Town of Deerfield, MA
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2023-10-23
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 10 Committees
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Article I Finance Committee
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Aging, Council on
- Ch 4 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 6 Selectboard
- Ch 10 Committees
- Ch 10 Art I Finance Committee
- § 10-1 Establishment; membership.
- § 10-2 Terms.
- § 10-3 Filling of vacancy.
- § 10-4 Officers.
- § 10-5 Duties of committee.
- § 10-6 Access of committee to information.
- § 10-7 Report to Town Meetings.
- Ch 20 Finances
- Ch 25 Inspector of Wires
- Ch 35 Personnel
- Ch 37 Planning Board
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Regional and Intermunicipal Services
- Ch 46 Town Clerk
- Ch 48 Town Meeting
- Ch 49 Town Office Building
- Ch 50 Town Property, Disposition of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 55 Alarms
- Ch 57 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 60 Animals
- Ch 67 Bridges
- Ch 69 Building Construction
- Ch 71 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 74 Canvassers and Solicitors
- Ch 81 Conservation Plan
- Ch 91 Excavations
- Ch 93 Farming
- Ch 95 Firearms
- Ch 102 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 119 Licenses
- Ch 123 Noncriminal Disposition
- Ch 130 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 136 Produce, Sale of
- Ch 138 Property Maintenance
- Ch 150 Sewers
- Ch 153 Special Sales
- Ch 155 Stormwater
- Ch 156 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 162 Tobacco
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 174 Water
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Division 2: Selectboard
- Ch 182 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 186 Fees
- Ch 197 Public Roads
- Ch 200 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 202 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Vehicles and Traffic
- Division 3: Board of Health
- Ch 215 Fees
- Ch 217 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 219 Garbage and Waste Disposal
- Ch 227 Milk
- Ch 236 Sewers
- Ch 239 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 242 Tobacco Products
- Division 4: Miscellaneous
- Ch 247 Alcoholic Beverage Establishments
- Ch 263 Site Plan Review Application Packet
- Ch 264 Subdivision of Land
- Appendix
- Ch A269 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Article V of the 7-10-1964 Compilation
of Bylaws]
A Finance Committee is hereby established to
consist of seven members.
The terms of the members shall be for three
years, but at the Annual Town Meeting to be held in the month of March
1936, the Moderator shall appoint three members to serve for three
years, three members to serve two years and one member to serve one
year, and thereafter the Moderator shall appoint members of the Committee
to serve for a period of three years.
Any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall
serve for the unexpired term.
Said Committee shall choose its Chairman and
Secretary.
All articles of the Warrant calling for appropriations
at any meeting shall be referred to this Committee. The Committee
shall examine and study the budget submitted by various Town departments.
This section is enlarged by Chapter 56 of the Acts of 1950, amending
MGL c. 39, § 16, in that the Finance Committee shall now
consider any or all municipal questions for the purpose of making
reports and recommendations to the Town.
The Committee shall have access to all facts,
figures, records and other information relating to all Town departments,
boards committees or officers, and the same shall be furnished forthwith
by any department, board, committee, officer or employee whenever
so requested by the Committee.
The Committee shall report in print or otherwise
at all Town Meetings. For the information of the voters, the report
to the Annual Town Meeting shall be in print.
