The Town Manager shall be the Chief Procurement Officer of the
Town of Northbridge for purposes of MGL c. 30B and, in addition, shall
have all of the powers of a purchasing agent, as provided in MGL c.
41, § 103. The Town Manager, acting as Chief Procurement
Officer and as purchasing agent, may delegate all or any portion of
the responsibility for purchases and procurements to other officers
and agencies but, notwithstanding any such delegation, shall retain
the authority to supervise every purchase and procurement.
The Town Treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds given
or bequeathed to the Town for any purpose and shall manage and invest
such sums in the same manner and with the same restrictions as apply
to how other municipal funds are managed and invested. The Town Treasurer
shall annually file a report which shall be printed in the annual
Town report, which shows the beginning balance in each fund, the interest
earned during the year just ended, the amount expended (and unless
an account is given elsewhere, the purposes for which such funds were
expended) and the ending balance in each such account.
All money received by the Town as compensation for work performed
by one of its employees on an off-duty work detail shall be deposited
in the Town treasury and kept in a fund separate from other municipal
funds. As provided in MGL c. 44, § 53C, the funds in such
account may be used, without further appropriation, to compensate
the employee for such services. A surcharge of 10% shall be added
to the fee charged by the municipal agency for the service which shall
be paid by the person requesting the service. This fee shall be to
cover the cost of administering the fund.
Town-owned vehicles are to be used only for the conduct and
furtherance of Town business and for no other purpose. No Town vehicle
shall in any circumstances be used for personal purposes.
The Town may deny any application for, or revoke or suspend
a building permit or any local license or permit, including renewals
and transfers issued by any board, officer, department for any person,
corporation or business enterprise, who has neglected or refused to
pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal
charges, including amounts assessed under the provisions of MGL c.
40, § 21-D, or with respect to any activity, event or other
matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which activity,
event or matter is to be carried out or exercised on or about real
estate whose owner has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes,
fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges.
A. Notice to Town agencies of tax delinquency. The Treasurer/Collector
or other municipal officials responsible for records of all municipal
taxes, assessments, betterments and other municipal charges, hereinafter
referred to as the "Treasurer/Collector," shall annually furnish each
department, board, commission or division, hereinafter referred to
as the "licensing authority," that issues licenses or permits, including
renewals and transfers, a list of any person, corporation or business
enterprise, hereinafter referred to as the "party," that has neglected
or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments
or other municipal charges for not less than a twelve-month period
and that such party has not filed in good faith a pending application
for an abatement of such tax or a pending petition before the Appellate
Tax Board.
B. Written notice to be given before suspension or revocation takes
effect. The licensing authority may deny, revoke or suspend any license
or permit, including renewals and transfers, of any party whose name
appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the
Treasurer/Collector or with respect to any activity, event or other
matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which activity,
event or matter is carried out or exercised or is to be carried out
or exercised on or about real estate owned by any party whose name
appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the
Treasurer/Collector; provided, however, that written notice is given
to the party and the Treasurer/Collector, as required by applicable
provisions of law, and the party is given hearing, to be held not
earlier than 14 days after said notice. Said list shall be prima facie
evidence for denial, revocation or suspension of said license or permit
to any party.
C. Hearing. The Treasurer/Collector shall have the right to intervene
in any hearing conducted with respect to such license denial, revocation
or suspension. Any findings made by the licensing authority with respect
to such license denial, revocation or suspension shall be made only
for the purpose of such proceedings and shall not be relevant to or
introduced in any proceeding at law, except for any appeal from such
license denial, revocation or suspension. Any license or permit denied,
suspended or revoked under this section shall not be reissued or renewed
until the licensing authority receives a certificate issued by the
Treasurer/Collector that the party is in good standing with respect
to any and all local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other
municipal charges payable to the Town as of the date of issuance of
said certificate.
D. Payment agreement. Any party shall be given an opportunity to enter
into a payment agreement, thereby allowing the licensing authority
to issue a certificate indicating said limitations to the license
or permit, and the validity of said license shall be conditioned upon
the satisfactory compliance with said agreement. Failure to comply
with said agreement shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation
of said license or permit; provided, however, that the holder be given
notice and a hearing as required by applicable provisions of law.
E. Waiver. The Board of Selectmen may waive such denial, suspension or revocation if it finds there is no direct or indirect business interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders, if any, or members of his immediate family, as defined in MGL c. 268A, §
1, in the business or activity conducted in or on said property.
F. Exceptions. This section shall not apply to the following licenses
and permits granted under the Massachusetts General Laws: open burning
(c. 48, § 13); bicycle permits (c. 85, § 11A);
sales of articles for charitable purposes (c. 101, § 33);
children's work permits (c. 149, § 69); clubs, associations
dispensing food or beverages licenses (c. 140, § 21E); dog
licenses (c. 140, § 137); fishing, hunting, trapping licenses
(c. 131, § 12); marriage licenses (c. 207, § 28);
and theatrical events, public exhibition permits (c. 140, § 181).
[Amended 10-24-2006 ATM, Art. 23]
A. In order to enable the Town Manager to prepare the Town's operating
budget as required by Charter, the School Committee and all other
municipal departments shall annually submit their proposed budgets
for the ensuing fiscal year to the Town Manager not later than October
31.
B. The Town Manager shall annually submit a draft of his proposed budget
for the ensuing fiscal year to the Board of Selectmen and the Finance
Committee not later than December 31.
C. Not later than February 15, or 14 days after the Governor submits
his proposed budget to the legislature pursuant to MGL c. 29 § 7H,
whichever occurs later, the School Committee shall submit any proposed
revisions to its proposed budget for the ensuing year to the Town
Manager.
D. The Town Manager shall submit the final draft of his proposed operating
budget to the Board of Selectmen not later than February 28.
E. The Board of Selectmen shall review and approve the proposed budget
and the Town Manager shall forward the approved budget to the Finance
Committee not later than March 15.
[Added 5-2-2017 ATM,
Art. 8]
A. There are hereby established in the Town of Northbridge, pursuant
to the provisions of MGL c.44, § 53E 1/2, the following
revolving funds:
Program or Purpose
|
Representative or Board Authorized to Spend
|
Department Receipts
|
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Playgrounds and recreation - field maintenance and improvements,
equipment rental, support facilities
|
Playground and Recreation Commission
|
Grants, donations, program user fees, fundraising proceeds
|
Food health and safety - inspections, plan reviews, supplies,
and administrative costs
|
Board of Health
|
Food-related permit fees, plan review fees, noncompliance fees
|
Compost site - monitoring/monitor's salary, supplies, administrative
costs
|
Board of Health
|
Fees from compost site stickers
|
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.
C. The FY2020 spending limits for such revolving funds are set as follows:
[Amended 5-7-2019 ATM,
Art. 8]
Program or Purpose
|
FY 2020 Spending Limit
|
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Playgrounds and recreation
|
$20,000
|
Food health and safety
|
$20,000
|
Compost site
|
$10,000
|