All General Laws, special laws, Town by-laws, votes, rules and
regulations of or pertaining to the Town which are in force when the
amendments to the Town Charter approved at the 2015 Annual Town Meeting
take effect and which are not specifically or by clear implication
repealed hereby, shall continue in full force and effect until amended
or rescinded by due course of law or expire by their own limitation.
Following the effective date of the amendments to the Town Charter
approved at the 2015 Annual Town Meeting, all Town agencies shall
continue to perform their duties until re-appointed or re-elected,
or until successors to their respective positions are duly appointed
or elected or their duties have been transferred.
Any person holding a Town office or employment under the Town
as of the effective date of the amendments to the Town Charter approved
at the 2015 Annual Town Meeting affected by the changes authorized
by the Town at said meeting shall retain such office or employment
and shall continue to perform his/her duties until provision shall
have been made in accordance with the Charter for the performance
of the said duties by another person or agency; provided, however,
that no person in the permanent fulltime service or employment of
the Town shall forfeit his pay grade or time in service. All such
persons shall be retained in a capacity as similar to their former
capacity as it is practical to do so.
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The amendments to this Charter approved at the 2015 Annual Town Meeting shall take effect immediately upon approval by the voters of the Town at the 2016 Annual Town Election. Upon the effective date of the amendments, the elected Park and Recreation Commission and Trustees of Veterans Memorials shall be abolished. At that time, they shall, by operation of law, become appointed multiple member bodies of the Town and the terms of the elected incumbents shall terminate. Any elected incumbents serving on the Park and Recreation Commission or Trustees of Veterans Memorials as of the effective date of the amendments shall serve as the first appointees to such multiple member bodies for such periods of time equivalent to the remainder of their respective elected terms, or sooner resignation, retirement or removal. As vacancies arise on said multiple member bodies, they shall be filled in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Charter as revised, including Sections 3-2, 7-10 and 7-11.
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No contracts or liabilities in force upon the effective date
of this act shall be affected by the consolidation of public works
functions authorized hereunder or of the change in the manner of selection
of the Park and Recreation Commission and Trustees of Veterans Memorials.
All records, property and equipment whatsoever of any office, department,
or part thereof assigned to the department of public works created
under this act or of the elected Park and Recreation Commission and
Trustees of Veterans Memorials shall by operation of law be so assigned
to the said department of public works and appointed successor boards,
respectively.
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