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the positions are nonpaid, except for small monthly stipends for attending meetings, the time it takes to manage the town’s business is considerable.
The mayor is the presiding officer of the council. His or her primary duties, besides ceremonial, are to move business through the meetings and, according to the charter, ensure that “the duties of the various town
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