Bill > H4805

This bill amends the town charter of Plainville to replace references to "town administrator" with "town manager" throughout the document, while also making several substantive changes to the town's governance structure. The bill establishes more specific qualifications for the town manager, requiring at least three years of experience in public administration, and creates new restrictions on select board members' eligibility to serve in other elected positions or on certain multi-member bodies. The finance committee appointment process is modified to be made jointly by the select board chair, finance committee chair, and town moderator. The bill also updates the budget preparation process to require collaboration between the select board, town manager, finance director, and finance committee chair when issuing budget preparation guidelines. These changes aim to clarify roles, prevent potential conflicts of interest, and improve the town's administrative processes. The amendments will take effect immediately upon passage of the bill.

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (Joint)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4805