The Town Clerk shall be appointed by the Town Manager for an indefinite term and may be removed only by the Town Manager. In addition to the powers and duties prescribed for town clerks by the Connecticut General Statutes, the Town Clerk may act as the clerk of the Council, keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be a public record, and perform such other duties as may be assigned by this Charter or by the Town Manager. The Town Clerk shall have such deputy clerks as the Town Manager shall determine. The Town Clerk shall receive such compensation as the Town Manager may determine. All fees collected by the Town Clerk, except those collected on behalf of the state, shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
There shall be a Town Attorney who shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in this state, who shall be appointed by the Council for a term of two years, beginning with the first Council meeting in January, following each biennial election, and may be removed by the Council by at least six affirmative votes. In the event of a vacancy for whatever cause arising in the office of Town Attorney, the Council shall fill said vacancy for any remaining unexpired portion of the term. It shall be the duty of the Town Attorney to be the legal advisor of the Council, Town Manager, and all departments, officers, boards, commissions, and agencies of the Town; to represent the Town in all litigation in which the Town or any department, officer, board, commission or agency thereof is a party, except as otherwise provided by the Council; and to prepare on request of the Town Manager, the Council, or any member thereof ordinances and resolutions for consideration by that body. The Town Attorney shall have such clerical and other assistants as the Council may determine by ordinance. The Town Attorney shall receive such compensation as the Council may determine.
The Town Manager shall appoint a Director of Health with Council approval. The Director of Health shall perform such functions and have such powers and duties as are prescribed by the Council and imposed by the Connecticut General Statutes on Directors of Public Health. The Director of Health shall have the duty of enforcing the laws, ordinances, and regulations concerning public health. The Director of Health shall receive such compensation as the Town Manager may determine and shall have such assistants and employees appointed by the Town Manager in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article IX of this Charter, as the Council may determine by ordinance. Nothing herein shall prevent the Town of Rocky Hill, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, from joining an existing public health district or from cooperating with other towns in the formation of a new health district.
There shall be a Director of Human Services, appointed by the Town Manager. The Director shall have all of the powers and duties relating to poor, infirm and dependent persons vested by law or as otherwise provided in the Connecticut General Statutes and shall have such other powers and duties as the Council may prescribe.
There shall be an Open Space and Conservation Commission of seven members appointed in accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes. They shall be appointed by the Town Council to two-year terms beginning on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial election. The Commission shall advise and make recommendations to the Town Manager, the Council, and other boards and commissions of the Town regarding the development and conservation of natural resources, including water resources within the territorial limits of the Town, and shall have such powers and perform such other duties as are conferred upon it by the Connecticut General Statutes, the Council and the Town Manager. Members shall serve without compensation. The Open Space and Conservation Commission shall have such professional, technical and clerical assistants as the Council may determine by ordinance, to be appointed by the Town Manager in accordance with Article IX of this Charter.
There shall be an Economic Development Commission of six members appointed by the Council, which shall have all the powers and duties vested in it by the Connecticut General Statutes or as may be conferred on it by ordinance. They shall serve for a term of two years, beginning on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial election. Vacancies shall be filled by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Charter and the Connecticut General Statutes. All members shall serve without compensation. The Town Manager shall appoint, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article IX of this Charter, such employees of the Economic Development Commission as the Council may determine by ordinance.
There shall be a Planning and Zoning Commission appointed by the Town Council consisting of five members and three alternate members to be appointed on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial election for two-year terms. No more than three members and two alternate members of said commission shall be members of the same political party. All members shall serve without compensation. The Commission shall have all the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon Planning and Zoning Commissions in towns by the Connecticut General Statutes or may be conferred on it by ordinance.
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A seven-member Public Buildings Commission shall be appointed by the Town Council for two-year terms beginning on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial election. All members shall be electors of the Town and shall not be members of any other board, commission or committee, either appointed or elected under the government of the Town. Four members shall be knowledgeable in the building trades, with no more than four members being of the same political party. The members shall serve without compensation.
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In the case of any construction or remodeling of a Town building where the cost will exceed $1,000,000, the Council shall grant to the Commission, by resolution, those duties and powers as it deems appropriate, including but not limited to review of preliminary and final plans in consultation with staff. In all other cases, the Council may, in its discretion, grant to the Commission, by resolution, those duties and powers as it deems appropriate under the circumstances.
There shall be a Personnel Review Board consisting of three members appointed by the Council for two-year terms, who shall be electors of the Town, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. Of those at least one member shall be knowledgeable in personnel administration. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointment of a person of the same political affiliation as the member whose place they take, for the unexpired portion of the term, each term to begin on the first Council meeting in January following the biennial election. The members of the Personnel Review Board shall serve without compensation.
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The Personnel Review Board shall hear appeals from any action pertaining to any disciplinary action suspending, demoting or removing any full-time employee or regular part-time employee (working 20 hours or more weekly on an annualized basis) and not represented by a bargaining unit and report, in writing, to the person taking the action appealed from its findings and decisions therein;
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The Board shall adopt rules for the conduct of hearings;
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The Board shall report, in writing, the recommended decision on disciplinary actions to the appointing authority.
The Council shall appoint for a two-year term an Auditor in accordance with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes to annually examine and to certify to the financial records of the Town. The Auditor shall receive such compensation as the Council may determine.
Vacancies in appointive offices and boards responsible to the Council from whatever cause arising shall be filled by the Council for the unexpired term of office. All full terms of office shall begin on the first Council meeting in January in the year of appointment and shall be deemed to end on the day before the first Council meeting in January or when their successor is appointed.