[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
The Select Board shall appoint a Council on Aging for the purpose
of coordinating or carrying out programs designed to meet the problems
of the aging in cooperation with programs of the Commission of Aging
established under MGL c. 6, § 73.
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
The Select Board shall appoint the Council on Aging consisting
of seven members. Upon acceptance of this chapter, the Board shall
appoint three members for three years, two members for two years and
two members for one-year term. Members can be reappointed for concurrent terms. The members of the Council shall serve without
pay.
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the membership of the Council
by reason of death, resignation, inability to act or for any other
reason, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Select Board
for the remainder of the term.
[Amended 4-9-1985 ATM
by Art. 37]
The Council on Aging, at its first annual meeting and thereafter
annually in July of each year, shall elect from its membership a President,
a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Each officer shall
hold office until the next annual election. In the event a vacancy
occurs in any of the offices above, the Council shall hold a special
meeting for the purpose of electing one of its members to fill such
vacancy.
The Council shall prepare and submit an annual report of its
activities to the town and shall send a copy thereof to the Commission
of Aging.
The Council may appoint such clerks and other employees as it
may require.