[HISTORY: Adopted as Ch. VII of the Town Bylaws. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-9-2002 STM, Art. 3]
All officers, boards and committees of the Town shall cause
records of their actions and accounts to be kept in suitable books.
Said books shall be kept in their respective places in the Town Offices,
and shall not be removed therefrom. Said books shall, unless otherwise
provided by law, be open to public inspection at any reasonable time,
but shall remain during such inspection under supervision of the officer,
board or committee having custody thereof.
[Amended 4-9-2002 STM, Art. 3; 5-22-2021 ATM by Art. 1]
All officers, boards, standing committees and special committees of the Town having charge of the expenditure of Town money shall annually report thereon in writing in such manner as to give the citizens a fair and full understanding of the objects and methods of such expenditures, referring, however, to the report of the Town Accountant for statements in detail of receipts and payments, and may make therein such recommendations as they deem proper. In addition, the Select Board shall include the salaries paid to all Town employees as reported to the Federal Government on the standard W-2 form for the preceding calendar year. Said Annual Report shall be printed in accordance with § 130-4 of Chapter 130, Officer and Employee Regulations, Article I, Powers and Duties, of this Code. Such reports shall be submitted to the Select Board for inclusion in the Annual Report on or before the first day of September of each year.
[Amended 5-22-2021 ATM by Art. 1]
The Annual Town Report shall contain, in addition to the reports
of officers, boards and committees as hereinbefore provided, a detailed
report of all moneys received into and paid out of the Town treasury
in the financial year next preceding, showing separately payments
made from the proceeds of loans as capital outlays for permanent improvements;
the report of the Collector of Taxes, of receipts, payments and abatements;
statements of all funds belonging to the Town or held for the benefit
of its inhabitants; a statement of the liabilities of the Town on
bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or otherwise, and of indebtedness
authorized but not incurred, and the purposes thereof; a statement
of transfers made to or from any appropriation; abstracts of the records
of the meetings of the Town held since publication of the last Annual
Report; and such other matters as the said report is required by law
to contain; or as may be inserted by the Select Board under the discretion
granted them by law.
[Amended 5-22-2021 ATM by Art. 1]
The Select Board, or the Town, may direct that the Assessor's
valuation list, the bylaws and standing votes of the Town, and the
rules and regulations adopted by any officer, board or committee,
be printed either separately or as a part of the Annual Town Report.
