Any person holding a town office or employment
under the town shall retain such office or employment and shall continue
to perform the duties of the office until provisions shall have been
made in accordance with this charter for the performance of the said
duties by another person or agency. No person in the permanent full-time
service or employment of the town shall forfeit pay grade or time
in service. Each such person shall be retained in a capacity as similar
to the person's former capacity as is practical. No person shall be
removed from a position without just cause.
All town offices, boards, commissions or agencies
shall continue to perform their duties until re-appointed, or re-elected,
or until successors to their respective positions are fully appointed
or elected or until their duties have been transferred and assumed
by another town office, board, commission or agency.
All records, property and equipment whatsoever
of any office, board, commission, committee or agency or part thereof
the powers and duties of which are assigned in whole or in part to
another town office, board, commission or agency shall be transferred
forthwith to such office, board, commission or agency.
[Amended 5-2-1994 ATM by Art. 5; Acts of 1996, Ch. 401,
approved 10-3-1996; 10-16-2006 ATM by Art. 39, ratified 4-3-2007]
This charter shall become fully effective upon
ratification by the voters, except as otherwise provided in this section:
(a) After the amendment to Section
3-2(c) approved under Article 27 of the 2006 Fall Annual Town Meeting regarding appointment of the Personnel Board by the select board becomes effective, unless otherwise provided by bylaw, the personnel board shall continue to be composed of the same number of members as currently constituted provided, however, the appointments made by the town manager shall, upon the expiration of the term of office of such members, or if a vacancy shall sooner occur, be made by the select board.
[Amended by Acts of 2020, Ch. 164, approved 8-25-2020]
(b) The Sewer Commission shall cease to exist and be dissolved
upon completion of the sewer project at which time all duties, powers,
functions and assets shall be assigned to the department of public
works or its successor agency.