The Town shall have all the powers now or hereafter granted to the Town by the home rule and other provisions of the Constitution and General Laws of the state and shall have complete powers of legislation and administration in relation to its municipal functions together with all powers implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted. The Town shall have power to enact ordinances and to make rules and regulations necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers and such ordinances may be made enforceable by the imposition of fines, forfeitures and penalties. The Town may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any public purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, lease, devise or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as its interests may require: and except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state, or restricted by this Charter, the Town shall have and may exercise all municipal powers, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this Charter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such power, it is intended that the Town shall have and may exercise all powers which under the Constitution of this state are permissible expressly or impliedly for this Charter to specifically enumerate.
All laws relating to the Town are hereby superseded to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter except such laws as are enacted in accordance with the powers reserved to the General Assembly by the Constitution of this state.
Except insofar as they are inconsistent with this Charter, all the ordinances, rules, regulations, and resolutions heretofore enacted by the Council and any board or commission shall continue in effect until superseded by action of the Council.
To the extent that any specific provision contained in this Charter conflicts with any provision expressed in general terms, the specific provision shall prevail.
The Town may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one or more state, or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof, provided that the other political entity or entities have the same power by charter or legislation to similarly contract.