In addition to those town agencies and officers created by the
charter, and until the town meeting shall approve an administrative
code, the following town agencies and officers are hereby created:
The person appointed by the town manager as town clerk shall
be appointed for a term of one year and shall be a resident of the
town.
In addition to those powers and duties given by the charter,
by other sections of these bylaws or otherwise given by law, the town
clerk shall have such additional powers and duties as the town manager
shall assign, consistent with law.
Unless otherwise specified in these bylaws, by the charter,
by a rule or regulation of a town agency or by other law, the town
clerk’s office shall be the official place for filing of any
document which may or should be filed in the town.
It shall be the duty of the town clerk to have available a supply
of current copies of the “Winchester Home Rule Charter”,
“Code of Bylaws, Town of Winchester”, “Zoning Bylaw
of the town of Winchester”, and all other rules and regulations,
for which a minimum fee shall be charged.
The town clerk shall, on or before each October 1st, and at such other times as the committee on rules may request, notify in writing each town meeting member who is subject to forfeiture of office for any of the reasons stated in Article 2, Section 2-5 (c), of the charter and submit a list of these town meeting members to the committee on rules.
[1]
Art 3 of the 1983 Fall Town Meeting deleted Sections 4 and
5 which set forth the eligibility and duties of Town Counsel since
such language is now found in the Charter.
The person appointed by the town manager to be town treasurer
shall be appointed for a term of one year.[1]
[1]
Art 15 of the 2003 Fall Town Meeting deleted the requirement
that the Treasurer be a resident of the Town.
In addition to those powers and duties otherwise given by law
or which the town manager shall assign, consistent with law, the town
treasurer shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)
The town
treasurer shall supervise and be responsible for the collection and
receipt of all sums and accounts due, owing or paid to the town, including
taxes and fees, and shall act as the town collector of taxes.
(b)
The town
treasurer shall report directly to the select board at such times
as they may direct or as he may deem appropriate, but at least semi-annually,
as to all uncollected claims or accounts due or owing to the town.
Such reports shall include the town treasurer’s recommendations
as to whether suit should be instituted on behalf of the town for
the establishment or collection of any claim or account for the benefit
of the town.
(c)
The town
treasurer shall supervise and be responsible for the prompt deposit,
safekeeping and management of all monies collected or received by
the town.
(d)
The town
treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds, monies, securities
or other things of value which are or have been given, bequeathed
or deposited in trust with the town for any purpose, including the
preservation, care, improvement or embellishment of Wildwood Cemetery,
or of burial lots therein. The town treasurer shall invest the same
as directed by the board of trust fund commissioners and shall distribute
the income therefrom on the order of or with the approval of the board
of trust fund commissioners.
The town manager shall appoint in March an employee who is a
registered professional engineer in Massachusetts.
In addition to those duties otherwise given by law or which
the selectmen or the town manager may request or authorize the town
engineer to perform, consistent with law, the town engineer shall
have the following powers and duties:
(a)
Unless otherwise
provided, the town engineer shall have custody of all plans and engineering
records of the town.
(b)
The town
engineer shall supervise and direct all engineering work undertaken
by any town agency in the performance of its duties or necessary in
connection with any work or undertaking authorized by any town agency.
In performing this duty, he shall prepare, or cause to be prepared,
all necessary plans and shall furnish all necessary engineering data
obtainable from the records or by use of the facilities of his office.
(c)
The town
engineer, under the direction of the town manager, shall assign numbers
to all buildings in the town (other than garages and other buildings
adjacent and appurtenant to dwellings) on or near the lines of streets
or private ways in accordance with a plan of uniform spacing in each
district established by the zoning bylaw.
Every building in the town may be identified by the number so
assigned to it or to a building to which it is appurtenant. The owner
of every building in the town shall affix and maintain thereon, or
place and maintain on or near the entrance walk thereto, the number
so assigned in figures of such size and so placed as to be visible
from the street on which it abuts.
(d)
The town
engineer shall generally advise and assist all town agencies with
respect to engineering matters.
The persons appointed by the town manager as constables shall
be appointed for a term of one year, shall be residents of the town
and shall make application for such office in accordance with Chapter
41, Section 91B of the General Laws.
The persons appointed by the select board as members of the
board of trust fund commissioners shall be appointed for a term of
three years, so arranged that the term of one member expires each
year. The members of the board of trust fund commissioners shall be
residents of the town.
In addition to those powers and duties otherwise given by law
or which the selectmen or town manager may assign, consistent with
law, the board of trust fund commissioners shall also have the management
and control of all funds, monies, securities or other things of value
which are or have been given, bequeathed, or deposited in trust with
the town treasurer in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 19 of the
General Laws or otherwise.
