(a)
Elective
Town Offices - The town offices to be filled by the voters shall be
a board of selectmen, a school committee, and a town moderator.
(b)
Other
Offices Filled at Town Elections - In addition to the town offices
enumerated above, members of a Millbury Housing Authority, a Millbury
Redevelopment Authority, a Planning Board, a Board of Library Trustees,
a Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational School District Committee,
a Board of Assessors, a Board of Health and such other officers or
representatives to regional authorities or districts as may be established
by law or by interlocal agreement shall also be filled by ballot at
town elections.
(c)
Eligibility
- Any voter shall be eligible to hold any elective town office, provided
however, no person shall simultaneously hold more than one elected
town office as defined in this section.
(d)
Town
Election - The annual election of town officers and for the determination
of all questions to be referred to the voters, shall be held on such
date as may from time to time be provided by by-law.
(e)
Compensation
- Elected town officers shall receive such compensation for their
services as may be appropriated, annually, for such purpose.
(f)
Coordination
- Notwithstanding their election by the voters, the town officers
named in this section shall be subject to the call of the board of
selectmen or of the town manager, at all reasonable times, for consultation,
conference and discussion on any matter relating to their respective
offices.
(g)
Filling
of Vacancies -
(1)
Multiple Member Body - If there is a vacancy in a board consisting
of two or more members, other than the board of selectmen, the remaining
members shall forthwith give written notice of the existence of any
such vacancy to the board of selectmen. After one week's notice of
the date on which the vote shall be taken, the board of selectmen
with the remaining members or member of such board shall fill such
vacancy by a joint vote, until the next town election, at which the
vacancy will be filled by the voters for the remainder of the original
term. If such notice is not given within thirty days following the
date on which said vacancy occurs the board of selectmen shall, after
one week's notice, fill such vacancy without participation by the
remaining members of the multiple member body.
(2)
Board of Selectmen - If there is a failure to elect or if a vacancy
occurs in the office of selectmen, the remaining selectmen may call
a special election to fill the vacancy and shall call such special
election upon the request in writing of two hundred voters of the
town.
(h)
Recall of an Elected Official - Any holder of an elective town office, as defined in section 3-1(a), with more than six months remaining of the term for which elected, may be recalled by the provisions accepted by the town election, passed by the state legislature, and approved by the governor as Chapter 335 of the Acts of 1992.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a board of selectmen consisting of
five members elected for terms of three years each, so arranged that
the term of office of as nearly equal number of members as is possible
shall expire each year.
(b)
Powers
and Duties in General - The executive powers of the town shall be
vested in the board of selectmen which shall be deemed to be the chief
executive office of the town. The board of selectmen shall have all
of the executive powers it is possible for a board of selectmen to
have and to exercise. The board of selectmen shall serve as the chief
policy making agency of the town. The board of selectmen shall be
responsible for the formulation and promulgation of policy directives
and guidelines to be followed by all town agencies serving under it
and, in conjunction with other elected town officers and multiple
member bodies to develop and promulgate policy guidelines designed
to bring all town agencies into harmony. Provided however, nothing
in this section shall be construed to authorize any member of the
board of selectmen, nor a majority of such members, to become involved
in the day-to-day administration of any town agency.
(c)
Licensing
Authority - The board of selectmen shall be a licensing board for
the town and shall have a power to issue licenses as otherwise authorized
by law, to make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the
issuance of such licenses and to attach conditions and to impose restrictions
on any such license as it may issue as it deems to be in the public
interest, and to enforce all laws relating to all businesses for which
it issues any license.
(d)
Appointments
- The board of selectmen shall appoint a town manager, the town counsel,
registrars of voters (but not the town clerk) and other election officers,
the members of a board of appeals, a conservation commission, a Millbury
Historical commission, an industrial development financing authority,
a police chief and other police officers, a board of fire engineers,
a council on aging and a forest fire warden. The board of selectmen
may, in addition, from time to time, establish and appoint such study
or advisory committees of a non-permanent nature as it deems necessary
or desirable.
(e)
Investigations
- The board of selectmen may make investigations and may authorize
the town manager to investigate the affairs of the town and the conduct
of any town agency including any doubtful claims against the town.
The report of the results of such investigation shall be placed on
file in the office of the board of selectmen and a report summarizing
the results of such investigation shall be printed in the next annual
town report.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a school committee consisting of five
members elected for terms of three years each so arranged that the
term of office of as nearly an equal number of members as is possible
shall expire each year.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The school committee shall have all of the powers and
duties which are given to the school committees by general laws and
it shall have such additional powers and duties as may be authorized
by the charter, by by-law, or by other town meeting vote. The powers
of the school committee shall include, but are not intended to be
limited to the following:
(i)
to select and to terminate the superintendent.
(ii)
to review and approve budgets for public education in the district.
(iii)
to establish educational goals and policies for the schools in the
district with the requirements of law and statewide goals and standards
established by the board of education.
(a)
Term
of Office - There shall be a town moderator elected for a term of
three years.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a Millbury Housing Authority which
shall consist of five members serving for terms of five years each
so arranged that the term of one member shall expire each year. Four
of these members shall be elected by the voters and the fifth member
shall be appointed as provided in the general laws.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The Millbury Housing Authority shall make studies of
the housing needs of the community and shall provide programs to make
available housing for families of low income and for elderly persons
of low income. The Millbury Housing Authority shall have such other
powers and duties as are assigned to housing authorities by general
law.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a Millbury Redevelopment Authority
which shall consist of five members serving for terms of five years
each so arranged that the term of one member shall expire each year.
Four of these members shall be elected by the voters and the fifth
member shall be appointed as provided in the general laws.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The Millbury Redevelopment Authority shall determine
which areas within the town are decadent, sub-standard or blighted
open areas and shall prepare plans and undertake projects for the
clearance, conservation or rehabilitation of such areas. The Redevelopment
Authority shall have such other powers and duties as are assigned
to redevelopment authorities by general law.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a planning board consisting of five
members elected for terms of three years each, so arranged that the
term of office of as nearly an equal number of members as possible
shall expire each year.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The planning board shall make careful studies of the
resources, possibilities and needs of the town and shall make plans
for the development of the town. The board shall have the power to
make a comprehensive or master plan, setting forth in graphic and
textual form policies to govern the future growth and development
of the town. The board shall have the power to regulate the subdivision
of land within the town by the adoption of rules and regulations.
The planning board shall make recommendations to the town meeting
on all proposed warrant articles which affect land use and development,
including but not limited to proposals to amend the zoning by-laws
and the zoning map.
The planning board shall make an annual report, giving information
regarding the condition of the town and any plans or proposals for
its development and estimates of their costs. The planning board shall
have all of the other powers and duties which have been given to planning
boards by general law, by this charter, by by-laws or by other town
meeting vote.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a board of library trustees consisting
of seven members elected for terms of three years each, so arranged
that the term of office of as nearly an equal number of members as
possible shall expire each year.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The board of library trustees shall have the custody
and management of the public library and of all property of the town
related to the said library. All of the funds of money and property
that the town may receive by gift or bequest for the purpose of library
support and maintenance shall be administered by the board in accordance
with the provisions of any such gift or bequest. The board shall have
all of the other powers and duties which have been given to boards
of library trustees by general law, by this charter, by by-laws or
by other town meeting vote.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - The voters shall elect such members of the Blackstone
Valley Regional Vocational School Committee for such terms as may
be provided under the agreement and laws establishing the same.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The members of the Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational
School Committee shall, along with members of the committee from other
municipalities participating therein, be responsible for the management
and supervision of said school according to the agreement and laws
governing the same.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a board of assessors consisting of
three members elected for terms of three years each, so arranged that
the term of office of one member shall expire each year.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The board of assessors shall annually make a fair cash
valuation of all property, real and personal, subject to taxation
within the town. The board shall have all of the other powers and
duties which have been given to boards of assessors by general law,
by this charter, by by-laws or by other town meeting vote.
(a)
Composition,
Term of Office - There shall be a board of health consisting of three
members elected for terms of three years each, so arranged that the
term of office of one member shall expire each year.
(b)
Powers
and Duties - The board of health may make reasonable health regulations
and shall enforce the laws relating to public health, the provisions
of the state sanitary code, and all local health regulations. The
board shall have all of the other powers and duties which have been
given to boards of health by general law, by this charter, by by-laws
or by other town meeting vote.
Powers and Duties - All other elected officers shall have the
powers and duties which have been conferred upon their offices by
general law, by this charter, by by-laws or by other town meeting
vote.
