§ 3.2. Business at organizational meeting.

The organizational meeting of the council shall be the first regular meeting in December following the date of the general municipal election. The newly elected members may take the oath of office at the organizational meeting, or if unable to attend, at a subsequent meeting. At the organizational meeting the council shall choose from its members a mayor pro tem who shall hold office for a term of two (2) years, and shall appoint a town clerk and tax collector. The organization of the council shall take place notwithstanding the absence or death or refusal to serve or nonelection of one or more members, provided that at least five (5) of the persons entitled to be members are present and (if necessary) take oath.

(Acts 1981, Ch. 38, § 2)