The Town Board shall appoint an officer whose title shall be Town Manager and who shall be the head of the administration branch of the town government. The Town Manager shall be chosen by the Town Board solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his or her actual experience in, or knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his or her office as hereinafter prescribed. At the time of his or her appointment he or she need not be a resident of the town, but shall reside within a ten-mile radius of the town limits during his or her tenure of office. No person elected as Mayor or as a member of the Town Board shall be eligible for appointment as Town Manager until one year shall have elapsed following the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected. The Town Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Town Board and shall receive such salary as the Town Board shall fix. In case of absence or disability of the Town Manager, the Town Board may designate a qualified administrative officer of the town to perform the duties of the Manager during such absence or disability.
(1991 Code, § 31.20) (Ord. passed 1-12-1982; Ord. passed 6-25-1985; Ord. passed 5-13-1986; Ord. passed 9-19-1988; Ord. passed 8-12-2008)