In order to provide for the proper administration of the affairs
of the Town with respect to its needs in the areas of finance, public
safety, environment, land use, culture, welfare, and such other needs
as may arise from time to time or may be imposed by the General Statutes,
the officers, boards and commissions provided for in this Chapter
shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen (except as otherwise
specified herein) to perform the duties and functions provided in
this Charter, in the Ordinances, and in the General Statutes.
Except as herein provided, all appointed board members and commissioners
shall be electors of the Town and shall have such other qualifications
as may be determined by the appointing authority and as may be required
by this Charter, the Ordinances and the General Statutes.
All appointed board members and commissioners shall have the
terms of office specified in the General Statutes, this Charter or
the Ordinances which, unless otherwise required herein, shall commence
on the first Monday in January. All appointed board members and commissioners
shall serve for the term to which they are appointed and until their
successors are appointed and have qualified. Each board or commission
shall, at its first meeting each year, elect a chairman and any other
officers it requires.
The provisions of Section 307 of this Charter regarding Minority
Representation on any elected board, commission or similar body of
the Town shall apply equally to all appointed boards, commissions
or similar bodies of the Town.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all vacancies in any appointed
board or commission shall promptly be filled by the board or commission
having the original power of appointment. In the event that a vacancy
to be filled by an authority other than the Board of Selectmen is
not so filled within sixty (60) days, then it shall promptly thereafter
be filled by the Board of Selectmen. Each person appointed to fill
a vacancy in an appointed board or commission shall serve the unexpired
portion of the term and until his successor is appointed and has qualified
pursuant to the provisions of Section 309(B).
Except as specifically provided in this Charter, or in the General
Statutes, no appointed Board or Commission member or alternate shall
receive compensation.
The Town Meeting may by ordinance create such additional boards
and commissions as it may deem necessary or proper for the government
of the Town. The ordinance creating any such board or commission shall
specify its powers and duties, term of office and number of members
and alternate members. All such regular or alternate members of any
such board or commission shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
Any board or commission not established by this Charter may be consolidated
with another board or commission or may be abolished, by ordinance.