[ATM Art. 19, 5-3-2022; ATM Art. 20, 5-3-2022; ATM Art. 25,
5-3-2022]
(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 or state 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 and appointed 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.
[ATM Art. 19, 5-3-2022; ATM Art. 20, 5-3-2022; ATM Art. 23,
5-3-2022]
(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) Investigations
- The board of selectmen may make investigations and may authorize
through the police department, the town manager, the town counsel
or other appropriate entity the investigation of 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.
(e) Appointments
- The Select Board shall appoint:
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a town manager, selected in accordance with Section 4-1, to serve for an indefinite term
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town counsel, to serve for an indefinite term
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registrars of voters and other election officers in a manner
provided by Massachusetts General Law
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a board of appeals, as provided in the zoning by-law
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a conservation commission, to consist of five members appointed
for terms of three years each
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a historical commission, to consist of seven members appointed
for terms of three years each
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an industrial development financing authority, to consist of
five members appointed for terms of three years each
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a chief of police
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a board of fire engineers
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a council on aging to consist of seven members
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a forest fire warden.
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The Select Board may, in addition, establish and appoint
such study or advisory committees of a non-permanent nature as it
deems necessary or desirable.
[ATM Art. 19, 5-3-2022; ATM Art. 20, 5-3-2022]
(a) There
shall be a board of library trustees consisting of six 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.
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.