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II. EMPLOYEES OF THE BOARD The Select Board shall appoint a Town Manager, Town Comptroller, Town Counsel and an Executive Clerk to the Board, who with Board approval, shall appoint such other administrative support as are deemed necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the Select Board office. A. Town Manager 1. Appointment The Select Board shall appoint a Town Manager in accordance with the Selectmen-Town Manager Act. The Board shall set the Town Manager’s compensation, subject to Town Meeting appropriation, and such other terms and conditions of employment that they may, from time to time, deem advisable. Such terms and conditions shall not be in conflict with the Selectmen-Town Manager Act, Town By-Laws or any other special or general laws. 2. Powers and Duties The Town Manager shall have the powers and duties as delineated in the Selectmen-Town Manager Act and as required by those sections of the General Laws relating to towns with town manager form of government. These powers and duties may not be abrogated or abridged by the Select Board. The Town Manager shall perform such other duties that, from time to time, may be requested by vote of the Board. The Manager shall attend all meetings of the Board, shall keep the Board fully advised of the needs of the Town and shall recommend to the Board for adoption such measures requiring action by them or by the Town as the Manager may deem necessary and expedient. The Town Manager is responsible for inter-board communication in the day-to-day operations of government. The Town Manager shall develop a process for exchange of information and the provision for advice and recommendations among the boards, committees and commissions with common interests, which shall include but not be limited to the exchange of minutes, the establishment of a central repository for data, studies and reports and the appointment of members or staff of boards, committees or commissions as liaison with one another around common projects such as housing needs and revitalization of the center. B. Town Comptroller 1. Appointment The Select Board shall appoint a Town Comptroller. The Comptroller shall be appointed in March of every third year for a three-year term from the first day of the following April. The Comptroller may be removed by the Board for cause and the vacancy filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term in accordance with the Selectmen-Town Manager Act and Chapter 777 of the Acts of 1965 - "An Act Establishing the Office of Comptroller in the Town of Lexington". 2. Powers and Duties The Town Comptroller shall have the following powers and duties: Perform a variety of Page 8 of 39