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ARTICLE VI Permanent Buildinq Committee (&29-21 —�29-221
[Added 3-30-1970 ATM by Art. 109; amended 4-24-1974 ATM by Art. 89]
§ 29-21 Membership; terms of office.
[Amended 4-4-1973 ATM by Art. 83; 4-8-1974 ATM by Art. 70; 5-3-1982 ATM by Art. 48; 3-21-2011 ATM by
Art. 29]
The Town shall have a Permanent Building Committee consisting of seven full members and two associate
members, who shall be registered voters of the Town appointed for terms of three years each, the terms of no
more than three of which shall expire in any one year. No full or associate member of the Committee shall be a
Town officer or Town employee. The Chairman shall designate an associate member to sit on the Committee for
specific projects, in case of the absence, inability to act, conflict of interest, or at the request of a full member.
When designated by the Chair to sit on the Committee for a specific project, the associate member shall have the
same voting rights as a full member.
A.
On or before the first day of July in each year the Town Manager shall appoint to the Committee two full members
and one associate member, or three full members (as the case may be)to serve until June 30 in the third year
thereafter and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The adoption of this by-law shall not affect the term
of any member of the Permanent Building Committee as constituted and existing on the effective date of this by-
law. Any vacancy in the Committee shall be filled by appointment by the manager and the member so appointed
shall serve for the unexpired term of his predecessor. If any regular member of the Committee ceases to be a
resident of the Town, or accepts any position that would have made him ineligible for appointment to the
Committee, he shall forthwith cease to be a member of the Committee. The Committee shall choose its own
officers.
B.
The board or committee for which a structure, recreational facility, or building is being planned or constructed shall
appoint not more than two representatives to the Committee who shall be entitled to participate in the activities of
the Committee and vote on matters afFecting the particular project for which they are so appointed. Such
appointed members shall be voters of the Town and shall serve only for the time during which the Committee is
exercising its function with respect to such project. No such appointed member of the Committee shall be a Town
employee.
§ 29-22 Powers and duties.
When authorized by the Town, the Permanent Building Committee shall have general supervision over the design
and construction of public structures, recreational facilities and buildings including the authority to employ
professional assistants, to obtain bids, and to enter into contracts on behalf of the Town for preparation of plans
and specifications, and for the construction, remodeling, alteration or renovation, including equipping and
furnishing, of buildings and other structures and recreational facilities. The plans and specifications for all such
construction, equipping and furnishing shall in each instance be subject to the approval of the board or committee
for which such building or recreational facility is being planned or constructed. The Committee may make
recommendations and reports to the Town from time to time and shall make an annual report of its activities and
recommendations to be published in the Annual Town Report.
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