(A) The Conservation Commission shall have such powers and duties as are prescribed in R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-35-1 et seq. and shall have as its objectives: to promote and develop the natural resources; to protect the watershed resources; and to preserve natural aesthetic areas within the town.
(B) Such Commission shall conduct researches into its local land areas and shall seek to coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes, and may advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which units judgment it deems necessary for its work, subject to the availability of funds for such purposes. It shall make and keep an index of all open spaces within the town publicly or privately owned including open marshlands, swamps and other wetlands, for the purpose of obtaining information on the proper use of such areas. It may recommend to the Council a program for the better promotion, development, utilization, or preservation of open areas, streams, shores, wooded areas, roadsides, swamps, marshlands, and natural aesthetic areas.
(C) The Commission shall have power, subject to the approval of the Council, to appoint clerks and other employees it from time to time require.
('73 Code, § 2-39) (Ord. passed 8-1-66; Am. Ord. passed 4-6-83)