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Sec. 101. - Inhabitants incorporated as town with powers and duties of a town.#
The inhabitants of the Town of Jamestown, within the corporate limits as now established or as hereafter established in the manner provided by law, shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate in perpetuity, under the name of "Town of Jamestown," and as such shall continue to have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, privileges and franchises, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations, now incumbent upon or appertaining to said town as a municipal corporation, or by virtue of the laws of this state so far as the same shall not be altered by this Charter or amendments hereof. The enumeration of particular powers by this Charter shall not be deemed to be exclusive; and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the town shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the constitution of this state, it would be competent for this Charter specifically to enumerate.
Sec. 102. - Intergovernmental agreements.#
The town may enter into contracts, cooperative or reciprocal agreements with the federal government, with the state, or with any political subdivision or agency thereof, for the performance of any service, the use of any facilities, for the combination of services and/or functions, and for the financing thereof.
Sec. 103. - Form of government.#
Pursuant to the provisions of this Charter and subject only to the limitations imposed by the state constitution and by this Charter, all powers of the town shall be vested in an elected town council, which shall enact local legislation, and in a town administrator appointed by the town council in the manner provided below, who shall be responsible to the town council for the execution of the laws and the administration of the town government.
Sec. 104. - Gender and plurality references.#
All additions and amendments to this Charter shall be in gender neutral and possessive neutral language.
(Amend. of 11-3-1992, § I; Amend. of 11-5-2002, § I)
Sec. 105. - Conflict of interest and ethics.#
All elected and appointed officials and employees of the Town of Jamestown, as the same are defined in State Law, shall be subject to and comply with the Code of Ethics legislation of the State as set forth in Title 36, Chapter 14 of the Rhode Island General Laws [G.L. 1956, § 36-14-1 et seq.], and the regulations, rules and opinions promulgated by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(Amend. of 11-5-2002, § I)