ARTICLE 5--SELECTMEN (Adopted 6/13/81) (Amended 5/10/86)
SECTION 1. This Town is a corporate entity, and the selectmen are the chief administrative officers.
SECTION 2. The Selectmen shall have full authority as agents of the Town, acting upon the advice of counsel, to settle any claims or suits against the Town, or for bringing suits for or in behalf of the Town.
SECTION 3. The Selectmen shall make suitable regulations governing the Police Department and the Officers thereof. In the absence of a duly appointed Police Chief, the chairman of the Selectmen shall assume the office of the Chief of Police.
SECTION 4. The Board of Selectmen, in accordance with MGL Chapter 40, Section 8G, may enter into contracts with other Towns for the purpose of establishing mutual aid agreements for Police Departments.
SECTION 5. The Selectmen shall in suitable bound ledgers keep a complete and permanent record of all expenditures authorized by said Board, and such yearly expenditures shall be itemized and entered in the annual Town Report.
SECTION 6. All Town insurance policies shall be in the custody of the Board of Selectmen. Since the General Court has voted to deny "Sovereignty" protection to Town Officials, the Selectmen shall negotiate a group insurance contract designed to prevent significant personal monetary loss to a Town Official whose acts are challenged in a court of law.
SECTION 7. The Selectmen are the recognized licensing authority for the Town. However in the interests of Health, Welfare and Safety, the Selectmen shall consult with the Board of Health, and the Inspector of Buildings, where public assembly is involved, or standards of sanitation may be in jeopardy.
SECTION 8. The Selectmen may make an investigation into the conduct and operations of any Town Department. Upon completion of such investigation a report shall be submitted to the Town Clerk and such report shall be printed in the Annual Town Report.
SECTION 9. The bonds of all Town Officers required to be bonded shall be in the custody of the Selectmen.
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