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Town of Mashpee Charter Adopted May 8, 2004 SECTION 3-2: BOARD OF SELECTMEN (a) Composition, Term of Office-There shall be a board of selectmen consisting of five members elected for terms of three years each, so arranged that the term of office of r as nearly an equal number of members as is possible shall expire each year. (b) Powers and Duties in General-The executive powers of the town shall be vested in the board of selectmen which shall be deemed to be the chief executive office of the town. The board of selectmen shall have all of the executive powers it is possible for a board of selectmen to have and to exercise. The board of selectmen shall serve as the chief policy making agency of the town. The board of selectmen shall be responsible for the formulation and promulgation of policy directives and guidelines to be followed by all town agencies serving under it and, in conjunction with other elected town officers and multiple member bodies to develop and promulgate policy guidelines designed to bring the operation of all town agencies into harmony. Provided however,nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any member of the board of selectmen,nor a majority of such members,to become involved in the day-to-day administration of any town agency. It is the intention of this provision that the board of selectmen shall act only through the adoption of broad policy guidelines, which are to be implemented by officers and employees serving under it. .r (c) Licensing Authority-The board of selectmen shall be a licensing board for the town and shall have the power to issue licenses as otherwise authorized by law,to make all 4.., necessary rules and regulations regarding the issuance of such licenses, to attach conditions and to impose restrictions on any such license as it may issue as it deems to be in the public interest, and to enforce all laws relating to all businesses for which it issues any license. (d) Appointments - The board of selectmen shall appoint a town manager, constables, a board of registrars of voters and other election officers (but not including the town II clerk), a board of assessors, a board of appeals, a sewer commission, a board of i health and a conservation commission and such other members of multiple member bodies the functions of which do not involve direct operating responsibilities but are primarily policy making or advisory in nature. The board of selectmen shall appoint all persons who are to serve as representatives of the town to the governing or IP�� advisory bodies of area, county, regional or district authorities and where no other I provision is made for appointments in the law or agreement establishing any such entity. (e) Investigations - The board of selectmen may investigate the affairs of the town and the conduct of any town agency including any doubtful claims against the town. i Copies of the full text of the report of the results of any such investigation shall be placed on file in the office of the board of selectmen,the office of the town clerk and f in the town library and a report summarizing the results of such investigation shall be { ' printed in the next annual town report. ,r w 11