(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - There shall be a town accountant, appointed
by the board of selectmen, to serve for a term of three years. (c.41:s.44)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The town accountant shall examine the books and
accounts of all officers and committees intrusted with the custody
or expenditure of money. The town accountant shall have free access
to all books, accounts, bills and vouchers and shall examine the same
at least once in each year, verify the cash balance of each of such
officers and committees by actual count of the cash and by reconciliation
of bank balances. The town accountant shall have all of the other
powers, duties and responsibilities which are given to town accountants
by general laws. (c.41:ss.49-55)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of health shall, annually,
appoint an animal inspector. (c.129:s.15)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The animal inspector shall make regular and thorough
inspections of all neat cattle, sheep, swine and other domesticated
animals within the limits of the town, and, if he knows or has reason
to suspect any are infected with or have been exposed to any contagious
disease, he may order their quarantine. The animal inspector shall
have all of the other powers, duties and responsibilities which are
given to animal inspectors by general laws. (c.129:ss.15-25)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The zoning by-law of the town shall
provide for the appointment of a board of appeals by the board of
selectmen of either three or five members for terms of office so arranged
that the term of one member shall expire each year. (c.40A:s.12 and
c.41:s.81Z)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The board of appeals shall hear and decide all
appeals taken to it concerning actions taken by other town officers
and agencies under the zoning by-law and the subdivision rules and
regulations adopted by the planning board. The board of appeals shall
have such other powers, duties and responsibilities as are given to
boards of appeal by general laws. (c.40A:s.14, and c.41:s.81AA)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The chief administrative office of
the town shall appoint a building inspector. (c.143:s.3)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The building inspector shall administer and enforce
the provisions of the state building code within the limits of the
town. The building inspector shall also be the zoning enforcement
officer for the town (c.143:s.3 and c.40A:s.7)
(a)
Appointment - The veteran's agent appointed by the board of selectmen
shall also be a burial agent. (c.115:s.7)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The burial agent shall cause to be interred the
body of any veteran or adult dependent of a veteran who dies without
sufficient means of defraying funeral expenses and the body of any
dependent child of a veteran if the veteran and his wife, or the veterans
widow, are without sufficient means to defray the expense, (c.115:s.7)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a civil defense director. (c.639:s.13, Acts of 1950)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The civil defense director shall be responsible
for preparing and carrying out of all emergency functions and services,
including, but not limited to: police and fire fighting services;
medical and other health related services; rescue engineering and
air raid warning services; evacuation of persons from stricken areas;
emergency welfare services; communications; radiological, chemical
and other special weapons of defense; emergency transportation; existing
or properly assigned functions of plant protection; temporary restoration
of public utility services and functions. The civil defense director
shall have all of the other powers, duties and responsibilities which
are assigned to civil defense directors by general laws. (c.639, Acts
of 1950, generally)
(a)
Composition, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a conservation commission consisting of five members for terms of
three years each so arranged that the terms of as nearly an equal
a number of members as possible shall expire each year. (c.40:s.8C)
[Amended May 2010 ATM by Art. 16]
(b)
Powers and Duties - The conservation commission shall be responsible
for the promotion and development of the natural resources of the
town and for the protection of watershed resources of the town. The
conservation commission shall have such other powers, duties and responsibilities
which are given to conservation commissions by general laws. (see
c.40, s.8C and c.131, s.40)
(a)
Composition, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a development and industrial commission to consist of not less than
five nor more than fifteen members to serve for terms of three years
each so arranged that the terms of as nearly an equal a number of
members as possible shall expire each year. (c.40, s.8A)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The development and industrial commission shall
conduct researches into industrial conditions, investigate and assist
in the establishment of educational or commercial projects for the
purpose of expanding or strengthening the local economy. (c.40:s.8A)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall, annually,
appoint two or more fence viewers. (c.49:s.1)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The fence viewers shall be responsible for the
enforcement of sections one through twenty-one of chapter forty-nine
of the General Laws, and may determine when a partition fence is required.
They shall have all of the other powers, duties and responsibilities
which are given fence viewers by general laws. (c.49:ss.1-21)
(a)
Composition, Term of Office - The town shall, by by-law, provide
for the appointment of a finance or advisory committee.
(b)
Powers and Duties - The finance or advisory committee shall consider
any or all municipal questions, as may be provided in such by-law,
for the purpose of making recommendations to the town. Unless some
other provision is made for the submission of an annual budget to
the town meeting, the said committee shall do so. (c.39:s.16)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a fire chief and shall fix his salary within the amount annually appropriated
for such purpose. The fire chief may be removed, for cause, by the
board of selectmen at any time after a public hearing. (c. 48, s.
42)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The fire chief shall have full charge of extinguishing
fires in the town and the protection of life and property in the event
of fire. The fire chief shall have full and absolute authority in
the administration of the fire department, shall make all rules and
regulations for its operation, shall report to the board of selectmen
from time to time as it may require and shall annually report to the
town on the condition of the department with his recommendations.
(c. 48, s. 42)
(Superintendent of Streets)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint,
annually, a superintendent of streets. (c. 41, s. 66)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The superintendent of streets, under the direction
of the board of selectmen, shall have full charge of all repairs and
labor upon public ways and sidewalks and in relation to such matters
he shall have the powers, perform the duties, and be subject to the
liabilities and penalties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners.
(c. 41, s. 68)
(a)
Composition, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a historical commission which shall consist of not less than three
nor more than twelve members. The terms of members shall be for three
years each, so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as
possible shall expire each year. (c.40:s.8D)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The historical commission shall act for the preservation,
promotion and development of the historical assets of the town. The
commission shall have such additional powers, duties and responsibilities
as are given historical commissions by general law. (c.40:s.8D)
(a)
Composition, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a board of directors of an industrial development financing authority
which shall consist of five members. The term of office of each member
shall be for five years, so arranged that the term of one member shall
expire each year. At least one member of the said board of directors
shall be experienced in financial matters, one in real estate matters
and one in town government. (c. 40D, s. 3)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The industrial development financing authority
shall have all of the powers and duties which are afforded to such
authorities under chapter 40D of the General Laws to finance projects
designed to attract new industry to the town or to substantially expand
existing industries. (see c. 40D, generally)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The town shall provide for the appointment
of an inspector of gas piping and gas appliances who shall be a licensed
plumber or a licensed gas fitter. (c.143:s.3O)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The inspector of gas piping and gas appliances
shall be responsible for the enforcement of the rules and regulations
adopted by the gas regulatory board (see c.25: s. 12H). The inspector
of gas piping and gas appliances shall have all of the other powers,
duties and responsibilities as are given such inspectors by general
laws. (c.143:s.80)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The town shall annually choose one
or more measurers of wood and bark or may, by vote fixing the number
to be chosen, delegate to the board of selectmen the authority to
appoint such measurers of wood and bark. (c.94:s.296)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The measurers of wood and bark shall be responsible
for the enforcement of the laws relating to the sale of wood and bark
within the town. (c.94:ss. 296 to 303, inclusive)
(Superintendent of Insect Pest Control)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a superintendent of insect pest control for a term of three years.
(c. 132, s. 13)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The superintendent of insect pest control shall
be responsible for the suppression of the public nuisances named in
section eleven of chapter one hundred thirty-two. (c. 132, s. 13,
see c. 132, generally)
(a)
Composition, Term of Office - The town may, by by-law, provide for
a personnel board. (c. 41, s. 108C)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The personnel board may administer compensation
plans established pursuant to paragraph (b) of section five of chapter
thirty-one, plans established pursuant to section one hundred and
eight A of chapter forty-one and any other by-laws adopted pursuant
to section twenty-one a of chapter forty. (c. 41, s. 108C)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - An inspector of plumbing shall be appointed
by the building inspector. (c.142,s.11)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The plumbing inspector shall be responsible for
the enforcement of all rules and regulations regarding the installation,
alteration and repair of all plumbing in the town. (c.142:ss.11-13;
c.142, generally)
(a)
Appointment - The board of selectmen shall appoint a police chief
and such other police officers as they deem necessary. (c. 41:s. 97A)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The chief of police shall be in immediate control
of all town property used by the department, and of the police officers,
whom he shall assign to their respective duties and who shall obey
his orders. The police department under the direction of the police
chief shall have full charge of keeping the peace and the enforcement
of all laws. (c. 41:ss. 97A, and 98)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a board of registrars of voters to consist of three persons, appointed
for terms of three years each and the town clerk who shall serve ex
officio. (c.51:s.15)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The board of registrars of voters shall supervise
the qualification of persons to vote, certify the signatures on nomination
papers and petitions, and shall hold hearings and decide disputes
with regard to any of the foregoing matters. (c.51:generally)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
one or more sealers of weights and measures. (c.98:s.34)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The sealer of weights and measures shall test,
adjust and seal all devices used for the weighing and measuring of
commodities and shall be responsible for the enforcement of all laws
relating to weights and measures. (c.98:ss.34-56C)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The school committee shall appoint
a superintendent of the schools and fix the term of his appointment.
(c.71:s.59)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The superintendent of schools shall be the executive
officer of the school committee, and under its general direction,
shall have the care and supervision of the public schools, shall assist
it in keeping its records and accounts and in making such reports
as are required by law, and shall recommend to the school committee
teachers, textbooks and courses of study. (c.71:s.59)
(a)
Appointment - The board of selectmen may appoint a town counsel in
such manner and for such term as it or the town by by-law may determine
(c.40:s.5, clauses 15, 16 and 16A)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The town counsel shall perform such duties as
may be required of such officer by town by-law, by vote of the board
of selectmen, or otherwise. (c.40:s.5, clauses 15, 16, and 16A)
(a)
Appointment, Term of Office - The board of selectmen shall appoint
a veteran's services director. (c.115:s.10)
(b)
Powers and Duties - The veteran's services director shall furnish
information, advice and assistance to veteran's relative to employment,
education, medical care, pensions and other benefits to which they
are or may be entitled. (c.115:s.10)
