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Nomination Papers Nomination papers for School Board and Town Council will be available on Friday, July 24, 2009, and will need to be returned to the Town Clerk’s office by the close of business on Friday, September 4, 2009. Town Council: Districts 3, District 4, and At-Large are available School Board: Districts 3, District 4, and At-Large are available Information from the Town Charter on requirements to run and hold office are below. If you have additional questions, please contact the Town Clerk Office. Full Charter click here. For Campaign Finance Information click here Section 1001. Municipal elections. The regular annual election of the Town Council and the School Board shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November. Section 1002. Nomination. (a) All persons nominated for the Town Council or the School Board shall be voters of the town or persons eligible to be voters of the town. (b) Nominations shall be by petition, which shall be signed by at least 100 voters, except that in the case of a nomination for district membership on the Council and district membership on the School Board, the petition shall be signed by at least 25 voters residing in such district. (c) No voter shall sign more than one petition for each office to be filled, and should a voter do so, the signature shall be void except as to the first petition filed. With each signature there shall be stated the place of residence of the signer giving the street and the number, if any. (d) Nominating petitions must be filed with the Town Clerk not more than 100 days nor less than 60 days before the date of election. (e) Unless a candidate files with the Town Clerk not more than 100 days nor less than 60 days before the date of election the candidate's written consent to accept nomination, agreeing not to withdraw, and if elected, to qualify, the nomination if invalid. Section 1003. Election provisions. Provisions of the laws of the State of Maine relating to the qualifications of voters, voter registration, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers and all other matters relating to the preparation for, and the conducting and management of elections, so far as they are applicable, shall govern all municipal elections, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. TOWN COUNCIL Section 201. Composition, eligibility, election and terms. (a) There shall be a town council of 9 members. Two members shall be elected by the voters of the town at large, and one member shall be elected by the voters of each of the 7 districts, as provided in section 202 of this article. (b) Only voters, or persons eligible to be voters, who reside in the town shall be eligible to hold office of councilor. (c) Each member shall be elected for a term of 3 years and shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified. Section 203. Powers and duties. All the powers of the town shall be vested in the council, except as otherwise provided by law or this Charter. The council shall provide for the exercise of these powers and for the performance of all duties and obligations imposed on the town by law. Section 204. Prohibition. (a) No councilor shall hold any other town office or town employment during the term for which the councilor was elected to the council; further no public school teacher shall be eligible to serve on the council. (b) Neither the council nor any of its members shall, in any manner, dictate the appointment or removal of any administrative officers or employees whom the manager or any of the manager's subordinates are empowered to appoint. The council, however, may express its views and fully and freely discuss with the manager anything pertaining to the appointment and removal of such officers and employees. (c) Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative officers solely through the manager. Neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the manager, either publicly or privately. Section 205. Vacancies; forfeiture of office; filling of vacancies. (a) The office of a councilor shall become vacant upon the death, resignation, removal from office in any manner authorized by law, forfeiture of the office, or permanent physical or mental disability resulting in decreased ability to perform the duties, all as determined by the council. (b) A councilor shall forfeit the office if the councilor fails at any time during the term of office to maintain any qualification for the office prescribed by this Charter or by law. (c) If a seat on the council becomes vacant for any reason, the council shall call a special election to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. (1) Exception. If the remainder of the unexpired term is less than 6 months, the council shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. (d) If the vacancy is in a district seat, the person elected or appointed to fill the vacancy must be a resident of that district. Section 206. Induction of council into office. On the first Monday in January, unless that Monday is a holiday, in which case it shall be the next business day, the newly elected councilors shall be inducted into office by being sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties by the town clerk or the town clerk's designee. (a) Exception. A member-elect may be sworn in at a later date, if necessary. Section 208. Compensation. (a) The council may determine its compensation by ordinance, but no ordinance increasing such compensation shall become effective until the commencement of the term of councilors elected at the next regular election. (b) Councilors shall be paid on a quarterly basis for services performed in the preceding quarter. Councilors elected to fill an unexpired term on the council shall be paid on a pro-rata basis for the time they shall actually serve. (c) Initially, the annual compensation of councilors shall be $1,000. (Currently, pay is $2,000 for regular member and $2,500 for Chair per year.) SCHOOL BOARD Section 901. School board. The Department of Education shall be administered by a School Board composed of 9 members, one member of which shall be elected by the voters of each of the 7 districts, as provided in section 202 of Article II of this Charter, and two members shall be elected by the voters of the town at large. Each member shall serve for 3 years and until a successor is elected and qualified. Section 903. Qualifications. Members of the School Board shall be voters or persons eligible to become voters of the town and they shall reside in the districts from which they have been elected during their terms of office, except the two members elected by the voters of the town at large shall only be voters or persons eligible to become voters of the town. They shall hold no other town office nor be town employees. If a member of the School Board shall cease to possess any of these qualifications, the office shall immediately become vacant. Section 904. Vacancies; forfeiture of office, filling of vacancies. (a) The office of a member of the School Board shall become vacant upon death, resignation, removal from office in any manner, authorized by law, forfeiture of office, or permanent physical or mental disability resulting in decreased ability to perform the duties, all as determined by the School Board. (b) A member of the School Board shall forfeit the office if the member fails at any time during the term of office to maintain any qualification for the office prescribed by this Charter or by law. (c) If there is a vacancy in the membership of the School Board for any reason, the Town Council shall call a special election to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. (1) Exception. If the remainder of the unexpired term is less than 6 months, the School Board shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. Section 905. Induction into school board office and organization. The School Board shall meet contemporaneous with the Council's first meeting in January. At such meeting members-elect shall be inducted into office by being sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties by the Town Clerk or the Town Clerk's designee. The School Board shall elect its own chair at that meeting. Section 906. Powers and duties. The school board shall have all the powers conferred by law and shall perform all the duties imposed by law upon superintending school committees in regard to the care and management of the public schools of the town, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. The school board shall prepare budget estimates in detail of the several sums required during the ensuing fiscal year for the support of the public schools and shall furnish copies of such estimates to the manager on or before the beginning of such fiscal year. Section 907. Meetings. The school board shall hold at least one meeting a month, except during July and August. All meetings of the school board shall be open to the public, except as may otherwise be provided by the laws of the State of Maine. Section 908. Compensation. (a) The council may determine the compensation of the members of the school board. (b) Initially, the annual compensation of school board members shall be $300. (Currently, it is $2,000 members, with the Chair receiving $2,500 per year)
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