[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Dudley 10-30-2017 by Art. 28 (Art. 38 of the 1952 General Bylaws). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-22-2020 by Art. 14]
The Board of Selectmen shall establish and appoint a committee to be known as the "Capital Improvement Planning Committee," composed of one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Finance, Appropriation and Advisory Committee, and four members at large. The Town Administrator, Town Treasurer/Collector and the Town Accountant shall be ex officio Committee members without the right to vote. The Committee shall choose its own officers.
A. 
The Committee shall study proposed capital projects and improvements involving major nonrecurring tangible assets and projects which:
(1) 
Are purchased or undertaken at intervals of not less than five years;
(2) 
Have a useful life of at least five years; and
(3) 
Cost $20,000 or more.
B. 
All officers, boards and committees shall, by June 30 of each year, give to the Committee, on forms prepared by it, information concerning all anticipated projects requiring Town Meeting action during the ensuing five years. The Committee shall consider the relative need, impact, timing and cost of these expenditures and the effect each will have on the financial position of the Town.
C. 
No appropriation shall be voted for a capital improvement requested by a department, board or commission unless the proposed capital improvement is considered in the Committee's report, or the Committee shall first have submitted a report to the Board of Selectmen explaining the omission.
The Committee shall prepare an annual report recommending a capital improvement budget for the next fiscal year and a capital improvement program, including recommended capital improvements for the following five fiscal years. The report shall be submitted to the Board of Selectmen for its consideration and approval and to the FAA for its recommendation. The Board shall submit its approved capital budget to the Fall Annual Town Meeting for adoption by the Town.
The capital improvement program, after its adoption, shall permit the expenditure on projects included therein of sums from departmental budgets for surveys, architectural or engineering advice, options or appraisals, but no such expenditure shall be incurred on projects which have not been so approved by the Town through the appropriation of sums in the current year or in prior years, or for preliminary planning for projects to be undertaken more than five years in the future.
The Committee's report and the Selectmen's recommended capital budget shall be published and made available in a manner consistent with the distribution of the Finance, Appropriation and Advisory Committee report. The Committee shall deposit its original report with the Town Clerk.