Any person holding an appointive or elective office may resign
his or her office by filing a resignation with the Town Clerk, and
such resignation shall be effective immediately, unless a time certain
is specified therein when it shall take effect.
An appointee may be removed from office before his or her term
expires by the appointing authority. When an appointee is so removed,
the reason for such removal shall be set forth in detail and communicated
to him or her in writing. This Section shall not apply to Town employees
whose working status is governed by the civil service laws of the
Commonwealth.
Elected officers shall be compensated in an amount authorized
by Town Meeting and provided for by a Town Meeting appropriation.
[Amended 5-9-2022 ATM by Art. 15]
Appointed Town officers shall receive such compensation for
their services as the Select Board, or whoever appointed them, shall
determine; but not exceeding the amounts appropriated for these salaries
by the Town Meeting, and not inconsistent with salaries determined
by collective bargaining contracts, civil service regulations, or
the Massachusetts General Laws.
