The charter may be replaced, revised or amended in accordance
with any procedure made available by Article LXXXIX of the Amendments
to the Constitution of the Commonwealth and any laws of the Commonwealth
enacted to implement said constitutional amendment.
[Added 5-11-2009 ATM
by Art. 31, approved 5-13-2010 Annual Town Election; amended 5-11-2015 ATM by Art. 26, approved 5-12-2016 Annual Town Election; 1-13-2021 by Chapter 344, Acts of 2020; 5-14-2022 ATM by Art. 46, approved 5-11-2023 Annual Town Election]
In each year ending in a zero, beginning with the year 2030,
a special committee shall be appointed by the select board for the
purpose of reviewing the provisions of the charter and shall have
the title of charter review committee. The charter review committee
shall submit a report to town meeting concerning any proposed amendments
or revisions to the charter which such committee deems necessary.
The provisions of this charter are severable. If any of the
provisions of this charter are held to be unconstitutional, or invalid,
the remaining provisions of this charter shall not be affected thereby.
If the application of this charter, or any of its provisions, to any
person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the application of
said charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances
shall not be affected thereby.
The following rules shall apply when interpreting the charter:
(a) Specific provisions to prevail: To the extent that any specific provision
of the charter shall conflict with any provision expressed in general
terms, the specific provision shall prevail.
(b) Number: Words imparting the singular number may extend and be applied
to several persons or things; words imparting the plural number may
include the singular.
[Amended 5-11-2015 ATM
by Art. 26, approved 5-12-2016 Annual Town Election]
(c) References to General Laws: All references to the General Laws or
the Laws of the Commonwealth contained in the charter refer to the
General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and are intended
to include any amendments or revisions to such chapters and sections
or to the corresponding chapters and sections of any rearrangement
of the General Laws enacted subsequent to the adoption of the charter.
(d) Computation of time: In computing time under the charter, if seven
days or less, only business days not including Saturdays, Sundays
or legal holidays shall be counted; if more than seven days, every
day shall be counted.