The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a Town Accountant in accordance with applicable provisions of the General Laws. He shall have and perform for the Town all the duties prescribed by the statutes of the commonwealth for a town accountant.
The Board of Selectmen shall annually appoint an Inspector of Gas Piping and Gas Appliances whose duty shall be the enforcement of the rules and regulations adopted by the Gas Fitting Board established in 1960 under MGL c. 25, § 12-H.
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Treasurer-Collector. In his annual report, which shall be printed in the Annual Town Report, the Town Treasurer-Collector shall state specifically the objects for which the debt of the Town was increased during the preceding year and recite the authority under which the money was borrowed and shall render a classified statement of all expenditures and receipts of the Town, together with a statement of the Town debt in such detail as to give a fair and full exhibit of the objects and methods of all expenditures.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. The Sealer of Weights and Measures shall annually make a written report to the Board of Selectmen, on or before the January 15 in each year, to be printed in the Annual Town Report, containing an account of his work, receipts and expenditures during the preceding year, together with such other information and recommendations which he may deem proper.
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Assessors. The annual report of the Assessors to the Board of Selectmen, for inclusion in the Annual Town Report, shall be submitted on or before January 15 and shall have appended to it a table of the valuation, real, personal and total, the rate of taxation, and the amount of money raised.
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Planning Board. The Planning Board shall annually make a written report to the Board of Selectmen, on or before January 15, to be printed in the Annual Town Report, containing an account of its work for the preceding year and recommendations for the best interests of the Town's future growth.
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Library Trustees. The Trustees of the free public library shall submit to the Board of Selectmen, on or before January 15 in each year, a detailed report of their doings and of the condition of the library, with such recommendations that they deem necessary, to be printed in the Annual Town Report.
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Park Commission. The Park Commission shall submit to the Board of Selectmen, on or before January 15 in each year, a detailed report of its doings, to be printed in the Annual Town Report.
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Regional School Committee. It shall be the duty of the representatives of the Town serving on the Regional School Committee to provide to the Board of Selectmen, for inclusion in the Town Report, an annual report of their doings, to include all details of operation.
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Boards and committees. All boards and committees of the Town, whether elected or appointed, shall make an annual written report to the Board of Selectmen, to be included in the Annual Town Report, of their official doings of the preceding year and shall include in such report their recommendations of the work to be done and an estimate of the cost thereof for the ensuing year in their several departments. Such reports are to be filed with the Board of Selectmen on or before January 15 in each year.
All boards and committees of the Town shall submit a proposed, detailed budget for the current year, in requested quantities, on prescribed forms provided by the Board of Selectmen, on or before December 15 in each year, unless otherwise provided for by statute, to the Board of Selectmen.
All full-time Town departments in the Town Hall, namely, the Board of Selectmen's office, Town Administrator's office, Town Accountant's office, Town Treasurer-Collector's office, Community Development Director's office, Assessors' office, Veterans' Affairs' office, Town Clerk's office, Director of Public Works' office, and Board of Health's office, shall hereinafter remain open continuously at a minimum during a period set by a majority of the members of the Board of Selectmen. The lunch period, staggered or otherwise, shall not exceed 1/2 hour.