(A) 
Elective offices. The offices to be filled by ballot of the whole Town shall be:
Board
No. of Members
Term
Select Board
5
3
Moderator
1
3
Town Clerk
1
3
Assessor
3
3
Constable
3
3
Library Trustee
9
3
Sturbridge School Committee (Elementary)
5
3
Board of Health
3
3
Zoning Board of Appeals
5(1)
3
Tantasqua Regional School Committee
Variable(2)
3
Recreation Committee
5
3
Members of regional authorities or districts as may be established by statute, inter-local agreement, or otherwise.
NOTES:
(1)
Two additional members appointed by the Town Administrator, for a total of seven members
(2)
Subject to the provisions of the Tantasqua Regional School District Agreement
(B) 
Eligibility. Any voter shall be eligible to hold any elective Town office except that no full-time employee of the Town reporting to the Select Board, either directly or through the Town Administrator, may simultaneously hold the position of Select Board.
(C) 
Election. The regular elections for Town office shall be held annually on the second Monday of April or such date as may from time to time be fixed in the Bylaws of the Town.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be five Select Board members each elected by the voters for a term of three years, so arranged that the term of office of at least one member, but not more than two members, shall expire each year.
(B) 
Compensation. The Select Board members shall receive such compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(C) 
Powers and duties. The executive powers of the Town shall be vested in the Select Board, and may be exercised by them jointly or through the Town agencies and offices under their general supervision and control. The Select Board shall cause the laws and orders for the government of the Town to be enforced, and shall cause a record of all their official acts to be kept. To aid them in their official duties, they shall appoint a Town Administrator. The Select Board shall act as the Water and Sewer Commissioners and have the power and authority of Water and Sewer Commissioners as provided by Massachusetts General Laws, and as Harbor Masters.
(D) 
Appointment. The Select Board shall appoint a Town Administrator and Registrars.
(E) 
Restrictions. No Select Board members shall not hold any other elected Town office, or any office appointed by the Town Administrator under Section 6-1 of the Charter that is subject to confirmation by the Select Board.
(A) 
Term of office. At each Town election at which the term of office expires, a Moderator shall be elected by the voters for a term of three years. In the event of a vacancy in that office prior to the expiration of the term, the Select Board shall appoint a Moderator who shall serve until the next regular Town Election, when the voters shall elect a Moderator to serve for the balance of the term. The Moderator shall not hold any other Town office, elected or appointed.
(B) 
Compensation. The Moderator shall receive such compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(C) 
Powers and duties. The Moderator shall have the powers and duties provided for that office by statute, by this Charter, by Bylaw, or by other vote of the Town Meeting.
(D) 
Appointments. The Moderator shall appoint a nine-member Finance Committee consisting of voters. The term shall be for three years so arranged that the term of office of three members shall expire each year. The Finance Committee shall review all Town Meeting Warrants and advise the Town Meeting of recommended action. The Finance Committee shall have all the powers provided in the Massachusetts General Laws, granted by Town Meeting, or specified by this Charter. The Moderator shall make appointments to other committees where so authorized by Town Meeting in Section 3-2.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be a Sturbridge School Committee (Elementary) consisting of five members each elected by voters for a term of three years, such that the term of office of at least one member, but not more than two members, shall expire each year.
(B) 
Compensation. School Committee members shall receive such compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(C) 
Powers and duties. The Sturbridge School Committee (Elementary) shall have all of the powers and duties school committees may have under the Massachusetts Constitution and General Laws, and shall have such additional powers and duties, including the use of land and buildings, as may be authorized by this Charter or Bylaw.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be elected representatives to the Tantasqua Regional School Committee, variable in number as provided in the Tantasqua Regional School Agreement, for a term of three years, so arranged that the term of office of at least one member shall expire each year. The Sturbridge School Committee (Elementary) shall elect one of its members annually to serve on the Tantasqua Regional School Committee.
(B) 
Compensation. Tantasqua Regional School Committee members shall receive such compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(C) 
Powers and duties. The Tantasqua Regional School Committee shall have all the powers and duties regional school committees have under the Massachusetts Constitution, General Laws, and the Tantasqua Regional School Agreement.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be three Assessors each elected by the voters for a term of three years, such that the term of office of one member shall expire each year.
(B) 
Compensation. The Assessors shall receive such compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(C) 
Powers and duties. The Assessors shall annually make a fair cash valuation of all property, real and personal, subject to taxation within the Town. They shall have such other powers and duties as provided by Massachusetts General Laws.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be a Town Clerk elected by the voters for a term of three years.
(B) 
Compensation. The Town Clerk shall receive compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(C) 
Powers and duties. The Town Clerk shall have all of the powers and duties town clerks may have under the Massachusetts Constitution and General Laws. The Town Clerk may also exercise such additional powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to that office by this Charter, by Bylaw, or by other vote of the Town Meeting.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be a Board of Health consisting of three members, each elected by the voters for a term of three years, so arranged that the term of office of one member shall expire each year.
(B) 
Compensation. The members of the Board of Health shall receive such compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(C) 
Powers and duties. The Board of Health may make reasonable health regulations and shall enforce Massachusetts General Laws relating to public health, provisions of the federal and state sanitary codes, and all local health regulations.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be a Zoning Board of Appeals consisting of seven members. Five members shall be elected by the voters, each for a term of three years, such that the term of office of at least one member, but not more than two members, shall expire each year. Two members shall be appointed by the Town Administrator for three-year terms so arranged that the terms of office will not expire in the same year.
(B) 
Powers and duties. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have all powers that are conferred on Zoning Boards of Appeals by Massachusetts General Laws, and such additional powers and duties as may be provided in the Zoning Bylaws.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 300, Zoning.
(A) 
Composition, term of office. There shall be a Recreation Committee consisting of five members each elected by the voters for a term of three years, so arranged that the term of office of at least one member, but not more than two members, shall expire each year.
(B) 
Powers and duties. The Recreation Committee shall plan, organize, and implement programs in response to the recreational needs of the Town, and shall be responsible for scheduling and issuing permits for all public recreation spaces.
(A) 
Any holder of an elective office, as defined in Section 4-1(A), may be recalled by the voters as herein provided.
(B) 
Recall petition. Any voter may file with the Town Clerk a signed and dated affidavit containing the name of the officer sought to be recalled and a statement of the grounds for the recall. The Town Clerk shall issue the blank petition forms that demand such recall, and which bear the Town Clerk's signature and Town Seal, and shall keep printed copies of the petition forms available for the voters. The forms issued by the Town Clerk shall be dated, be addressed to the Select Board and contain the name or names of all persons to whom they are issued, the name of the person whose recall is sought, the grounds of recall as stated in the affidavit and demand a recall election. A copy of the petition shall be entered in a record book to be kept in the office of the Town Clerk. The recall petition shall be returned and filed with the Town Clerk within 30 days after the filing of the affidavit and shall have been signed by at least 20% of the voters, who shall add to their signatures the street and number of their respective residences. The Town Clerk shall, within 24 hours of receipt of the petition, submit the petition to the Registrars, who shall forthwith certify the number of valid signatures.
In the event that members of the Select Board are the subject of a recall, the members who are being subjected to recall will recuse themselves from the duties delineated in the recall process.
If all members of the Select Board are subject to recall, then all duties required of the Select Board members in the recall process shall be performed by the Town Clerk.
(C) 
Select Board's action on receiving petition. Petitions certified by the Registrars shall be submitted with the Registrars' dated certificate to the Select Board no later than the close of the next business day. The Select Board shall give written notice of the receipt of the dated certificate to the officer sought to be recalled in no fewer than seven days. Further, if the officer does not resign within five days thereafter, the Select Board shall order an election, such election to occur no fewer than 35 days nor more than 45 days after the date of the Registrars' certificate; however, if any other Town election is to occur within 60 days after the date of the certificate, the Select Board shall postpone the holding of the recall election to the date of such other election. After a recall election has been ordered, the election shall proceed as provided in this section, the resignation of the incumbent notwithstanding.
(D) 
Incumbent holds office until recall election. The incumbent shall continue to perform the duties of the office until the recall election. If not recalled, the incumbent shall continue in office for the remainder of the unexpired term, subject to recall as before, except as provided in this section. If recalled, the incumbent shall be deemed removed from office, and the vacant office filled until the next election by appointment by the Select Board.
(E) 
Proposition on ballot. Ballots used in a recall election shall submit the following proposition in the order indicated:
For the recall of (name of Officer), Title of Office:
Against the recall of (name of Officer), Title of Office:
(F) 
Repeat of recall petition. No recall petition shall be filed against an officer within three months after election to office, nor, in the case of an officer subjected to a recall election and not recalled thereby, until at least three months after the date of the recall election.
(G) 
Appointment of person recalled. No person who has been recalled from an office, or who has resigned from office while recall proceedings were pending, shall be appointed to any Town office within two years after such recall or such resignation.