(A) Board of Trustees; elections: The Board of Trustees shall consist of five Trustees, said Trustees to be nominated and elected by the town at large. Commencing on the effective date hereof, the Trustees office shall be known as “Trustee office no. ”. Incumbents shall serve until the expiration of their term. Commencing on the first Tuesday in April 2007, Trustee office nos. 1, 3 and 5, and the Town Clerk shall be elected for a term of four years. Commencing on the first Tuesday in April 2009, Trustees of office nos. 2 and 4 and the Town Treasurer shall be elected for a term of four years.
(B) Terms. The terms of the officials elected under this section shall begin on the second Monday following their election, and they shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
(C) Vacancies. If vacancies occur in any of the offices herein enumerated for the town, the Board of Trustees at such time may fill such vacancies by appointment, but such appointment by the Board shall only be until the next election, at which time the electors of the town may elect some person to fill the unexpired term. If such vacancy has not been filled within 60 days after it occurs, the governing body shall call for a special election to be held in the municipality for the purpose of filling the vacancy for the duration of the unexpired term.
(D) Special election. When a majority of governing body offices are vacant more than 60 days before the beginning of a regular filing period for general municipal elections, the remaining members of the governing body shall call for a special election to be held in the municipality for the purpose of filling all vacant offices for the remainder of their unexpired terms.
(Prior Code, § 1-6-1) (Ord. 315, passed 8-11-2005)