All municipal utilities now owned by or hereafter acquired by the town shall be operated and administered by and through the Town Council. The Town Council shall hire employees or administrators to conduct the business of the utilities, as the Town Council may from time to time deem necessary or convenient. The employees may include any elected official of the town and the elected official shall be entitled to additional compensation for such employment as the Town Council may from time to time determine, as hereinafter set out.
(1982 Code, § 4-3)