Town of Wrentham, MA Codification Style

Chapter 1

ARTICLE I

§ (chapter)-(number). [Title.]

(Subsections)

(level one) A.

(level two) (1)

(level three) (a)

(level four) [1]

(level five) [a]

The legislative history, including the date and article number of any action by Town Meeting, is shown following the relevant article, section or subsection in the following format: [Added/Amended (date) ATM/STM by Art. (#)]

Chapter 100

GENERAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE I

Committees and Boards in General

§ 100-1. Establishment; standing and ad-hoc committees.

A. Town committees may be established, and may be given responsibilities and authorities, as set forth in these bylaws, and consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

B. The standing committees shall be: [Amended 6-9-2014 ATM by Art. 20; 11-4-2019 STM by Art. 13]

(1) Finance Committee.

(2) Cable Advisory Committee.

(3) Town Common Landscape/Memorial Committee.

. . . and so forth.

§ 100-2. Membership, appointment and organization. [Amended 6-9-2014 ATM by Art. 20; 6-8-2015 ATM by Art. 35]

Committees may have members who are appointed in accordance with these bylaws; and may have ex-officio members, who shall serve without voting authority unless these bylaws provide for such voting authority.

A. Membership. No person whose principal residence is not within the Town of Wrentham and who is not a registered voter of the Town of Wrentham may be appointed by the Select Board or the Moderator to serve on any Town committee. Any member of a committee or of an elected board who removes from the Town shall be deemed to have vacated his/her office. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any ex-officio positions or those specifically provided for by Town bylaw. Any person appointed to any committee must be duly sworn in by the Wrentham Town Clerk or any other state-authorized authority within 60 days of the date of the appointment or the appointing authority may consider that the person has declined the appointment and may appoint someone else.

[Amended 11-21-2022 STM by Art. 2]

B. Appointment and resignation; compensation.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to notify in writing all members of elected boards and committees, upon their appointment, stating the name of the elected board or committee and business for which it was appointed.

(2) Except as otherwise prescribed by statute or by a bylaw, all personnel serving on all standing committees shall be appointed for three-year terms on a staggered basis and arranged so that approximately 1/3 of the members will expire each year. All personnel serving on all ad-hoc committees shall be appointed for one-year terms; however, whenever an ad-hoc committee is created at a Special Town Meeting, the term of the initial appointments shall conclude on June 30 of the following fiscal year. Nothing in this bylaw shall be construed as preventing the reappointment by the proper appointing authority of any individual to any standing committee or to any other committee the life of which has been extended for another year by the vote of the Annual Town Meeting.

. . . and so forth.