(a) 
Elective Offices.
The offices to be filled by the voters shall be the select board, school committee, board of assessors, board of health, board of library trustees, moderator, planning board, housing authority and such members of regional authorities or districts as may be established by statute, interlocal agreement or otherwise.
(b) 
Eligibility.
Any voter shall be eligible to hold any elective town office, but no person holding any elective town office shall simultaneously hold any other elective town office.
(c) 
Nomination Procedures.
The number of signatures of voters required to place the name of a candidate for any town office on the official ballot for use at any town election shall be not less than fifty.
(d) 
Election.
The regular election of town officers shall be held annually on a date fixed by bylaw.
(e) 
Compensation.
Elected town officers shall receive for their services such compensation as may annually be provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(f) 
Coordination of Officers.
Notwithstanding their election by the voters, the town officers named in this article shall be subject to the call of the select board, at all reasonable times, for consultation, conference and discussion on any matter relating to their respective offices.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office.
There shall be a select board consisting of five members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The executive powers of the town shall be vested in the select board. The select board shall have all of the powers and duties given to boards of selectmen under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by other town meeting vote. The select board shall cause the laws and orders for the government of the town to be enforced and shall cause a record of all its official acts to be kept. To aid the board in its official duties, the select board shall appoint a town manager, as provided in article 4.
(c) 
Appointing Powers.
The select board shall appoint the town manager, town counsel, town comptroller, registrars of voters (but not the town clerk) and other election officers, and members of all appointed multiple-member bodies for whom no other method of selection is provided by the charter or by bylaw, except persons serving under other elected town officers and officials appointed by state officers.
(d) 
Licensing Authority.
The select board shall be the license board of the town and shall have the power to issue licenses, to make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the issuance of such licenses and to attach such conditions and restrictions thereto as it deems to be in the public interest, and to enforce the laws relating to all businesses for which it issues licenses.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office.
There shall be a school committee consisting of five members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year.[1]
[1]
Art 2 1978 Fall Town Meeting changed the number of members from five to six. Art 14 1985 Fall Town Meeting changed the number of members from six to five.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The school committee shall have all of the powers and duties school committees are given under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by other town meeting vote. The powers of the school committee shall include but need not be limited to the following:
(1) 
The school committee shall appoint a superintendent of the schools and all other officers and employees associated with the schools, fix their compensation and define their duties, make rules concerning their tenure of office, and discharge them.
(2) 
The school committee shall make all reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with law, for the administration and management of the public schools of the town.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office.
There shall be a board of assessors consisting of three members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that one term shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The board of assessors shall annually make a valuation of all property, both real and personal, within the town. It shall have all of the powers and duties given to boards of assessors under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by other town meeting vote.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office.
There shall be a board of health consisting of three members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that one term shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The board of health shall be responsible for the formulation and enforcement of rules and regulations affecting the environment and the public health. It shall have all of the powers and duties given to boards of health under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by other town meeting vote.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office.
There shall be a board of library trustees consisting of five members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The board of library trustees shall have the custody and management of the library and of all property of the town related thereto. All money raised or appropriated by the town for its support and maintenance shall be expended by the board, and all money or property that the town may receive by gift or bequest shall be administered by the board in accordance with the provisions of such gift or bequest. The board of library trustees shall have all of the powers and duties given to boards of library trustees under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by other town meeting vote.
(a) 
Term of Office.
There shall be a moderator elected for a one-year term.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The moderator, as provided in section 2-7, shall preside and regulate the proceedings at all sessions of the town meeting, and shall have all of the powers and duties given to moderators under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by other town meeting vote.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office.
There shall be a planning board consisting of five members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The planning board shall make studies and prepare plans concerning the resources, possibilities and needs of the town. The planning board shall have the power to regulate the subdivision of land within the town by the adoption of rules and regulations governing such development. The planning board shall annually report to the town giving information regarding the condition of the town and any plans or proposals known to it affecting the resources, possibilities and needs of the town. The planning board shall have all of the powers and duties given to planning boards under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw, or by other town meeting vote.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office.
There shall be a housing authority consisting of five members. Four members shall be chosen by ballot; the fifth member shall be a resident of the town, appointed by the Commonwealth commissioner of community affairs or as otherwise provided by law. Housing authority members shall serve five-year terms, so arranged that one term shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties.
The housing authority shall have all of the powers and duties given to housing authorities under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by other town meeting vote.