There shall be a Capital Outlay Committee, which shall perform
the duties set forth in the following sections of this chapter and
shall be governed by the provisions thereof. Said Committee shall
consist of the Town Accountant and six citizens of the Town, who shall
be appointed as provided in the following sections.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 6B]
A. The Select Board Members shall appoint three of the original members
of said Committee, who shall serve terms of one, two and three years,
respectively, as the Select Board Members shall designate. Annually
thereafter, at the Annual Town Meeting, the Select Board Members shall
appoint a new member to said Committee, who shall succeed the member
appointed by them whose term then shall have expired, and who shall
serve for a term of three years.
B. Two members of said Committee shall be appointed annually from among
the members of the Advisory Board by the Chair of the Advisory Board,
and one member shall be appointed annually from among the members
of the Planning Board by the Chair of the Planning Board. Members
so appointed shall serve from the time of the Annual Town Meeting
at which they are appointed until the next Annual Town Meeting.
Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the Committee, it shall
be filled by the appointing authority which appointed the member whose
position shall have become vacant. Any person appointed to fill a
vacancy in the Committee shall hold office for the unexpired term
of the person whom he succeeds.
It shall be the duty of the Committee to ascertain annually
what capital outlays will be required by the Town during the next
six years. In making this determination, it may consult with Town,
county and state officials and with other boards and committees of
the Town. It shall publish and distribute to each voter an annual
report and such further reports as it deems advisable, and shall include
in such reports its estimates of income, operational expenses and
tax rates, and its recommendations for scheduling capital outlays
and for the financing of such outlays as in its judgment cannot be
or should not be paid for entirely out of the current revenues.