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Where they appear in this Charter, the following terms shall be explained: "Town" shall mean the Town of Medfield; "Annual Town Meeting" shall mean the annual Town meeting for the transaction of business; words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine.
If any provisions of this Charter are held invalid, the other provisions of the Charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the Charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of this Charter and its provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
[Amended 5-9-2022 ATM by Art. 15]
The Select Board shall annually cause to be prepared a recodification of all existing Bylaws of the Town. Copies of the said Bylaws and copies of this Charter shall be made available in suitable form in the office of the Town Clerk. An amount not to exceed the actual cost per copy of reproduction may be charged.
[Amended 5-9-2022 ATM by Art. 15]
Amendments to this Charter relating in any way to the composition of the Town Meeting or the composition or mode of election or terms of office of the Select Board may be proposed only by a Charter Commission elected under the Massachusetts General Laws.
Proposed amendments under this Charter shall be acted upon by ballot of the whole Town at a regular or special election of Town officers in accordance with the Massachusetts General Laws.
The Select Board shall, every 10 years, form a committee to study the working of Town government and recommend procedures to revise the Charter if that is deemed advisable.
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The Select Board shall have the power to declare a state of emergency. If a state of emergency exists and if one Select Board Member is unable to participate in directing remedial activities, his or her duties shall be assumed by the Treasurer to constitute a three-man board. If the Treasurer is unavailable or if more than one Select Board Member is unable to perform his or her duties, responsibility shall be assumed by the Chairman of the Planning Board, the Moderator or the Town Clerk in the order listed and as may be required.