ARTICLE VI

GENERAL COMMITTEES

Section 1. Appointment of Members All Committees except as otherwise provided by Law or by By-Law or by vote of the meeting shall be appointed by the Moderator as soon as may be after the passage of the vote creating the Committee and in choosing a Committee by nomination from the floor, no person shall nominate more than one member of such Committee.

Section 2. Temporary Chair, Provision When No Report of Committee Unless otherwise provided, the first named member of a Committee shall immediately call all members of the Committee together for the purpose of organization, and each Committee shall thereafter proceed with its duties and report to the Town as promptly as possible, and unless it is sooner discharged, it shall make a report at the next Annual Meeting. All members of a Committee which fails or neglects to make a report at each Annual Meeting, shall by such failure be held to have resigned and without further action or vote new members shall be appointed.

Section 3. Conflict of Interest 6-3 No town officer, employee, or member of any town board or committee, shall in their official capacity make or pass upon or participate in making or passing upon any sale contract, agreement, license or permit, in which they, directly or indirectly, has any personal or financial interest. A violation of any provision of this section shall in addition to the penalties provided in Article I, Section 1, hereof render the sale, contract, agreement, license or permit, in respect to which such violation occurred, voidable on behalf of the Town at the option of the Select Board.

Section 4. (disallowed by the Attorney-General)

Section 5. Copies of Reports to Finance Committee All special Committees shall submit a copy of their report to the Finance Committee for its consideration before said report can come before the Town for action, except such committees who have a question under consideration which does not involve an appropriation by the Town.

6-3 As amended under article 35, ATM 1951. 17

Section 6. Permanent Filing of Committee Reports All reports of Committees, except reports of progress, shall be permanently file for preservation with the Town Clerk, and if the Select Board deem best, or the Town so votes, the report of any committee shall be published as a part of the next Annual Town Report.

Section 7. Minutes of Meetings to be filed with Town Clerk 6-7 All multiple member bodies, whether elected, appointed or otherwise constituted shall file with the Town Clerk, with reasonable promptness following their approval, minutes of all meetings. Said minutes shall be signed by the Secretary, and shall be submitted in accordance with rules of uniformity established by the Town Clerk.

6-7 Inserted under article 17, ATM 1989. 18