[Amended 5-11-2015 ATM by Art. 26, approved 5-12-2016 Annual Town Election; 1-13-2021 by Chapter 344, Acts of 2020]
The offices to be filled by the voters shall be a select board, the town's representatives for the Monomoy Regional School Committee, a moderator, housing authority and such other regional authorities, districts or committees as may be required by law of the commonwealth or inter-local agreement.
[Amended 5-11-2009 ATM by Art. 31, approved 5-13-2010 Annual Town Election; 1-10-2013 by Chapter 457, Acts of 2012; 1-13-2021 by Chapter 344, Acts of 2020]
(a) 
Composition, Term of Office
There shall be a select board composed of five members elected for terms of three (3) years each, so arranged that the terms of as nearly an equal number of members as is possible shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties
The executive authority of the town shall be vested in the select board who shall serve as the chief policy making agency of the town. The select board shall continue to have and to exercise all the powers and duties vested in boards of selectmen and/or select boards by the laws of the commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties authorized by the charter, by bylaw or by vote of the town, except those powers and duties granted to the town manager under this charter.
The select board shall have the powers and duties of a water and sewer commission, unless the select board choose to delegate those powers and duties to another town agency. 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 administer and implement its policies and aid the board in its official duties, the select board shall appoint a town manager as provided in Part IV of this charter.
(c) 
Appointment Powers
The select board shall appoint a town manager, town counsel, registrars of voters, and election officials. The select board shall appoint members of boards, commissions or committees for which no other appointment provision is made in this Charter.
(d) 
Investigative Powers
The select board may investigate or may authorize the town manager to investigate the affairs of the town and the conduct of any town agency.
(e) 
Licensing Power
The select board shall be the licensing 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.
The select board shall enforce the laws relating to all businesses for which it issues any licenses. The select board may delegate such licensing authority unless specifically prohibited by the laws of the commonwealth.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 3-3, School Committee, was repealed by Art. 26 of the 5-11-2015 ATM and approved at the 5-12-2016 Annual Town Election.
(a) 
Term of Office
A moderator shall be nominated and elected by the voters for a term of three years. In the event of absence of the moderator the town meeting may elect a temporary moderator for the purpose of presiding over the meeting.
(b) 
Powers and Duties
The moderator shall have the powers and duties provided that office by the constitution and the laws of the commonwealth, by the charter, or by bylaw or by other town meeting vote. The moderator shall appoint a finance committee of nine members. Should the moderator fail to fill a vacancy on the finance committee within 45 days of having been notified in writing by the town clerk of said vacancy, a majority of the remaining members of the finance committee may nominate a person for each such vacancy. Should the moderator fail to take action on said nomination within 21 days, the nominee shall become a member of the finance committee.
(a) 
Composition, Term of Office
There shall be a housing authority composed of five members serving terms of five (5) years each, so arranged that the term of one member expires each year. Four members shall be elected by the voters and the fifth member shall be appointed as provided for by the laws of the commonwealth.
(b) 
Powers and Duties
The housing authority shall make studies of the housing needs of the town and shall provide programs for housing. The authority shall have all the powers and duties given to housing authorities under the laws of the commonwealth.