Article 20

TOWN ADMINISTRATOR

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Section 1               Appointments
The Town Administrator shall appoint the multiple member bodies listed in the table entitled “Multiple Member Body Appointments Made by the Town Administrator,” which table is incorporated into this section by reference, as well as department heads, officers, subordinates and employees as provided in Article 4, Section 4-2 of the Charter.

Section 2               Dates of Submission of Fiscal Documents

As required by Section 5-7 of the Charter, the Town Administrator shall submit updates of the capital plan on or before the first business day in March and September.

Section 3               Qualifications for New Town Administrator

Section 4               Procedure for Appointment of Town Administrator

The screening committee shall consist of nine members. The Planning Board, the School Committee, the Finance Committee, the Personnel Board, and the Town Moderator may each designate one person to serve on the screening committee.  Persons chosen by the said agencies may, but need not, be members of the agency by which they are chosen, and, in the case of the Town Moderator, the person may, but need not, be a member of Town Meeting.  The Board of Selectmen shall appoint to the screening committee all such persons designated, provided that their names have been received in writing by the day before the screening committee is to be appointed.  The Board of Selectmen shall appoint any other member to the screen committee so that the total membership is nine.

Not more than thirty days following the appointment of the screening committee, the persons chosen shall meet to organize and to plan a process for the solicitation by advertisement and by other means to receive applications for the position of Town Administrator.  Note that said one hundred and eighty day period may be extended by the Board of Selectmen by not more than thirty days upon request of the screening committee. The screening committee shall review all applications received and provide for interviews to be conducted with such number of candidates for the position as it may decide.

Not more than one hundred and eighty days following the date the screening committee meets to organize, the screening committee shall submit to the Board of Selectmen the names of not less than two nor more than five candidates whom it believes to be best suited to perform the duties of Town Administrator.  Note that said thirty day period may be extended by the Board of Selectmen by not more than thirty days if the Board determines that additional time is needed to conduct a thorough review of the nominees' experience and qualifications.  If the screening committee determines that there are not at least two candidates qualified to perform the duties of Town Administrator, as those duties are described in Section 4-2 of the Charter, the screening committee shall report to the Board of Selectmen that it is unable to complete its assigned task. In that event, the Board of Selectmen shall direct the screening committee to reopen the search process and the foregoing procedure shall apply.

Within thirty days following the date the list of nominees is submitted to it, the Board of Selectmen shall choose one of the said nominees to be appointed to the office of Town Administrator. If the Board of Selectmen decides not to appoint one of the nominees, it shall direct the screening committee to reopen the search process, and the foregoing procedure shall apply.

Upon the appointment of the Town Administrator, the screening committee established hereunder shall be considered discharged.

Section 5               Town Administration Organization Chart

MULTIPLE MEMBER BODY APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR