ARTICLE 17. - MODERATOR OF FINANCIAL TOWN MEETINGS
Part of the Code of Ordinances of West Warwick, RI.
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--- (8) --- State Law reference— Moderators generally, G.L. 1956, § 45-3-15 et seq.
Sec. 1. - Election required; compensation.#
The qualified electors of the Town of West Warwick shall, at each general election of town officers hereafter held, elect, in addition to officers whose election now is provided for by law, a town moderator.
The town council of said town shall fix the compensation of said town moderator and may, from time to time, amend or alter same.
(Laws 1958, ch. 125, § 1; Laws 1965, ch. 122, § 1)
Sec. 2. - Duty to preside; term.#
The town moderator shall preside at the annual and at any special financial town meetings of said town and shall serve until the next general election of town officers.
(Laws 1958, ch. 125, § 2)
State Law reference— Moderator to preside, G.L. 1956, § 45-3-17.
Sec. 3. - Vacancy in office; absence.#
In the event any vacancy shall occur in the office of town moderator because of the death or resignation of the town moderator, the town council of said town shall appoint a successor for the balance of the unexpired term.
In the event the town moderator shall absent himself from any meeting over which he is required to preside, the town council of said town shall appoint a moderator to preside over such meeting.
(Laws 1958, ch. 125, § 3)
Sec. 4. - Manner of election.#
The town moderator chosen at general elections shall be nominated and elected in the same manner and pursuant to the same statutes governing the nomination and election of elective town officers.
(Laws 1958, ch. 125, § 4)
State Law reference— Election of officers, G.L. 1956, § 45-4-1 et seq.