ARTICLE V

TOWN CLERK

Section 1. Notice of Town Votes to Town Agencies The Town Clerk, as soon as possible after a vote of the Town has been passed which relates particularly to or effects the duties of any Board, Committee, or Officer of the Town shall furnish a copy of such vote to such Board, Committee, or Officer.

Section 2. Notice of Election or Appointment to Individuals The Town Clerk shall promptly cause to be notified in writing each officer or each member of every Committee who may be elected or appointed at any Town Meeting or in pursuance of any vote thereto. Such notice shall contain a copy of the vote creating the Committee and the names of all members of such Committees.

Section 3. Notice of Appropriations to Certain Town Officers The Town Clerk shall promptly after each session of a Town Meeting furnish the Assessors, Town Treasurer and Select Board with a statement of all moneys appropriated by the Town at each session and the purpose for which said moneys were respectively appropriated.

Section 4. Official Bulletin Board 5-4 The Town Clerk shall erect and maintain a principal official “Town Bulletin Board” outside the Clerk’s office in the corridor of lower Memorial Hall, so as to provide easy and unrestricted public access at all times that Memorial Hall is open, and the Clerk shall post on said bulletin board all official legal public notices, and all notices of meetings of boards, committees and commissions as required by Chapter 39, Section 23B of the Massachusetts General Laws.

Section 5. Fees to be Charged by Town Clerk5-5

The fees are to be set by the Town Clerk in accordance with applicable law including GL c. 262, s. 34, or otherwise pursuant to GL c. 40, s. 22F.

5-4 Inserted under article 78, ATM 1980. 5-5 Inserted under article 29, ATM 1984 and as amended under article 32, ATM 1990. Section 5 deleted in its entirety and replaced under article 53, ATM April 26, 2004. 15

Section 6. Notice of Town Votes to General Court 5-6 The Town Clerk, as soon as possible after a vote of the Town has been passed which requires a special legislative act in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 of Article 89 of the amendments to the State Constitution, shall notify in writing, the State Representative and State Senator of the district in which the Town is situated, and shall provide said representative and senator with a certified copy of said vote, and any other information necessary to ensure that the legislation is promptly and properly filed.

5-6 Inserted under article 41, ATM 1982. 16