312 CMR, § 2.05
The Director shall be elected by the Board members at the last meeting of the calendar year to serve for one year beginning at the next meeting. The Director shall be the presiding officer but have no independent authority unless specifically voted by the Board. To act in the absence of the Director, the Board shall elect a Deputy Director whose term shall be coterminous with that of the Director. The Director shall preside at meetings and hearings of the Board and administer the day to day duties of the Board. In the event that there is no quorum of Board members in attendance at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, or in the event that a permit would naturally expire before the scheduled meeting would take place, the Director may extend the expiration date of expiring current permits to the date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board where a quorum is present. A special use permit may be issued by the Director for a provisional period not to extend beyond the date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board where a quorum is present.
312 CMR, § 2.05