[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Braintree 5-18-2010 by Ord. No.
09-053. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Charter provisions — See Charter § 2-8(c).
The Town Council shall appoint a Clerk of the Council to serve
for a term of three years and until a successor is chosen and qualified.
The salary of the Clerk of the Council shall be established by the
Town Council and incorporated into the Town's Wage and Salary
Classification Plan at a grade approved by the Town Council.
A.
The Clerk of the Council shall give notice of Town Council meetings
to its members and to the public, keep the journal of its proceedings
and perform any other duties that may be provided by ordinance or
by other vote of the Town Council.
B.
The Clerk of the Council shall serve as a liaison between all Town
agencies and members of the public and the Town Council. The Clerk
of the Council attends regular Town Council meetings or meetings as
directed by the Council President, supervises the recording of meeting
minutes, prepares meeting agenda packages and other material as required,
and notifies all applicable parties of actions taken at Town Council
meetings.
C.
The Clerk of the Council shall maintain records of all Town Council
votes, activities, resolutions, ordinances, changes and proposals
and provide copies of the ordinances enacted during the year for inclusion
into the Town's annual report.
D.
The Clerk of the Council is responsible for publishing and posting every proposed ordinance, appropriation order or loan authorization in a local newspaper, on the Town's official website, and in any additional manner as described in Section 2-9 of the Charter. The Clerk of the Council shall include in every publication of a proposed ordinance, appropriation order or loan authorization the following disclaimer: "This document is published for the benefit of the public, solely for purposes of information and to make the public aware of the general nature of certain subject matter the Town Council may consider at a future meeting. This publication is not intended to suggest that the measure will be adopted in this precise form, that it will be adopted with amendments, or that it will be adopted at all. Notwithstanding any amendments which may be made to this proposal by the Town Council it will not be published again before final enactment unless at least three Councilors vote to require such publication before final enactment."
E.
The Clerk of the Council shall record all ordinances in the order
in which they are passed to be ordained in a book prepared and kept
for that purpose. This book shall be referred to as the "Records of
Ordinances of the Town of Braintree" and shall be preserved in the
office of the Town Clerk and shall be available for public inspection.
F.
The Clerk of the Council shall notify the Mayor, Chief of Staff and
Operations, Town Solicitor, Town Auditor, Director of Municipal Finance,
and any other Town agency affected thereby of all orders passed by
the Town Council authorizing appropriations, loan authorizations,
or ordinances, or directing the Town agency to do or to refrain from
doing something, promptly after such orders are passed by the Town
Council. The Clerk of the Council shall also file with the Mayor and
the Town Solicitor a copy of each ordinance, order or resolution passed
by the Town Council.
