All officials and employees of the Town shall carry out their duties with the highest ethical standards regardless of personal considerations. Their conduct shall at all times be for the public good and within the bounds of law, shall comply with this Charter and the Town Code of Ethics, shall be above reproach and shall avoid conflict between public and private interests and responsibilities. The Board of Ethics shall determine any ambiguities and otherwise interpret the provisions of this Article X of this Charter.
There shall be a Code of Ethics governing the conduct of elected and appointed officers and employees of the Town that the Board of Selectmen shall, by ordinance, provide.
A. 
Any elected or appointed Town officer, official or employee, any elected or appointed members of Town boards, commissions, committees and/or authorities who has a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contract, any transaction or any decision of any agency, board or commission of the Town to which the Town is a party shall disclose that interest in writing to the Board of Selectmen, which shall record such disclosure upon the official record of its meeting and shall file a copy of such record in the office of the Town Clerk. Any such officer, official or employee shall be disqualified from acting on any such matter coming before such office, board or commission.
B. 
Violation of the provisions of this section shall be grounds for the removal of any such officer, official or employee. Such violation with the knowledge, expressed or implied, of any person, firm or corporation participating in such contract, transaction or decision shall render the same voidable by the Board of Selectmen.
A. 
The Board of Ethics shall be charged with the administration of the Code of Ethics. Written ethics complaints can be filed with the Board of Ethics or the Board of Ethics may consider violations on their own volition. The Board of Ethics may retain counsel to provide advice in its deliberations.
B. 
Any willful violation of the dictates of law, of this Charter, or of the Town Code of Ethics Ordinances shall be reason for the removal of any elected or appointed official, or any employee of the Town. If the violation was by an action of a member(s) of the Board of Ethics, the Board of Selectmen shall act as the temporary Board of Ethics.
C. 
(1) 
The findings of the Board of Ethics will be forwarded to the Board of Selectmen for action. The Board of Selectmen shall implement the recommendation(s) of the Board of Ethics unless, by no less than a 2/3 vote by the entire Board of Selectmen taken within 30 days of receipt of the recommendation, the Board of Selectmen rejects the recommendation of the Board of Ethics.
(2) 
The Board of Ethics may retain counsel to pursue enforcement of its recommendations.