At its first meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable the Council shall elect,
by majority vote of the entire Council, one of its members for the ensuing year as
chairperson and one of its members as vice-chairperson, and the Council shall fill,
for an unexpired term, any vacancy in the office of chairperson or vice-chairperson
that may occur. The chairperson shall be recognized as head of the Town government
for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purposes of military law, but
the chairperson shall have no regular administrative duties. In the temporary absence
or disability of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson shall exercise all the powers
of the chairperson during such temporary absence or disability of the chairperson.
It shall be the duty of the chairperson to (1) preside at all meetings of the Council;
(2) develop, after consultation with the Town Manager, agenda for Council meetings,
provided that no Councilor shall be denied the right to place an item on the agenda;
(3) after consultation with the Council, represent the Council in all dealings with
the Town Manager and with all statutory and advisory boards, commissions and committees
in person or by delegation.
209.1 The Council may, by vote of 5 Councilors, after public notice, notice in writing
to the chairperson and hearing, remove the chairperson with or without cause, provided
that the chairperson may elect to waive public notice and/or public hearing.
(Char. Revs. 2009, Eff. 7-1-2009)
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