There shall be seven members constituting the Finance Committee. The members shall be appointed by the Moderator. When the Committee is first constituted, three shall be appointed for three years each, three shall be appointed for two years each, and three shall be appointed for one year each. At each annual meeting thereafter, the Moderator shall appoint three members for a term of three years each. The members shall serve without compensation.
[Adopted as Ch. 3, Art. 1, of the General Bylaws; amended 10-22-2007 STM by Art. 7]
A.
Whenever any vacancy shall occur in said Committee by resignation, removal from Town, death, failing to qualify, or otherwise, said vacancy shall be filled by the manner of the original appointment, and if any member is absent from five consecutive meetings of said Committee, except in case of illness, the Moderator shall consider said member's position vacant and shall proceed to fill the same.
B.
Term of office. The term of office of all persons chosen as aforesaid to fill vacancies shall expire at the close of final adjournment of the Annual Town Meeting next succeeding such vacancy, and at said Annual Town Meeting the Moderator thereof shall appoint a successor to fill out the unexpired term of each member whose office has been so vacated in the same manner as the original appointment.
A.
The duties of the Finance Committee will be to consider and report upon all requests for appropriations made by the different departments of the Town and make such recommendation for action at the Town Meetings as it deems to be in the best interests of the Town.
B.
It also shall consider all matters which involve municipal questions or policies and make recommendations as to these to the Town Meetings.
The Selectmen after drawing any warrant for a Town Meeting shall transmit immediately a copy thereof to each member of the Finance Committee, and said Committee shall consider all such articles.