The term of any elected officer shall begin the first day following
election of said officer. Any officer shall serve for his/her prescribed
term or until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
Every Town officer or official shall be sworn to the faithful
discharge of the duties incumbent upon him/her according to the Constitution
and laws of the State of Maine and the Charter and ordinances of the
Town and shall be sworn to support the Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of the State of Maine.
Any officer or employee who has a substantial financial interest,
direct or indirect, in any contract with the Town or in the sale of
any land, material, supplies or services to the Town or to a contractor
supplying the Town shall make known that interest and shall refrain
from voting upon or otherwise participating in his/her capacity as
an officer or employee in making of such sale or in the making or
performance of such contract. Any officer or employee who willfully
conceals such a substantial financial interest or willfully violates
the requirements of this section shall be guilty of malfeasance in
office or position and shall forfeit his/her office or position. Violation
of this section with the knowledge, express or implied, of the person
or corporation contracting with or making a sale to the Town shall
render the contract or sale voidable by the Council.
A.Â
Activities prohibited.
(1)Â
No persons shall be appointed to or removed from or in any way favored
or discriminated against with respect to any Town position or appointive
Town administrative office solely on the basis of race, age, sex,
marital status, political or religious opinions or affiliations, national
origin, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability,
religion or ancestry.
(2)Â
No person who holds or seeks an elective or compensated appointive
Town position shall solicit any assessments, contributions, or services
for any political party from any employee in the municipal service.
B.Â
Penalties. Any person found in violation of this section or any ordinance
enacted pursuant to this section by a court of competent jurisdiction
or by the Council acting in a judicial capacity shall be ineligible
for a period of five years thereafter to hold any Town office or employment
and shall immediately forfeit his/her office or position.
If any provision of this Charter is held invalid, the other
provisions of the Charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application
of the Charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstance
is held invalid, the application of the Charter and its provisions
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. If
any provision of this Charter is held invalid by reason of any conflict
with state or federal law, the provisions of the applicable state
or federal law shall automatically become incorporated in this Charter
in place of the invalid Charter provision.
