[Adopted as Art. 5 of the 1981 Bylaws]
A.
The Town
Clerk shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of town
clerks under the General Laws, any special laws applicable to the
Town, including the Representative Town Meeting Act,[1] the General Bylaws and the Zoning Bylaw of the Town.
B.
The Town
Clerk shall be the keeper of the Town Seal.
C.
The Town
Clerk shall have stated hours for the transaction of business on all
days on which the Town offices are open and shall give public notice
thereof.
D.
A schedule
of fees fixed by the Town Clerk shall be posted in a conspicuous place
in the Clerk's office and may be revised from time to time as
the Clerk sees fit, in accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 40,
§ 22F.
[Amended 4-25-2005 ATM, approved 6-8-2005]
A.
The Town
Clerk shall:
(1)
Keep
a file of all Town reports, reports and records of boards and committees
of the Town and all original documents relating to the affairs of
the Town which come into the Town Clerk's custody. The Town Clerk
shall suitably index all such reports, records and documents in a
manner convenient for reference and examination.
(2)
Maintain
a list of the names and addresses of the current members of all Town
boards, committees and commissions.
(3)
Annually
furnish the Select Board, for publication in the Annual Town Report,
a copy of the motions presented and the action taken thereon under
all articles in the warrant for every Town Meeting held during the
preceding year.
(4)
Keep
a true copy of all deeds or conveyances executed by the Select Board
in a book to be kept for that purpose alone.
B.
It shall
be the duty of the Town Clerk to see that every conveyance to the
Town of an interest in land is properly recorded in the Registry of
Deeds.
A.
The Town
Clerk shall employ a competent stenographer who shall be sworn and
shall make a verbatim record of the entire proceedings of every Town
Meeting, in order to assist the Town Clerk in obtaining and retaining
a proper record of the proceedings. The Town Clerk, the Select Board
and any other Town officer may require the stenographer to transcribe
the whole or any part of the notes of such proceedings. The stenographer's
notes shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be a public record
of the Town. Compensation for the stenographer shall be paid by the
Town. Any voter of the Town may at any time request that the Town
Clerk require the stenographer to transcribe and furnish such voter
with a record of the whole or any part of the proceedings of any Town
Meeting, provided such voter shall pay the stenographer in advance
therefor, at the customary rates charged by such stenographer.
A.
Not later
than 60 days before the date of the Annual Town Election at which
the term of office of any Town Meeting Members will expire, the Town
Clerk shall notify all such Town Meeting Members of the expiration
date of their term and shall make available to them a form of written
notice of their intent to run for reelection pursuant to the provisions
of MGL c. 53, § 10.
[Amended 5-29-2013 STM,
approved 10-8-2013]
B.
As soon
as practicable after each Town Election, the Town Clerk shall notify
each person who was duly elected to a Town office of such election.
