Administrative plan. The select board may from time to time, after
consultation with the Town Administrator, prepare and submit to the
town meeting plans of organization or reorganization which establish
operating divisions for the orderly, efficient or convenient conduct
of the business of the town.
Whenever the select board proposes such a plan, the select board
shall hold one or more public hearings on the proposal giving notice
by publication in a local newspaper, which notice shall describe the
scope of the proposal and the time and place at which the hearing
will be held, not less than seven nor more than fourteen days following
said publication.
An organization or reorganization plan shall become effective
at the expiration of sixty days following the date the proposal is
submitted to the town meeting unless the town meeting shall, by a
majority vote, within such period vote to disapprove the plan. The
town meeting may vote only to approve or to disapprove the plan and
may not vote to amend or to alter it.
The select board may, through the administrative plan, and subject only to express prohibitions in a general law or this charter, reorganize, consolidate or abolish any town agency, in whole or in part; establish such new town agencies as is deemed necessary to the same extent as is provided in section
4-1(a), above, for by-laws; and for such purpose may transfer the duties and powers and, so far as is consistent with the use for which the funds were voted by the town, transfer the appropriation of one town agency to another; provided, however, that no function assigned by this charter to a particular town agency may be discontinued or assigned to any other town agency unless this charter specifically so provides.
Every reorganization plan submitted by the select board pursuant
to this provision shall contain a proposed by-law which contains,
in detail, such amendments, revisions, repeals or otherwise of existing
by-laws as may be necessary to accomplish the desired reorganization.
Such reorganization plan and proposed by-law shall be accompanied
by a message of the select board which explains the benefits expected
to ensue.