[Amended 6-27-1995; 6-17-1996; 5-21-2001 by Art. 4F; 10-17-2001; 10-30-2006 by Art. 8; 6-22-2020 by Art. 11]
There shall be a Finance, Appropriation and Advisory Committee
for the Town which shall perform the duties set forth in the following
sections of this chapter and be governed by the provisions thereof.
Said Committee shall consist of nine citizens of the Town and said
Committee shall be appointed as provided in the following section
and no person already holding an elective or appointed Town office
or Town employee shall be eligible to serve on said Committee. Quorum
for said Committee shall be a majority of the members currently appointed.
The Finance, Appropriation and Advisory Committee may appoint members
to serve on Town committees that require such service by either Town
vote or by Town bylaw. All members of such Committee shall be sworn
to the faithful performance of their duties, said Committee to be
known as the "FAA Committee." Nothing in these bylaws shall be interpreted
so as to prevent a member of the Finance, Appropriation and Advisory
Committee from being appointed to serve on a committee, board or commission
of the Town of Dudley as a representative of the Finance, Appropriation
and Advisory Committee.
[Amended 11-4-2013 by
Art. 15]
The Moderator shall appoint from the citizens of the Town five
members of said Committee to serve staggered terms of three years.
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint from the citizens of the Town
two members of said Committee to serve staggered terms of three years.
The Town Treasurer/Collector shall appoint from the citizens of the
Town two members of said Committee to serve staggered terms of three
years. The term of office of said appointees shall expire on June
30 of the fiscal year following which their successors are appointed.
Said Committee shall choose its own officers and shall serve without
pay, excepting, however, that the Secretary thereof may receive such
compensation as the Town may, by vote, provide. Said Committee shall
cause to be kept a true record of its proceedings.
[Amended 6-17-1996]
To this Committee shall be referred all articles in any warrant
for a Town Meeting hereafter issued. The Selectmen, after drawing
any warrant for a Town Meeting, shall transmit immediately a copy
thereof to each member of the Committee and said Committee shall consider
all articles. A public hearing shall be held on any article, unless
a public hearing by some other tribunal is required by law, and a
notice of such hearing shall be given by posting a copy thereof at
the main entrance of the Town Hall. No provision of these bylaws shall
prevent the Finance, Appropriation and Advisory Committee from sponsoring
articles to be included in Town Meeting warrants and from holding
hearings on such articles and making recommendations with regard to
such articles.
[Amended 5-23-2005 by
Art. 5; 10-25-2010 by Art. 19; 6-22-2020 by Art. 11]
It shall be the duty of the FAA Committee to consider the annual budget submitted to the FAA by the Board of Selectmen and add another column to the Town Administrator's prepared statement giving the amounts which in its opinion shall be appropriated for the ensuing year, and the Committee may prepare a statement giving explanations and suggestions in relation to the proposed appropriations as it may deem expedient and report thereon as provided in §
23-7 below.
[Amended 6-22-2020 by
Art. 11]
Said Committee shall have control of the Reserve Fund as provided
in MGL c. 40, § 6.
[Amended 1977]
Whenever any vacancy shall occur in said Committee by resignation,
removal from Town, death, failure to qualify or otherwise, said vacancy
shall be filled by the Moderator. If any member is absent from three
consecutive meetings of said Committee, or attends less than 75% of
the meetings scheduled, except in case of illness, or extenuating
circumstances voted by said Committee, his position shall be declared
vacant and filled by the Moderator after consultation with said Committee.
The term of office of all persons chosen as aforesaid to fill vacancies
shall expire at the Town election next succeeding said vacancy and
within seven days after said annual Town election. The Moderator shall
appoint a successor to fill out the unexpired term of each member
whose office has been vacated.
It shall be the duty of said Committee to make a report in print
and in a local newspaper, if possible, with recommendations relative
to all articles in the warrant, the report to be available prior to
the meeting.