There shall be the following officers of the Town who, except
as otherwise specifically provided by this Charter, shall be elected
as specified in the General Statutes:
(a)
First Selectman;
(b)
Five other Selectmen;
(c)
Town Clerk;
(d)
Collector of Taxes;
(e)
Registrar of Voters;
(f)
Seven Constables or such lesser number as the Town, by ordinance,
may provide;
(g)
Such numbers of Justices of the Peace as equal one-third the number
of jurors to which the Town is entitled or such lesser number as the
Town, by ordinance, may provide;
(h)
Such other elected officers as may be required by General Statutes
or applicable Special Acts or ordinances enacted after the effective
date of this Charter.
The Town officers described in Section 8.1 (a) through 8.1 (g), except Justices of the Peace and Registrars of Voters, shall be elected biennially at each Town Election. Town officers, elected pursuant to Section 8.1 (h), shall be elected biennially at each Town Election unless otherwise provided in the General Statutes or Special Act creating the office. Justices of the Peace and Registrars of Voters shall be elected biennially in even numbered years at State Elections.
The selectmen described in Sections 8.1 (a) and 8.1 (b) shall constitute the Board of Selectmen and the votes cast for the unsuccessful candidate for First Selectman shall be counted as votes cast for him as a member of said Board, provided no elector may be a candidate for both the office of First Selectman and that of Selectman and provided if an elector receives write-in votes for both office of First Selectman and that of Selectman, the Moderator may count either the votes which were written in for him for the office of First Selectman or those which were written in for him for the office of Selectman, whichever is more advantageous to such elector but not both.
If this Charter be adopted at a Town Election, the Town officers
elected during such Town Election shall hold office for the terms
for which they were elected and the Justices of the Peace and Registrars
of Voters in office on the date this Charter is adopted shall continue
to hold such offices for the respective terms to which they shall
have been elected. If this Charter be adopted at a State or Special
Election, the Town officers holding the respective offices at the
date of the adoption of this Charter shall continue to hold such offices
for the respective terms to which they shall have been elected.
In addition to the Town officers prescribed in Section 8.1 (h), the Town shall participate in the election of a Judge of Probate for the Probate District which includes the Town, such election to be held in the manner prescribed by law for the election of such Judge of Probate. In the event that the Town becomes part of a Probate District different from the Probate District of which it is a part on the date of the adoption of this Charter, the Town shall participate in the election of Judge of Probate for such new district in the manner prescribed in the Special Act creating such new district.
No person who is not an elector of the Town may be an elected
officer or member of an elected Town board or commission.
Elected Town officers shall have such assistants as are approved
by the Board of Selectmen, provided that the compensation of any such
assistants by the Town shall only be within the budgetary limits prescribed
by the Board of Finance for such assistants. In the case of the Assistant
Town Clerk and Deputy Tax Collector, an appropriate oath for the faithful
performance of his or her duty shall be administered and a record
of the administration of such oath included in the records of the
Town Clerk.
(a)
The compensation, if any, of an elected or appointed Town officer,
or of a member of an elected or appointed Town board or commission,
shall be established by the Board of Finance through the regular budget
procedures subject, in the case of the Board of Tax Review, to the
provisions of Section 12-121 of the General Statutes, Revision of
1958. Said elected or appointed officers and said members, except
the Constables and Justices of the Peace, shall be compensated, if
at all, only on a salaried basis.
(b)
The necessary expenses of an elected or appointed Town Officer, or
of a member of an elected or appointed Town Board or Commission, actually
incurred in the promotion of his duties, shall be paid by the Town,
within the limits prescribed in the budget by the Board of Finance
upon the requisition of such officer or the Chairman of such board
in writing, upon the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Elected Town officers shall have such powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall be subject to such restrictions and limitations as are prescribed
in the General Statutes, in appropriate Special Acts or in this Charter
with respect to the offices held.
