[Amended 4-12-1999 STM by Art. 1; 10-21-2002 STM by Art. 7; 4-15-2008 ATM by Art. 34; 11-1-2021 STM by Art. 6]
There shall be an Advisory Committee, which shall consist of seven voters of the Town. No member shall be appointed who is a Town officer, employee or member of another Town committee, appointed or elected; provided, however, that an Advisory Committee member may belong to one ad hoc committee that is appointed by an elected board or official or one other committee appointed by the Moderator under the following restrictions:
A. The Advisory member’s participation is approved by majority vote of the Advisory Committee excluding the member desiring to participate in the above committees.
B. The Advisory member may not vote or be counted for purposes of a quorum during Advisory meetings when matters subject to the jurisdiction of the above other committees are presented to the Advisory Committee.
After March 1948, the Moderator shall, within 60 days after the date of his election or within 60 days after any vacancy occurs in the Advisory Committee, fill, for the unexpired balance of the term of any member of said Committee, any vacancy which may occur in the membership of said Committee and shall annually thereafter, as the terms of members of the present Advisory Committee expire, appoint three members for terms of three years each.
Initial appointments shall be one member for one-year, one member for two years and one member for three years.
[Amended 4-8-1985 ATM by Art. 47; 10-21-2002 STM by Art. 7]
Any member of said Committee who shall be absent from the Town for four consecutive months or who shall remove from the Town shall, upon his/her qualifying for the office to which he was elected or upon absence or removal, cease to be a member of said Committee. The Moderator may rescind an appointment to the Committee if notified by the Chair of the Advisory Committee that the appointee has failed to attend four consecutive meetings and may fill any vacancy for the unexpired term.
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM by Art. 6]
Said Committee shall choose from its membership a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and a Secretary.
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM by Art. 2]
The various Town officers, boards and committees charged with the expenditure of the Town's money shall annually prepare detailed estimates of the amounts necessary to carry on the Town's business entrusted to them for the ensuing year, with explanatory statements as to any changes from the amount appropriated for the same purpose in the preceding year. They shall also prepare estimates of any income which may be received by the Town during the ensuing year in connection with the Town's business or property in their care. The Select Board shall include in their estimates the salaries of all elected Town officers and all other items not otherwise provided for, and the salaries of all other persons shall be included in the estimates of the officers, boards or committees appointing them. The Treasurer shall include in his estimates the amounts required for the payment of interest on the obligations of the Town and the amount of maturing indebtedness during the succeeding year. Said estimates and explanations shall be filed with the Secretary of the Advisory Committee on or before the 30th day of January, and said Secretary shall forthwith compile said estimates in tabulated form and add thereto two columns, one giving the amounts appropriated and the other giving the amounts expended in the current year, and shall furnish a copy to each member of the Advisory Committee.
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM by Art. 2]
Said Committee shall at once consider the estimates and add another column to said compilation showing the amounts which, in its opinion, should be appropriated for the ensuing year and may add thereto such explanations, suggestions and recommendations in relation to the proposed appropriations as they deem expedient and report the same to the Select Board. Said compilation shall be printed and distributed with the Town Report prior to the Annual Town Meeting.