[Adopted as Art. IV, Sec. 11, and Art. VIA
of the 1983 Code]
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM
by Art. 2]
The Select Board shall appoint a Town Treasurer
and Collector of Taxes, who shall serve in office for a term of three
years, unless removed from office by the Select Board for cause.
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM
by Art. 2]
The Select Board shall appoint the Town Treasurer
and Collector after publicly advertising for applicants and after
complying with all the requirements of state and federal statutes.
The Town Collector, in addition to the powers
granted and the duties imposed by the provisions of MGL c. 41, § 38A,
shall have the following additional powers and duties:
A.
All accounts due the Town on the effective date hereof
and all accounts coming due thereafter shall be committed forthwith
to the Town Collector by the several boards, officers, committees
and employees of the Town in whose department or under whose jurisdiction
such account arose. Said commitments shall be made on forms to be
furnished by the Town Accountant to all such boards, officers, committees
and employees and shall contain all information in relation to each
such account due.
B.
Upon receipt of any such due account, the Town Collector
shall collect the same by any means authorized by the provisions of
the General Laws.
C.
If, in the opinion of the Town Collector, suit should
be brought to establish or collect any such account, the collection
of which by him is not specifically authorized by the provisions of
the General Laws, he shall notify the Select Board in writing.
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM
by Art. 2]
D.
The Town Collector shall semiannually, on the 15th
days of January and June, and at such other times as the Select Board
require or direct, report to the Select Board upon all uncollected
accounts in his hands. In addition, his January report shall contain
a description of the action taken on all such accounts during the
preceding year and shall be entered in the Annual Town Report as a
part of the report of the Town Collector.
[Amended 11-1-2021 STM
by Art. 2]
E.
The Town Collector shall be required to pay over to
the Town Treasurer at the end of each week all fees and charges collected
during the week, the same to then become Town funds.
