[Adopted as Art. 2, Secs. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, of the 1977 compilation]
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 28]
Money receipts and receipted bills, when required, shall be promptly returned to the several departments from which warrants for payment of the same were issued. The Treasurer/Collector shall have custody of all notes, bonds and coupons which have been paid and all bonds running to the Town, except his own and all other official surety, which shall be in the custody of the Select Board.
Any portion of an appropriation, other than for a specific purpose on which the work has not been completed, remaining unexpended at the close of the financial year shall revert to the Town treasury unless otherwise provided by law or by vote of the Town.
[Amended 11-4-2013 STM, Art. 14; 5-1-2017 ATM, Art. 22]
Whenever a two-thirds vote is required by law to authorize the Town to incur indebtedness, the manner of voting shall be determined by the Moderator, and the vote may be declared as two-thirds vote by the Moderator without a count and shall be recorded as such by the Clerk; however, if seven or more voters at a Town Meeting challenge such declaration, then a count shall be held by ballot, and a checklist of the voters of the Town shall be used.
[Amended 10-26-1981 STM, Art. 16; 5-7-1990 ATM, Art. 15, 5-4-2009 ATM, Art. 23]
No contract for the purchase of equipment, supplies or materials, the actual or estimated cost of which amounts to $25,000 or more, except in cases of special emergency involving the health or safety of the people or their property, shall be awarded unless proposals for the same have been invited by advertisement in at least one newspaper published in the Town or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper published in the county, such publication to be at least one week before the time specified for the opening of said proposals. Such advertisement shall state the time and place for opening the proposals in answer to said advertisement and shall reserve to the Town the right to reject any and all such proposals. All such proposals shall be opened in public, and no bill or contract shall be split or divided for the purpose of evading any provisions of this chapter. Inconsistent with UPA.