Except for the purposes of inquiry, the Council
and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely
through the Town Manager, and neither the Council nor any member thereof
shall give orders to any subordinate of the Town Manager, either publicly
or privately.
Neither the Town Council nor any of its committees
or members shall dictate the appointment of any person to office or
employment by the Town Manager nor in any manner interfere with the
Town Manager or prevent him/her from exercising his/her own judgment
in the appointment of officers and employees in the administrative
service.
All legal documents requiring the assent of
the Town shall be approved by the Town Council, attested to thereon
by the Town Clerk, approved thereon as to substance by the Town Manager
and approved thereon as to form by the Town Attorney, unless otherwise
provided by state law, the Town Charter or a Town ordinance.
All proposed ordinances and ordinance amendments,
regarding the regulations of land use or if to be sent to voter referendum
regardless of subject matter, shall be formally reviewed by legal
counsel prior to final approval, whether enacted by direct council
action or voter referendum or as required by Charter.
The rules of procedure as have been previously
adopted by the Standish Town Council and as may be amended from time
to time by the Standish Town Council shall be incorporated into this
Administrative Code by reference as this section.