Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30-A, § 2635 (2026)

Select board to act as a body; administrative service to be performed through town manager; committees

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It is the intention of this subchapter that the select board as a body shall exercise all administrative and executive powers of the town except as provided in this subchapter. The select board shall deal with the administrative services solely through the town manager and may not give orders to any subordinates of the manager, either publicly or privately. This section does not prevent the select board from appointing committees or commissions of its own members or of citizens to conduct investigations into the conduct of any official or department, or any matter relating to the welfare of the town. [PL 2021, c. 275, §41 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 275, §41 (AMD).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Sch. Comm. of Town of York v. Town of York, 626 A.2d 935 (Me. 1993).

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Sch. Comm. of Town of York v. Town of York, 626 A.2d 935 (Me. 1993). “” The Town first argues that interposing a Budget Committee between the Selectmen and the Town Manager conflicts with 30-A M.R.S.A. § 2635, a provision of the “Town Manager Plan,” 20 that provides: “It is the intention of this subchapter [creating the Town Manager Plan] that the…”

Olszewski v. Hutchins (D. Me. 2025). · cites it 3× “ddressing first the defense that the Town enjoys sovereign immunity under Monell, Plaintiffs proffer that “Defendants’ argument neglects the determinative fact that the Dover[-]Foxcroft Select Board and the individual Select Board members, unlike the agents in Monell, constitute…”

Keenan (D. Me. 2026). · cites it 2× “” 30-A M.R.S.A. § 2635. The Town Manager serves as “the chief executive and administrative official of the town.”

Wawenock, LLC v. State of Maine Dep't of Transp. (Me. Super. Ct 2017). “But this cannot be correct, as 30-A M.R.S.A. § 2635 states that "the board of selectmen as a body shall exercise all administrative and execi1tive powers of the town.”

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