The following private and special laws of Maine,
1959, Chapters 31 and 39, and 1961, Chapter 173, and 1963, Chapter
160, and all other acts and parts of acts of the private and special
laws of Maine relating to the Town of Wells, inconsistent with the
provisions of this Charter, are repealed.
If any provision of this Charter is held invalid,
the other provisions of the Charter shall not be affected thereby.
This Charter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Board of Selectmen-Town Manager-Town Meeting Charter of the
Town of Wells." The Clerk shall cause it to be printed and made available
to the public promptly.
The terms of all of the present elected Town
officials shall expire when their successors are duly elected and
inducted into office or appointed and sworn into office.
(1)
Rights and privileges preserved. Nothing in this Charter,
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall affect or impair
the rights or privileges of persons who are Town officers or employees
at the time of its adoption.
(2)
Continuance of office or employment. Except as specifically
provided by this Charter, if, at the time this Charter takes full
effect, a Town administrative officer or employee holds any office
or position which is or can be abolished by or under this Charter,
he/she shall continue in such office or position until the taking
effect of some specific provision under this Charter directing that
he/she vacate the office or position.
(3)
Continuance of members of present boards. Members
of all boards and commissions holding office at the time this Charter
takes effect shall continue in office until their term of office has
expired and their successors have been duly appointed and qualified.
All rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts
and legal or administrative proceedings shall continue except as modified
pursuant to the provisions of this Charter and in each case shall
be maintained, carried on or dealt with by the Town department or
office appropriate under this Charter.
All ordinances, codes, resolutions, rules and
regulations of the Town and votes of the Town Meeting that are in
force on the effective date of this Charter, which are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Charter, shall continue in force until
amended or repealed.
After adoption of this Charter by voters of
the Town in conformity with Title 30-A M.R.S.A. § 2105(4)(A),
this Charter shall become effective on July 1, 2009, which is the
first day of the next succeeding municipal year; provided, however,
that this Charter shall become effective immediately for the purposes
of conducting any Town meetings and elections required by this Charter.
