[Adopted 3-13-1913 ATM (Article 2 of the 1973 Bylaws and
Regulations)]
[Amended 5-4-1992 ATM, Art. 9; 5-4-2015 ATM, Art. 23]
It shall be the duty of the Moderator to maintain a board of
seven members to be known as the "Finance and Advisory Board," who
shall hold no elective office in the Town, and who shall serve without
pay. The term of appointment for said Board members shall be for alternating
three-year terms or for such shorter periods as may be necessary to
fill vacancies. At or following each Annual Town Meeting, the Moderator
shall appoint members to said Board; provided, however, that to implement
this reduction in the size of the Finance and Advisory Board, one
of the Board member positions expiring June 30, 2015 and one expiring
June 30, 2016 shall not be filled.
[Amended 5-4-1992 ATM, Art. 9]
Said Board shall act as an advisory board for
the town in all matters related to the raising and appropriating of
money, and in such other matters as they deem for the interest of
the town, and as they may be called upon from time to time by officials
and citizens of the town.
[Amended 3-20-1970 ATM, Art. 31]
A board of town officials or any town official
or citizen may call for the advice of said Finance and Advisory Board
in respect to town matters by first presenting the matter in brief
to the Chairman of said Board, who will call a meeting of said Board
to hear the case, if in his opinion, it is worthy of consideration;
after such hearing the Board shall report its findings to the petitioner,
and to such committee, board or town official that has been identified
with the case, with their recommendations. Said Finance Board shall
keep a record of all action taken by it.
The Finance Committee may require the various
officers and boards of the town to appear before it, at such time
and place as said Committee may appoint, for information and conference
upon the matters referred to said Committee, and it shall be the duty
of said officers and boards to appear before said Committee at the
times and places named; provided, however, that any information may
be withheld when in the opinion of said boards or officers the communication
thereof might injuriously affect the interest of the town.
