The organization of the Town for the provision of services and administration of the government shall be in accordance with a Table of Organization published annually in the Town Report. The Table of Organization may be amended by either of the methods provided in this Article.
(a) 
Bylaws – Except as otherwise provided by the Massachusetts General Laws or by this Charter, the Town Meeting may, by Town Bylaw, reorganize, consolidate, create, merge, divide or abolish any Town Department, board or committee, or office, in whole or in part; establish new Town Departments, boards or committees, or offices as it deems necessary or advisable, and determine the manner of selection, the terms of office and the functions of all such Town Departments, boards or committees, or offices; provided however, that no function assigned to a particular Town Department, board or committee, or office by this Charter may be discontinued or assigned to any other Town Department, board or committee, or office.
(b) 
Administrative Order – The Town Manager may, from time to time, prepare as an administrative order, a plan of organization or reorganization of Town Departments, boards or committees, or officers over which the Town Manager has control, as the Town Manager deems necessary or advisable for the orderly, efficient and convenient conduct of Town business. The administrative order may:
1. 
Consolidate, create, merge, divide or abolish, in whole or part, any Town Department, board or committee, or office over which the Town Manager has control.
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Establish new Town Departments, boards or committees, or offices.
3. 
Prescribe the functions and administrative procedures to be followed by all such Departments, boards or committees, or offices, and transfer the appropriations of one Town Department, board or committee, or office to another insofar as such transfer is not inconsistent with the use for which the funds were appropriated; provided, however, that no function assigned by this Charter to a particular Town Department, board or committee, or office may be discontinued or assigned to another Town Department, board or committee, or office.
The Town Manager shall submit such administrative orders to the Select Board. The Select Board shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing on each such administrative order within thirty (30) days of receipt, giving notice by publication in a local news medium, which notice shall describe the scope of the proposal and the time and place at which the public hearing will be held.
Following the public hearing, the proposal, which may be amended following the public hearing, shall be subject to final review by the Select Board.
An administrative order submitted by the Town Manager shall become effective at the expiration of sixty (60) days following the date of its first submission to the Select Board unless the Select Board by an affirmative vote of at least three (3) members has sooner approved, amended or disapproved it.
(a) 
Any appointed member of a board or committee may be removed from office by the appointing authority in accordance with the following procedure:
1. 
A written notice of intent to remove and a statement of the reason or reasons therefor shall be delivered by certified mail to the last known address of the person sought to be removed.
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Within five (5) business days of the date of the delivery of such notice, the member may request a public hearing, at which such member may be represented by counsel, and shall be entitled to present evidence, call witnesses and question any witnesses appearing at the hearing.
3. 
Not later than ten (10) days after the public hearing is adjourned, or if the member fails to request a public hearing in a timely fashion, not later than fifteen (15) days after delivery of the notice of intent to remove, the appointing authority shall take final action, either removing the member or allowing the member to continue in office. Failure of the appointing authority to take any action within the time period set forth in this Section shall be deemed to be a decision allowing the member to continue in office.
(b) 
A failure to reappoint a member of a board or committee at the end of the member’s prescribed term of office shall not be considered a removal from office subject to the provisions of Section 6-2(a) of this Charter.
During the term of office of any person appointed to serve as a member of a board or committee, if such member shall fail to attend four (4) or more consecutive meetings thereof, or half of all the meetings thereof in any fiscal year, a majority of the remaining members of the board or committee may, by vote, declare the office vacant. Not less than ten (10) days prior to the date said vote is scheduled to be taken, notice of such vote shall be provided to the member whose removal is sought in hand or by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Whenever a vacancy occurs in any appointed Town office or position of employment, or whenever, by reason of a pending retirement or expiration of a fixed term, a vacancy can be anticipated, the appointing authority shall cause public notice of such vacancy to be given for not less than ten (10) days. Such notice shall contain a description of the duties of the office or position of employment and a listing of the necessary or desirable qualifications thereof. No permanent appointment to fill such office or position or employment shall be effective until seventeen (17) days following the date such public notice was given. This Section shall not apply where it is in conflict with the provisions of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Charter to the contrary, appointed members of boards or committees shall be entitled to continue to serve in their respective offices until a successor is duly qualified.