(a)
Unless otherwise provided by this Charter or by Ordinance, the members
of all appointive Boards shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen,
and the term of office of such members shall be for four years or
less.
(b)
The Board of Selectmen may not make or submit appointments that do
not commence during the term of office of the Board of Selectmen.
During the period between Election Day and the day newly elected Selectmen
assume office, the Board of Selectmen may make no appointments to
appointive Boards.
(a)
Only Electors shall be eligible for appointment. A person ceasing
to be an Elector shall cease to hold office in the town, and the office
will be deemed vacant.
(b)
All appointed members shall be sworn within 30 days of appointment,
and before taking office, or their office will be deemed vacant. The
Officer administering the oath shall record such fact in the Town
Clerk's Office.
Membership on all appointive Boards shall be determined in accordance
with the minority representation laws (CGS § 9-167(a)).
(a)
Any appointed member wishing to resign from office shall submit a
resignation in writing to the Town Clerk. Such resignation shall become
effective on the date submitted unless another date is specified therein.
(b)
Vacancies created by the demise of a Board member, or by a Board
member's failure to be sworn or ceasing to be an elector, shall
be reported by the chair or chair's designee, to the Town Clerk
before the first meeting of the Board of Selectmen following creation
of the vacancy.
(c)
The Town Clerk, upon receiving a resignation or notice of a vacancy,
shall forthwith notify the Board of Selectmen and the chairs of the
Town Political Party Committees, and shall at the same time publish
the vacancy in such a way as to bring the resignation or vacancy to
the attention of the Town. This announcement shall also identify the
appointing authority.
(d)
Vacancies shall be filled by Board of Selectmen appointment within
45 days from the time the office becomes vacant. The Town Political
Party Committee representing the party of the vacated appointed member
shall have 30 days in which to propose an appointee to the Board of
Selectmen.
(e)
When the person vacating the office had been appointed as a member of a political party, such vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a member of the same political party, if at all possible. In all cases, appointments must be made in compliance with minority representation and in accordance with the Statutes. A vacancy shall not be considered filled until the person appointed to fill that vacancy has been sworn into office and the swearing has been recorded in the manner prescribed in Charter § 5-2(b).
(f)
An appointee to a vacancy in appointive office shall serve the remaining
term of the member being replaced.
(a)
Copies of all minutes taken by each Board shall be filed with the
Town Clerk and with the First Selectman within seven days of the date
on which such actions are taken and shall include the roll call vote
of those present, a description of the various items of business discussed
or transacted, a reference to all correspondence received, and the
recorded vote of each member thereof on all issues.
(b)
The vote of each member upon any issue before a Board shall be reduced
to writing and made available for public inspection at the Town Clerk's
Office within 48 hours (CGS § 1-225).
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all Boards authorized in Charter Article V shall meet within 30 days of taking office, shall elect a chair and a secretary, and may define rules of procedure for the conduct of their meetings and the execution of their duties. Such rules and any amendments thereto shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be public records.
(b)
Each chair or chair's designee of such Boards shall file with
the Town Clerk, no later than January 31 of each year, the schedule
of regular meetings for the ensuing year. Such rules and any amendments
thereto shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be public records.
(c)
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the compensation of all such Boards shall be as recommended by the Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance and shall be subject to the same budgeting procedure as is described in Charter Article IX. Officials serving without pay shall be reimbursed for just and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, subject to the limits of appropriations available for such purposes.
(d)
The First Selectman shall provide each person appointed to a Board
or Commission with a copy of the Ordinance or other source, including
this Charter, which defines the duties of the appointment.
The Conservation Commission shall consist of seven members serving
without compensation for three-year terms ending on December 31. Each
year two members are to be appointed, except every third year three
members are to be appointed. The Commission shall make recommendations
to the Board of Selectmen for the development, conservation, supervision
and regulation of natural resources (CGS § 7-131).
The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission shall consist
of seven members serving without compensation for three-year terms
ending on December 31. Each year two members are to be appointed,
except every third year three members are to be appointed. Members
are not allowed to hold any salaried municipal office. At least two
members of the total Commission shall have been endorsed by the Planning
and Zoning Commission prior to appointment. At least two members of
the total Commission shall have been endorsed by the Conservation
Commission prior to appointment. The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
Commission is authorized and established in accordance with the provisions
of CGS § 22a-42c.
The Park and Recreation Commission shall consist of seven members
serving without compensation for three-year terms ending on December
31. The Commission shall plan the development of municipal recreation
facilities for the children, youth, and adults of the Town, shall
establish and maintain such facilities, and shall supervise and adopt
rules for the use of such facilities. The Park and Recreation Commission
shall function in cooperation with the Haddam-Killingworth Recreation
Authority.
The Public Health Agency shall consist of not more than 7 members
named and appointed by the Board of Selectmen for three-year terms
to assist in the administration of a public health service. Included
in the 7-member Agency shall be a representative from Town government
as determined by the Board of Selectmen and a representative from
the school staff as determined by the Board of Education. Each year
two members are to be appointed, except every third year three members
are to be appointed.
The Water Pollution Control Authority shall consist of five
members serving without compensation for three-year terms ending December
31. The Authority shall:
The Historic Review Committee shall consist of 5 members and
2 alternates appointed by the Board of Selectmen serving without compensation
for a 1 year term. Recommendations to the Historic Review Committee
shall be solicited from the Municipal Historian, the Killingworth
Historical Society, and other qualified agencies and associations.
The Fair Rent Commission shall consist of 5 members, appointed
by the Board of Selectmen to serve staggered 4-year terms. The Fair
Rent Commission shall have the full powers and authority as set forth
in CGS § 7-148b-f.
(a)
The Town is a member of the following Regional Organizations:
|
Regional Organization
|
Source
|
Number of representatives; appointing authority
|
Term
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Advisory Council for Cable Television
|
CT Agencies Regulations 16-333-24, 16-333-25, 16-333-26
|
1 representative appointed by BOS
|
2 years
|
|
Catchment Area Council #10 Commission of Mental Health
|
CGS § 17a-483
|
1 representative appointed by BOS
|
2 years
|
|
Central Regional Tourism District
|
CGS § 10-397
|
1 representative appointed by BOS
|
3 years
|
|
Connecticut River Area Health District
|
CGS § 19(a) - 241(b)
|
1 representative appointed by BOS
|
3 years
|
|
Estuary Transit District
|
CGS § 7-273(c)
|
1 representative appointed by BOS, confirmed at Town Meeting
|
4 years
|
|
Haddam-Killingworth Recreation Authority
|
CGS § 7-130(b)
|
3 representatives appointed by BOS, confirmed at Town Meeting
|
1 year
|
|
Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG)
|
CGS § 16a-4(c)
|
1 representative - First Selectman or delegated to a Selectman
|
2 years
|
|
Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments Regional
Planning Committee
|
Chapter 127 of the Statutes
|
1 representative appointed by Planning and Zoning and one alternate
appointed by BOS
|
2 years
|
|
Lower Connecticut River Valley Regional Housing Committee
|
CGS § 16a-4(c)
|
1 representative appointed by BOS
|
1 year
|
|
Lower Connecticut River Valley Regional Agricultural Council
|
CGS § 16a-4(c)
|
1 representative appointed by BOS
|
1 year
|
|
Middlesex County Revitalization Commission
|
CSA 93-36
|
1 representative appointed by BOS - business executive or governmental
officer
|
2 years
|
|
South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Representative
Policy Board
|
CSA 77-98
|
1 representative appointed by BOS, confirmed at Town Meeting
|
3 years
|
(b)
The Town may, by Ordinance approved by a Town Meeting, join, determine
how it shall choose representatives, or discontinue its membership
in any regional or intergovernmental organization in any manner as
is consistent with this Charter and in accordance with the Statutes.
(c)
The Selectmen may also join or be appointed to Regional Organizations
that do not require budget actions by the Town.
Additional appointive Boards may be created and their powers
and duties specified by Ordinance passed at a Town Meeting. By Ordinance,
appointive Boards authorized by this Section may be abolished or consolidated,
their powers and duties may be altered, and the number or terms of
office of their members may be changed.
All terms shall be established to expire as nearly as possible
at regularly staggered annual or biennial intervals. A member shall
continue to hold office until a successor has been appointed and has
qualified.
(a)
Committees may be established by vote at a Town Meeting or by vote
of the Board of Selectmen. Committees established by vote at a Town
Meeting may be either temporary or permanent. Committees established
by the Board of Selectmen shall terminate 30 days after the next municipal
election unless a termination date has been set when the Committee
was established.
(b)
Appointments and terms: Except as otherwise provided by the Ordinance
or Resolution establishing a Committee, the term of office of appointees
to Committees shall terminate 30 days after the next municipal election.
The Board of Selectmen shall act as the initial appointing authority,
shall choose successors, and shall fill all vacancies, except that
if the Committee was established by vote at a Town Meeting and the
members of that Committee were either elected or confirmed by the
Town Meeting, the Board of Selectmen shall call a Special Town Meeting
for filling any vacancy or choosing successors, and the incumbents
may remain in office until their successors have been duly chosen
in this manner.
(c)
Duties and procedures: Committees shall choose, at their first meeting,
a chair, unless a chair was designated by the appointing authority,
and a secretary. They shall have on file with the Town Clerk and the
Board of Selectmen a schedule of the time and place of such regular
meetings as the Committee intends to hold over the ensuing months;
they shall maintain simple official minutes indicating meeting held,
members and others present, actions taken, and a record of correspondence;
and they shall file a report of such activities with the Board of
Selectmen and Board of Finance such that it may be included by the
Board of Finance in that year's Annual Town Report.
(d)
Powers: Committees established by vote of the Board of Selectmen
shall have only those powers and duties which may be delegated to
them by the Board of Selectmen; Committees established by vote of
a Town Meeting shall have such powers and duties as that Town Meeting
shall determine, except that no Committee shall infringe on the powers
or impede the duties which the Statutes or this Charter assigns to
Town Officers, Boards and Commissions.
(a)
A member of an appointive Board or Committee may be removed for cause
by the Board of Selectmen, but no such removal for cause shall be
effected unless the member has both received a statement in writing,
prepared either by the First Selectman or by the remaining members
of the appointive Board, detailing the reasons for removal, and has
been afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the Board of Selectmen,
at which the member may appear with counsel, within 15 days after
delivery of the notice to remove.
(b)
Any member of an appointed Board or Committee who misses three consecutive
meetings, without just cause, may be removed by the Board of Selectmen
who will fill the vacancy thus created.
