[Adopted as Ch. 2, Art. III, Div. 4, of the 1988 Revised
General Bylaws]
There shall be a capital improvement program committee which
shall perform the duties set forth in this article and be governed
by the provisions thereof. The committee shall consist of five citizens
of the Town.
A.
The selectmen shall appoint two of the original members of the capital
improvement program committee, who shall serve terms of one and two
years respectively, as the selectmen shall designate. Annually, thereafter,
at the time of the annual town meeting, the selectmen shall appoint
a new member of the committee, who shall succeed the member appointed
by them whose term shall have expired and who shall serve for a term
of two years.
B.
One member of the committee shall be appointed by the moderator,
one member shall be appointed annually from among the members of the
finance and advisory committee by the chairman thereof, and one member
shall be appointed annually from among the members of the planning
board by the chairman thereof, and members so appointed shall serve
from the time of the town meeting at which they are appointed until
the next annual town meeting.
Whenever any vacancy shall occur on the capital improvement
program 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 on the committee shall hold
office for the unexpired term of the person whom he succeeds.
The town accountant shall be ex officio secretary to the capital
improvement program committee. He shall not be entitled to vote on
the making of recommendations to be included in its reports. The committee
shall choose its other officers and shall serve without compensation
as committee members.
It shall be the duty of the capital improvement program 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 prepare an annual report which
shall be submitted to the board of selectmen for publication in the
annual town 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 financing of such outlays as in its judgement, cannot
be or should not be paid for entirely out of current revenues. It
shall also be the duty and responsibility of the committee to provide
assistance to the town meeting in providing answers to the question
of priority determination of projects, financing costs and impact
of recommended projects on the operating budget.
