AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
Section 4-1 of the charter of the town of Greenfield, which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section 12 of chapter 43B of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (b), as appearing in section 2 of chapter 230 of the acts of 2007, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
(b) Term of Office. The term of office for the 6 persons elected by the voters as school committee members shall be for 3 years each, with staggered terms, beginning on the first business day of July after the annual town election and continuing until their successors have been qualified. Transitional elections shall provide for 1 member of the school committee to be elected for a 3-year term in the 2008 election, 1 member of the school committee to be elected for a 3-year term and 1 member of the school committee to be elected for a 2-year term in the 2009 election, 2 members of the school committee to be elected for 3-year terms and 1 member of the school committee to be elected for a 2-year term in the 2010 election and 2 members of the school committee to be elected for 3-year terms at each election thereafter.
Approved January 10, 2009