The term of office of all appointed officers and committee members
shall be three years, unless another term is required by law or a
shorter term is established by vote of the Town or the appointing
authority.
[Amended 5-6-2019 ATM,
Art. 28]
The Board of Appeals consists of three members, appointed for
three-year overlapping terms, and not more than five associate members.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 10; 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 11]
A Committee, to be known as the "Capital Budget Committee" shall
be established, composed of one member of the Advisory Board, appointed
by and from it, and six additional members to be appointed by the
Select Board. The members from the Advisory Board shall be appointed
for a one-year term. Initially, two of the other members shall be
appointed for one year, two for two years, and one for three years;
thereafter, each other member shall be appointed for a three-year
term. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms by the original
appointing authority. The Committee shall annually prepare a Capital
Budget Program for use by the Advisory Board, the voters, other Town
boards and officials in their deliberations. The Committee shall publish
such report or a summary thereof in a suitable manner and deposit
the original with the Town Clerk.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 11]
The Select Board shall appoint from registered voters of the
Town seven members, shall designate the Chair, and shall take such
further action as is required to establish and maintain a Council
on Aging for the Town, in accordance with MGL c. 40, § 8B,
and to promote the coordination of its programs with those of the
State Council on Aging.
[Amended 5-6-2019 ATM,
Art. 28]
One member of a Regional Vocational School District Committee
shall be appointed for a three-year term.
[Amended 5-6-2019 ATM,
Art. 28]
A. The Town Treasurer-Collector's term of office shall be three years.
B. The Town Treasurer-Collector shall collect all accounts due the Town
which are committed to him/her.
C. At least once in every month each department of the Town shall deliver
to the Town Accountant a statement of each account due the Town arising
from any transaction in said department. Such accounts are to be committed
to the Town Treasurer-Collector for collection. This subsection is
to include all taxes and special assessments, costs and fees charged
by each department, except those collected by the Town Clerk.
D. The Town Treasurer-Collector shall advise the Select Board, as provided
by law, when suits should be instituted and prosecuted in the name
of the Town for the collection of any account due the Town and the
Select Board shall have the authority as agents of the Town to institute
and prosecute the same.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 11]
E. The Town Treasurer-Collector shall pay all fees received by him/her
by virtue of his/her office into the Town treasury.
F. The Town Treasurer-Collector shall perform all the duties which are
required by law and shall have the custody of all monies, properties
and securities of all trust funds, not subject to the authority of
the Commissioners of Trust Funds, heretofore or hereafter given or
bequeathed to the Town and shall have the power with the approval
of the Select Board to invest, reinvest, transfer and expend monies
from such funds as limited by the directions or provisions made by
the donor of such funds. The Treasurer-Collector shall keep a separate
account of such funds, and the income thereof, and submit the same
to the Select Board at the close of the fiscal year for publication
in their report.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 11]
G. The Treasurer-Collector shall file and safely keep all receipts,
vouchers and canceled obligations of the Town and shall have custody
of all deeds, and other similar documents owned or held by the Town,
and, except for fidelity bonds covering the Town officers and employees
which shall be filed with the Select Board, shall have custody of
all bonds which run to the Town or any of its commissioners, committees
or officers.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 11]
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 11]
On May 9, 2011, at the Annual Town Meeting, it was unanimously
voted to establish a Town Technology Committee, for the purpose of
reviewing and making recommendations on Town-wide technology purchases,
including but not limited to hardware and software purchases. The
number of Committee members will be seven, consisting of two appointed
by the School Committee, one the School Superintendent, or designee,
one the Town Administrator or designee and three members appointed
by the Select Board.
[Added 5-13-2002 ATM,
Art. 31]
A. Establishment.
(1) There is hereby established a Community Preservation Committee, consisting
of nine voting members pursuant to MGL c. 44B. The composition of
the Committee, the appointment authority and the term of office for
the Committee members shall be as follows:
(a)
One member of the Conservation Commission as designated by the
Commission for a term of three years;
(b)
One member of the Historical Commission as designated by the
Commission for a term of three years;
(c)
One member of the Planning Board as designated by the Board
for a term of three years;
(d)
One member of the Recreation Commission as designated by the
Commission for a term of three years;
(e)
One member of the Housing Authority as designated by the Authority
for a term of three years;
(g)
Four members to be appointed by the Select Board: appointed
for a three-year terms so that as even a number of terms as practicable
expire each year.
[Amended 5-4-2015 ATM, Art. 29; 5-8-2021 ATM, Art. 11]
(2) Should any of the commissions, boards, authorities or committees
which have appointment authority under this section of the bylaw be
no longer in existence for whatever reason or for whatever reason
fail to appoint an individual to the committee, the appointment authority
for that commission, board, authority or committee shall become the
responsibility of the Select Board.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM, Art. 11]
B. Duties.
(1) The Community Preservation Committee shall study the needs, possibilities
and resources of the Town regarding community preservation. The Committee
shall consult with existing municipal boards, including the Conservation
Commission, the Historical Commission, Planning Board, the Recreation
Commission and the Housing Authority, or persons acting in those capacities
or performing like duties, in conducting such studies. As part of
its study, the Committee shall hold one or more public informational
hearing(s) on the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding
community preservation possibilities and resources, notice of which
shall be posted publicly and published for each of two weeks preceding
a hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town.
(2) The Community Preservation Committee shall make recommendations to
the Town Meeting for the acquisition, creation and preservation of
open space, for the acquisition and preservation of historic resources,
for the acquisition, creation and preservation of land for recreational
use, for the creation, preservation and support of community housing
and for rehabilitation or restoration of such open space, historic
resources, land for recreational use and community housing that is
acquired or created as provided in this section. With respect to community
housing, the Community Preservation Committee shall recommend, wherever
possible, the reuse of existing buildings or construction of new buildings
on previously developed sites.
(3) The Community Preservation Committee may include in its recommendation
to the Town Meeting a recommendation to set aside for later spending
funds for specific purposes that are consistent with community preservation
but for which sufficient revenues are not then available in the Community
Preservation Fund to accomplish that specific purpose or to set aside
for later spending funds for general purposes that are consistent
with community preservation.
C. Requirement for a quorum and cost estimates. The Community Preservation
Committee shall not meet or conduct business without the presence
of a quorum. A majority of the members of the Community Preservation
Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Community Preservation Committee
shall approve its actions by majority vote. Recommendations to the
Town Meeting shall include their anticipated costs.
D. Amendments. This section of the bylaw may be amended from time to
time by a majority vote of the Town Meeting, provided that the amendments
would not cause a conflict to occur with MGL c. 44B.
E. Severability. In case any section, paragraph or part of this section
of the bylaw be, for any reason, declared invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of last resort, every other section, paragraph or part
shall continue in full force and effect.
F. Effective date. Each appointing authority shall have 10 days, after
the approved bylaw is posted or published by the Town Clerk in accordance
with MGL c. 40, § 32, to make its initial appointments.
Should any appointing authority fail to make its appointment within
that allotted time, the Select Board shall make the appointment.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 11]