Chapter Three
ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICIALS
Section 1. The Board of Selectmen will consist of five (5) members. There shall be an election held in April 1993 for the purpose of filling five (5) positions of the Board of Selectmen. This election will be conducted in the same manner for regular town elections.
Each of the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of office of three (3) years.
Each of the two (2) candidates receiving the third and fourth highest number of
votes shall be elected for a term of two (2) years.
Any members elected to the Board of Selectmen at the annual town election commencing in 1994 and thereafter shall be elected for a term of office of three (3) years. (5/92).
Section 2. There shall be such other Town officers, boards and committees serving
for such terms as are now or hereafter provided for by statute, by-law or vote of the Town. The adoption of this Charter shall not change the present officers, boards or committees, or their powers, duties or terms of office, except as expressly provided in this Chapter.
Section 2A. Vacancies: An elective or appointive office shall become vacant upon the
death, resignation, or removal from office of said office-holder in a manner authorized by law.
Any vacancy of an office, committee or board, with the exception of the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting Members, originally filled by election, shall be filled by a majority vote of the Board of Selectmen and the remaining members of the office, board or committee. This appointment shall be effective only until the next annual election of the town, at which time the vacancy shall be filled, by ballot, for the unexpired term of the previously vacant office.
Any vacancy of an office, board or committee to which the holder was originally appointment shall be filled for the unexpired term by the official or officials having the original power of appointment after which appointment to said office shall be in the manner and for the term hereinbefore provided.
Section 3. There shall be a Recreation Commission established under the provisions
of General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 45, Section 14 as amended, composed of seven members, all appointed by the Board of Selectmen, one to be appointed from each precinct and one to be appointed At Large. The Board of Selectmen shall initially appoint the At Large member and two precinct members for three year terms, two precinct members for two year terms, and two precinct members for a one year term. Thereafter, as their respective terms expire, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint succeeding members for there year terms.
Section 4. The Board of Health shall be the Town Board authorized and directed to
enforce all regulations and By-Laws relating to environmental control, and annually submit, for the consideration of the Town Meeting, such regulations and By-Laws as it deems proper to attain same, including but not limited to matters concerning noise abatement and the like, as provided in General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 40, Section 21, Paragraph (22), as amended.
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