4.4.   General Powers and Procedures: Records: Compensation
   4.4.1.   All boards and officers shall have the powers and duties prescribed by law.
   4.4.2.   All boards shall make regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the execution of their duties. Such regulations and any amendments thereto shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be public records.
   4.4.3.   Copies of all minutes taken by each board and the recorded vote of each member thereof on all issues shall be filed with the Town Clerk and with the First Selectman as required by statute on which such actions are taken. The Town Clerk shall maintain files of such minutes, which shall be public records.
   4.4.4.   Board members shall serve without compensation except that necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid from an appropriation for that purpose. The compensation of individual officers shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen, subject to the provisions of necessary appropriation. The compensation of officers on fee basis shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen in the absence of provision by the General Statutes.