In the event a vacancy occurs in any elective office, other than the Town Clerk-Treasurer or Tax Collector, the Board of Selectpersons shall appoint a replacement to fill the office until the next Town Election Meeting.
If a vacancy occurs in the membership of any elective board not more than 120 days prior to the next annual Town Election Meeting, the office shall not be filled until the annual Town Election Meeting in the usual course.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of Town Clerk-Treasurer or Tax Collector, the Deputy shall assume the duties under the oversight of the Town Manager until the position is filled.
Should the incumbent of the offices of Town Clerk-Treasurer, or Tax Collector become incapacitated during his/her term of office, the Town Manager, when directed by the Board of Selectpersons, shall assume and discharge the duties of such office during the time of such incapacity. If a qualified medical professional determines that the Town Clerk-Treasurer or Tax Collector has become permanently incapacitated during his or her term of office, the Deputy shall assume the duties under the oversight of the Town Manager. One hundred twenty days from the determination of permanent incapacitation, the Selectpersons shall declare a vacancy.
All vacancies in appointive boards or offices shall be filled by the same procedures as provided by the original appointment. In the event the term to be filled is of short duration, the appointive power shall exercise its discretion as to whether or not an interim appointment need be made.
Any Town official or member of any board or commission, whether elected or appointed, with the exception of the Town Manager, as referred to in Article XVIII, Section 2, shall forfeit his/her office if for three consecutive months he/she is actually a resident outside the Town of Rumford, unless the Board of Selectpersons has found that the following appointive positions are unable to be filled by an individual living in the Town and approves said appointive officer to reside outside the Town of Rumford: the Town Auditor, Town Attorney, Code Enforcement Officer, Plumbing Inspector or Sealer of Weights and Measures. The Board of Selectpersons, in such instances, shall investigate the facts and if it finds an office to be forfeited under the provisions of this section, it shall declare a vacancy to exist, and such vacancy shall then be filled as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of this article.