[Amended 10-17-2022 STM by Art. 28, approved 5-16-2023 Annual
Town Election, Question 25]
5-1-1 The officers and multi-member bodies to be elected by
vote of the Town shall be: a Moderator; Nauset Regional School Committee
member(s); a Select Board as provided in Chapter Three; a Housing
Authority; a Board of Health; a Board of Library Trustees; an Orleans
School Committee; an Old Kings Highway Historic District Committee;
Town Constables; and a Representative to the Barnstable County Assembly
of Delegates. [Amended 5-13-2019 ATM, Art. 59, approved 6-23-2020
Annual Town Election, Question 5]
5-1-2 Multi-member bodies established or continued under this
chapter shall perform their functions and duties in accordance with
General Law, this Charter, and By-laws.
5-1-3 During the term for which a member is elected, and for
one year following expiration of a member's term, no member of any
Town multi-member body established under this Charter shall be eligible
to accept any appointed, paid position under any such multi-member
body.
5-1-4 Any person duly elected to any office or multi-member
body shall take up the duties of said office immediately provided
that each person first shall have been sworn to the faithful performance
of said duties by the Town Clerk. [Added 10-17-2022 STM by Art. 28, approved 5-16-2023 Annual Town Election, Question 25]
5-2-1 Except as otherwise provided, vacancies in elected Town
multi-member bodies other than the Select Board established under
this chapter shall be filled within thirty days by joint vote of the
Select Board and the remaining members of the respective multi-member
body, in accordance with the provisions of General Law. [Amended
5-13-2019 ATM, Art. 59, approved 6-23-2020 Annual Town Election, Question
5]
5-3-1. A Moderator shall be elected for a three-year term. The
Moderator shall: (a) preside at all Town Meetings; (b) appoint the
members of the Finance Committee; (c) appoint all ad hoc committees
of the Town Meeting as provided in clause 2-8-2; (d) preside at any
hearing called to discuss the suspension or removal of the Town Manager
or designate a professional neutral hearing officer to perform this
duty; (e) appoint two representatives to the Cape Cod Regional Technical
High School Committee; and (f) advertise impending appointments as
provided in clause 7-2-2; or take any other action relative thereto. [Amended 5-8-2017 ATM by Art.
39, effective 5-15-2018; [Amended 10-17-2022 ATM by Art. 27, approved
5-16-2023 Annual Town Election, Question 24]
5-4-1 Nauset Regional School District representative(s) shall
be elected for a three-year term.
5-5-1 An Orleans School Committee of five members shall be elected
for three-year overlapping terms.
5-5-2 The School Committee shall conduct a public hearing prior
to submitting a budget to the Town Manager. The Committee shall have
preliminary summaries of its recommendations available at said hearing
which shall be distributed to those requesting them. [Amended 5-9-2022 ATM by Art. 63, approved 5-16-2023 Annual Town Election, Question 20]
5-6-1 There shall be a Housing Authority of five members, one
of whom shall be appointed under authority of the Commonwealth and
four of whom shall be elected. All members shall serve five-year overlapping
terms.
5-7-1 A Board of Health of five members shall be elected for
three-year overlapping terms. The Town Manager shall be an ex officio
non-voting member. [Amended 5-9-2022 ATM by Art. 63, approved
5-16-2023 Annual Town Election, Question 20]
5-7-2 The Board of Health shall cooperate closely with the Conservation
Commission and the Planning Board.
5-7-3 The Board of Health shall appoint one member of the Board
of Water and Sewer Commissioners, as provided in Clause 6-8-2.
5-8-1 A Board of Library Trustees of the Snow Library of seven
members shall be elected for three-year overlapping terms.
5-9-1 The Committee shall consist of five unpaid members within
the Town of Orleans, where at least three shall be residents of the
District. At least one member on the Committee shall be an architect,
who need not be a resident of the District. In the event no architect
is available for service on the Committee, a building contractor with
not less than five years' experience in the building trades may be
appointed a member of the Committee in lieu of the architect.
5-9-2 The members of the Committee shall be elected according
to the rules established in the Old Kings Highway Historic District
Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Chapter 470 of the Acts
of 1973, and as subsequently amended and recorded), provided, however,
that the architect or building contractor shall be appointed annually
by the Select Board. [Amended 5-13-2019 ATM, Art. 59, approved
6-23-2020 Annual Town Election, Question 5]
5-9-3 The operating procedures of the Committee shall be as
established in the Old Kings Highway District Act as noted in 5-9-2.
5-10-1 There shall be two Town Constables. Constables shall
be elected to terms of three years.
5-10-2 Duties include maintaining order at Town Meetings and
elections; security for ballot boxes; posting Warrants at Town Post
Offices.
5-11-1 A representative to the Barnstable County Assembly of
Delegates shall be elected to a term of three years.
