Except as otherwise provided by general law or by this charter,
all powers of the town shall be vested in the town council which shall
provide for their exercise and for the performance of all duties and
obligations imposed upon the town by law.
The mayor shall submit to the town council the name of each
person the mayor desires to appoint to any town office, as a department
head, or as a member of a multiple-member body, but not including
any position which is subject to the civil service law. The town council
shall refer each such name as is submitted to it to a standing committee
of the town council which shall investigate each such candidate for
appointment and may make a report, with recommendations, to the full
town council not less than seven nor more than twenty-one days following
such referral. The committee may require any person whose name has
been referred to it to appear before the committee, or before the
town council, to give such information relevant to such appointment
as the committee, or the town council, may require.
Appointments made by the Mayor shall become effective on the thirtieth day following the date on which notice of the proposed appointment was filed with the clerk of the council, unless eight members of the town council shall within the said thirty days vote to reject such appointment, or unless the town council has sooner voted to affirm the appointment. Rejection by the town council shall require a two-thirds vote of the full council (eight members so voting). The question on rejection of any appointment made by the mayor shall not be subject to the procedure of charter objection provided in section
2-9(b) of this charter.