that each such lot or combination
of lots so conveyed will have a frontage of not less than 45 feet
and will be used to provide housing for not more than one household
of low or moderate income eligible to be assisted under any government
program designed to provide such housing, in which housing such occupants
may have the opportunity to acquire ownership or equity interests;
provided that any such proposed sale or conveyance shall first have
been referred to the Planning Board for its report on whether or not
such sale or conveyance, and associated proposed development, is consistent
with local policies concerned with housing and land use and is a suitable
development with regard to the area surrounding the parcel to be conveyed
or sold, and either such report has been received or 45 days have
elapsed after such reference; and provided further that not more than
five such dwellings shall be located within any circle 10 acres in
area.
The Town Manager shall annually submit to the
Select Board, the Appropriation Committee, and the Capital Expenditures
Committee for their consideration a proposed budget, revenue statement
and tax rate estimate on a date which shall be specified no later
than September 30 by the Select Board after consultation with the
School Committee, Appropriation Committee and Capital Expenditures
Committee.
The Select Board shall submit a budget at the
Annual Town Meeting. The Select Board's proposed budget shall be distributed
to the Appropriation Committee, Capital Expenditures Committee and
to each Town Meeting member at least four weeks prior to the date
when the Annual Town Meeting is scheduled to consider it.
