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ARTICLE IV --Annual Audit History: Adopted as Ch. 3,Article 3.3 of the 1980 Code §6-�9. State Audit: There shall be an annual audit of the Town's accounts, consistent with applicable provisions of the Charter, under the supervision of the Director of Accounts of the Department of Revenue, in accordance with the provisions of MGL C. 44, §35. §6-�10. 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. ARTICLE V --Annual Inventory History: Adopted as Ch.3,Article 3.4 of the 1980 Code §64 1. Preparation Requirement: All department heads of the Town shall prepare and submit to the Town Manager between May 15 and no later than June 30 of each year a complete inventory of all Town-owned property for which their departments are responsible. ARTICLE VI --Disposal of Town Equipment History-, Adopted as Ch.3,Article 3.5 of the 1980 Code §6-12. Procedure: As authorized in MGL C. 40, §2 1, Clause 11, any equipment to be disposed of by various officers or departments of the Town shall first be offered to any other office or department of the Town who may require it. ARTICLE VII -- Capital Improvement Committee and Program (CIP) History: Adopted 5-17-1982 ATM,Article,21. §6-13. Establishment of Committee; Membership. A Committee, to be known as the "Capital Improvement Program Committee,"' shall be established to prepare a capital improvement program. This Committee shall perform the duties as specified in the Charter and following sections of this Bylaw, and shall consist of the following members: The Town Manager, who shall serve as the Chairman of the Committee, a member or designee of the Board of Selectmen who shall be designated annually by vote of the Board of Selectmen, a member or designee of the Finance Committee who shall be designated annually by vote of the Finance Committee, the Town Accountant and a member at-large to be appointed annually by the Board of Selectmen. Said members designated or appointed by the Selectmen and Finance Committee shall not be Town employees, nor members of other Town boards or commissions. History: Amended 12-2-1985 STM,Article 54,approved b�y Attorney General on 2-11 1986. History: Amended 5-7-2001 ATM, Article 24,approved by Attorney General on 8-18-2001. 44