[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
A. The Select Board may acquire by gift, purchase or taking by eminent
domain any land, easement or right therein within the Town not already
appropriated to public use, for any municipal purpose, provided that
the acquisition has previously been authorized by a majority vote
of the Town and an appropriation of money, to be raised by loan or
otherwise, has been made for the purpose by a two-thirds vote of the
Town.
B. If any board or officer of the Town having charge of any land, easement
or right therein, acquired otherwise than by purchase, notified the
Select Board that in its opinion such land, easement or right, or
part thereof, is no longer required for public purposes, and if, thereafter,
the Town, by a two-thirds vote, authorizes the conveyance of such
land or part thereof, or the abandonment of such easement or right,
or part thereof, and specifies the minimum amount to be paid for such
conveyance or abandonment, the Select Board may, for such amount or
a larger amount, and upon such other terms as they shall consider
proper, convey said land, or part thereof, by deed, or declare said
easement or right, or part thereof, to be abandoned. Such delegation
shall extinguish the easement or right, or part thereof, upon being
recorded with the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds.
C. Whenever a board or officer having charge of land within the Town,
excluding any land acquired for park purposes; constituting the whole
or any part of an estate held by the Town within its limits for a
specific purpose, shall determine that such land is no longer needed
for such purpose, such board or officer shall forthwith give notice
of such determination to the Select Board. At any time after the receipt
of such notice, the Town by a two-thirds vote at an Annual or Special
Town Meeting, may transfer the care, custody, management and control
of such land to the same or another board or officer of the Town for
another specific municipal purpose; but no such transfer shall be
valid if it is in violation of any term or condition of the title
of the Town to such land.
[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
Any board or officer in charge of a department of the Town may,
with the approval of the Select Board, sell any personal property
of the Town within the possession and control of the department, which
property has become obsolete or is not required for further use by
the department and which does not, in the opinion of the Select Board,
exceed $200 in value. If, in the opinion of the Select Board, such
property does exceed $200 in value, such officer or board shall make
the sale by public auction, of which notice shall be published in
a local newspaper at least seven days prior to such sale, unless such
property is to be delivered as part payment for new equipment or property.