Common use of Emergency Appointments Clause in Contracts

Emergency Appointments. In an emergency, the Town Manager may authorize the appointment of any qualified person in the position to prevent stoppage of public business or loss, or serious inconvenience to the public. However, a vacancy of which the department head has had reasonable notice, or an employment condition of which he had, or might with due diligence have had previous knowledge, shall not be considered an emergency under this section. The emergency appointments shall expire as specified or automatically within four months from the date of such appointment except that the Town Manager may approve the extension of an emergency appointment up to a maximum of eight additional months.