Any office, board, commission or agency, hereafter referred to as office, which is operational at the time that this Charter shall take effect and shall be abolished by this Charter, shall continue in the performance of its duties until provisions have been made for the discontinuance of such offices and until the Town Clerk has notified the member(s) of such offices that successors have been qualified. The powers conferred on and duties imposed upon any office that is abolished by this Charter shall be transferred to the office performing like functions, powers and duties under the provisions of this Charter. Should the Board of Finance be abolished, all the powers conferred on and duties imposed upon this Board under the C.G.S., Charter or ordinance, and in force at the time this Charter takes effect, shall be exercised and discharged by the Selectmen unless otherwise provided in this Charter.
All records, property and equipment of any office or part thereof all the powers and duties which are assigned to any other office by this Charter shall be transferred and delivered intact to the office to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties or any office or part thereof are by this Charter assigned to another office all records, property and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered intact to the office which such powers and duties are so assigned.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending on the effective date of this Charter, brought by or against the Town or any office thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything herein contained; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers and duties of any office party thereto may be or under this Charter be assigned or transferred to another office, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office to which such functions, powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.
This Charter may be amended in the manner prescribed by the Connecticut General Statutes. The Board of Selectmen shall cause the Charter to be reviewed at least once every 10 years in the manner prescribed by the Connecticut General Statutes. The ten-year period shall commence on the date the immediately preceding Charter Review Commission files its final report with the Board of Selectmen.
If any section or part of any section of this Charter shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Charter nor the context in which said section or part thereof so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of a section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of a section to which such holding shall directly apply.
This Charter shall become effective December 2, 2021. Wherever a change in the composition of a board or term of office is called for by this Charter, that change shall be effected by appointment or election, as provided for in this Charter.
Town Meeting approval shall be required before land or buildings owned by the Town shall be dedicated to departmental use or rededicated to a new departmental use. The Board of Selectmen may hold a public hearing on this subject and shall make its recommendations along with concurrence from the Planning and Zoning Commissions to a Town Meeting before the Town land or buildings are committed to use. All reports concerning such proposed use shall be available to the public at the office of the Town Clerk at least 14 days prior to the Town Meeting.
New or amended ordinances shall be periodically codified. They shall be codified at least once every 10 years.
Authority is given to the Selectmen for the purpose of a blanket bond or individual bonds conditional upon honesty and good or faithful performance of official duties of those officials designated by ordinance to post a surety company bond. Premiums for any official bonds shall be borne by the Town.
Whenever used in the context of this Charter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
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Masculine gender terms shall be read as the feminine or neuter equivalent.
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Selectmen shall mean Board of Selectmen.
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Town agency shall mean all of the elected and appointed boards, agencies, commissions, authorities and committees of the Town, including the local board of education.
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Supplemental appropriation shall mean an appropriation that is in addition to the total amount of the budget at any given point in time. It is not a transfer within or between departments.
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Special appropriation shall mean an appropriation of funds not previously included in the approved annual Town budget.
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Department shall mean a unit of administration for budgetary purposes. There need not be a director of a department.
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Town Officer shall mean a member of a Town agency.
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C.G.S. or General Statutes shall mean the Connecticut General Statutes as may be revised from time to time.
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Singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular unless the context otherwise requires.
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Day shall mean a calendar day unless otherwise specified in the Town Charter.
All boards, commissions, agencies and committees shall determine their own rules and procedures in accordance with applicable provisions of the C.G.S. and Roberts Rules of order, as amended, for meetings.