2-1-5: STAFF AND FINANCES:
   A.   Employees And Consultants: Each commission, jointly or severally, may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion and removal shall be subject to the same provisions of law as govern other corresponding civil employees or the town. Each commission may also, with the consent of the board, contract with the town planners, engineers and architects and other consultants for such services as it may require.
   B.   Expenditures: The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose of the board which shall provide the funds, equipment and accommodations necessary for the commission's work. (1997 Code § 2.48.050)