All Town Agencies shall continue to perform their duties until reappointed, or reelected, until successors to their respective positions are duly appointed or elected, or until their duties have been transferred and assumed by another Town Agency in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
Any person holding a Town Office, or a position in the administrative service of the Town, or any person holding full time employment under the Town, shall retain such office, position, or employment, and shall continue to perform the duties of the same until and unless provisions shall have been made for the performance of those duties by another person or Town Agency; provided, however, that no person in the permanent full time service of the Town shall forfeit their pay grade, or time in the service of the Town as a result of the adoption of this Charter. To the extent that it is practicable do so, all such persons shall be retained in as similar a capacity as the one in which they are serving at the time this Charter is adopted and any reduction in the personnel needs of the Town as a result of said adoption shall be accomplished through a policy of attrition, unless specific provision is otherwise made in this article.
Whenever the powers and duties of any Town Office, Department or Agency are assigned in whole or in part to another, such Town Office, Department, or Agency, all records, property and equipment of the former shall be transferred forthwith to the latter, to the extent that such assignment makes it necessary to do so.
(a) 
Forthwith following the election at which this Charter is adopted the incumbent members of the Select Board shall be invited to attend a drawing, to be conducted by the Town Clerk, at which a number, drawn by lot, shall be permanently assigned to represent each of the five "seats" that constitute the Select Board. As the terms of office of the incumbent members of the Select Board thereafter expire, candidates shall run for the office of select person by the number assigned to a specific "seat". No person may be a candidate for more than one numbered "seat" at any one election.
(b) 
Until such time as a different form of organization is provided, and in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1 of this Charter, the administrative structure of the Town, as it is presently constituted, shall continue to be operative.
(NOTE: A listing of all appointments, the terms of office, the number of members and the officer or agency responsible for each appointment is available for examination by the public in the office of the Select Board, and at other public places in the Town.)