Except as otherwise provided by general law or by this charter,
all powers of the town shall be vested in the town council which shall
provide for their exercise and for the performance of all duties and
obligations imposed upon the town by law.
The mayor shall submit to the town council the name of each
person the mayor desires to appoint to any town office, as a department
director, or as a member of a multiple-member body, but not including
any position that is subject to the civil service law. The town council
shall refer each name that is submitted to it to a standing committee
of the town council which shall investigate each candidate for appointment
and may make a report, with recommendations, to the full town council
not less than 7 nor more than 21 days after the referral. The committee
may require any person whose name has been referred to it to appear
before the committee, or before the town council, to give any information
relevant to the appointment that the committee, or the town council,
may require.
Appointments made by the mayor shall become effective on the thirtieth day after the date on which notice of the proposed appointment was filed with the clerk of the council, unless 6 members of the town council shall within those 30 days vote to reject the appointment, or unless the town council has sooner voted to affirm the appointment. The question on rejection of any appointment made by the mayor shall not be subject to the procedure of charter objection provided in section
2-9(b) of this charter.