[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Rumford 2-4-1952 as Ch. 11 of the 1952 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-14-1983; 6-14-1994; 6-8-2010; 6-8-2021 by Ord. No.
2021-02]
The secretary of each board and commission shall keep a complete
and accurate record of each meeting, regular or special, of his or
her board or commission and after the approval of the minutes by the
appropriate board or commission and within seven days following such
meeting shall file a copy thereof with the Town Clerk-Treasurer. The
Town Clerk-Treasurer shall keep such records in appropriate books
and binders, which shall be open to public inspection during business
hours.
All records and accounts of every official department or agency
of the Town shall be open to inspection at reasonable times and under
such regulations as the Town Manager may establish, except such records
of the Town Clerk-Treasurer as are by general law withdrawn from public
inspection.
The Town Manager, with the approval of the Board of Selectpersons,
shall prescribe the method and form of keeping records by the Building
Inspector, Health Officer and other appointive officers and agents
of whom records are required.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
The Board of Selectpersons shall prescribe the method and form
for keeping the records of the Police and Fire Departments.
The Town Manager shall keep available for reference a record
of all opinions obtained by the Town.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
On or before the 15th day of each month, the Town Manager with
the assistance of the Clerk-Treasurer and Auditor shall make a written
report to the Board of Selectpersons, showing the status of each account.
Said reports, or a copy thereof, shall be filed with the Town Clerk-Treasurer
and kept available for public inspection.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
On or before the first day of July of each year, the chairpersons
of all Town boards, committees and commissions shall notify the Town
Manager, in writing, of the time and place of the regular meetings
of their respective agencies for the ensuing year. The Town Manager
shall assemble and publish at least once in a local newspaper, or
by any other means as determined by the Selectpersons, an appropriate
schedule of such meetings, post a copy thereof in the Municipal Building
and file a copy thereof with the Town Clerk-Treasurer.
The Town Clerk-Treasurer, in connection with all sales of unmatured
tax liens, and the Board of Selectpersons, in connection with the
sales of all tax-acquired property, shall keep complete records of
such transactions in appropriate books to be provided therefor.
