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ONE Town of Mashpee Charter Adopted May 8, 2004 (c) Action by Town Meeting - The finance committee shall file a written report containing its recommendations for the action to be taken on each line item in the proposed operating budget as submitted by the town manager. When the proposed operating budget for the ensuing fiscal year is before the town meeting for action the prevailing motion shall be: "Shall the operating budget be adopted in the amounts as recommended by the town manager?" The finance committee shall have a right to propose amendments for general town government budget items before any other amendments may be offered and the school committee shall have a right to offer amendments to the school portion of the operating budget before any other amendments may be offered. SECTION 6-7:PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR EXPENDITURES IN EXCESS OF APPROPR]ATION No official of the town, except in the case of an emergency involving the health and safety of the people or their property, shall intentionally expend in any fiscal year any sum in excess of the appropriations duly made in accordance with law, nor involve the town in any contract for the future payment of money in excess of such appropriations. It is the intention of this section that the provisions of section thirty-one of chapter forty-four of the General Laws shall be strictly enforced. Any official who violates the provisions of this section shall be personally liable to the ;? town for any amounts so expended to the extent the town does not recover such amounts from the person to whom such sums were paid. ,, SECTION 6-8: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM The town manager shall submit a capital improvement program to the finance committee and to the town within the time frame provided in a capital improvement by-law. The capital , improvement program shall be based on material prepared by the capital improvement program committee established by by-law(if any). It shall include: " 1. a clear and concise general summary of its contents; 2. a list of all capital improvements proposed to be undertaken during the next ensuing five years, with supporting information as to the need for each capital improvement; cost estimates,methods of financing and recommended time schedules for each improvement; and, 3. the estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining each facility and piece of major equipment involved. This information is to be annually revised by the town manager with regard to the capital improvements still pending or in the process of being acquired, improved or constructed. SECTION 6-9:INDEPENDENT AUDIT The finance committee shall annually provide for an outside audit of the books and accounts of the town to be made by a certified public accountant, or a firm of certified public accountants, who have no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the town or any of its officers. The town manager shall annually provide a sufficient sum of money to conduct the audit. The award of a contract to audit shall be made by the finance committee on or before September fifteenth of each year. The report of the audit shall be filed in final form with the finance committee not later than March first in the year following its award and copies shall be placed on file in the office of the town clerk. 23