All records and accounts of every department, office, agency,
board, and commission of the Town shall be public records as defined
by State law, with such exceptions as are set forth in State law.
Public records shall be open to inspection by any person so requesting
in accordance with the provisions of State law.
All meetings of all public bodies in the Town shall be open
to the public, except as may otherwise be provided by State law.
The provisions of State law relating to conflict of interest
and ethics shall apply to all officials of the Town, in accordance
with all prohibitions and definitions therein contained. The Town
Council may at its discretion adopt additional conflict of interest
and code of ethics regulations by Ordinance.
No elected or appointed member of the Town government shall
hold more than one (1) position, elective or appointive, at the same
time, unless otherwise provided in this Charter. No employee of the
Town shall hold an elective office in the Town government. For the
purpose of this article, call fire personnel, notaries public, and
members of the police reserve shall be considered neither elected
nor appointed officials of Town government, nor as Town employees.
Every elected or appointed officer and member of a board, commission,
or committee who is elected or appointed for a specific term, shall
continue to hold such position until a successor is elected and qualified.
[Amended 11-4-2008]
The Town Clerk's Office and the local libraries will make available a limited number of copies of the Town budget book to all residents at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearing on the budget as prescribed in § C-5.05 of Article V of this Charter. The Town Budget will also available on the Town's web site in its entirety.
[Added 11-4-2008]
The Town Clerk with the approval the Town Solicitor may make
technical and grammatical changes to the Charter provided they do
not affect the substance of the Charter.
