The Finance Committee shall meet at the call of the Town Clerk
within two weeks after each Annual Town Meeting for purposes of organization
and the election of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or -persons and
a Clerk. In the event the Town Clerk fails to issue the call, any
member of the Finance Committee may do so. The Committee shall meet
thereafter from time to time, as it deems advisable, and shall keep
a true record of all proceedings. The Finance Committee shall have
the power to fill vacancies on the Committee by vote, such candidates
to be presented by the Nominating Committee, an attested copy of which
shall be sent by the Clerk of the Committee to the Town Clerk. Any
member so appointed by the Committee shall serve thereon until the
next Annual Town Meeting.
It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to inform themselves
as to those affairs and interests of the Town, the matter of which
is generally included in the warrants for its Town Meeting; and the
officers of the Town shall, upon their request, furnish them with
facts, figures, and any other information pertaining to their several
departments; provided, however, that any such information may be withheld
when in the opinion of the officer, or board of officers, so requested,
the communication thereof might affect injuriously the interests of
the Town.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to immediately notify
in writing persons elected or appointed to the Finance Committee pursuant
to the above provisions, such notice to state the business upon which
members of the Committee are to act.