There shall be the following elected officers
of the Town:
There shall be the following elected boards
of the Town:
(a)
Regional Board of Education.
(1)
So long as the Town shall participate in Regional
High School District Number 5, the Town shall elect at each regular
Town election, members to the Regional Board of Education thereof
in accordance with the General Statutes or Special Acts.
[Effective at the regular Town election of
1981]
(2)
Whether or not otherwise required by law, the principle
of the minority representation provisions of Section 9-167a of the
General Statutes shall be applied to the election of the Town's members
to the Regional Board of Education.
(a)
No person who is not an elector of the Town may be
an elected officer or member of an elected board of the Town.
(b)
The First Selectman shall not during his/her term
of office as such, hold the office of Selectman, Town Clerk and Registrar
of Vital Statistics, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Judge of Probate of
the District, including the Town, or Registrar of Voters. The Treasurer
shall not during his/her term of office as such, hold any other office
or membership on any other board of the Town. No Registrar of Voters
shall, during his/her term of office as such, hold the office of Town
Clerk and Registrar of Vital Statistics.
(c)
No Selectman shall, during his/her term of office as such, hold the office of First Selectman, Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Statistics, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Judge of Probate of the District, including the Town, or Registrar of Voters. No Selectman shall during his/her term of office be a member of any other Town board, commission or agency except the First Selectman as provided under § 5-3(c). No member of the Board of Assessment Appeals shall, during his/her term of office as such, hold the office of Assessor. No member of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall, during his/her term of office as such, hold membership on the Town Plan and Zoning Commission.
[Amended 4-28-1992, effective 7-1-1993]
(d)
The holder of any office or membership on any board
may simultaneously hold any other office or membership on any other
board of the Town, unless otherwise provided by this Charter, or by
the statute, ordinance or resolution creating such office or board.
(a)
The salary of the First Selectman shall be recommended
by the Board of Selectmen, acting without his/her vote, and such amount
shall be included in the Board's annual request for appropriations.
The compensation, if any, of the Selectmen shall be recommended by
the Board of Finance and added to the Board of Selectmen's annual
request for appropriations. The compensation, if any, of other elected
officers or members of elected boards shall be set through the regular
budget procedures of the Town, subject, in the case of the Board of
Assessment Appeals, to the provisions of Section 12-121 of the General
Statutes.
(b)
The necessary expenses of an elected officer or member
of an elected board, actually incurred in the promotion of his/her
duties, shall be paid by the Town upon the requisition of such officer
or board in writing, upon the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
(c)
The rate of compensation of the holder of any office
or membership on any elected board shall not be decreased during his/her
term.
(b)
The term of office of any elected officer or members
of any elected board, commission or agency shall not exceed four years.
[Added 11-7-1972, effective 1-1-1973]
(c)
Elected officers and members of elected boards, commissions
and agencies who are in office on the effective date of any amendment
to this Charter which provides for a term of office shorter or longer
than the previously prevailing term shall, notwithstanding such amendment,
remain in office until the expiration of the term for which they were
last elected. The terms of office of elected officers and members
of elected boards, commissions and agencies commencing subsequent
to the effective date of any such amendment shall be for such terms
(not to exceed four years) and in such rotation, as determined by
the Board of Selectmen in a resolution duly adopted by said Board,
as will most equitably and expeditiously bring all terms of elected
office into conformity with this Charter as so amended.
[Added 11-7-1972, effective 1-1-1973]
(a)
The terms of office of all elected officers listed in § 8-1(a), except Registrars of Voters, and of all members of elected boards listed in § 8-2(a) shall commence on the first day of the fiscal year next following their election. The terms of office of Registrars of Voters shall be as provided by the General Statutes.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amendment pending.
(a)
A vacancy in any elected office or elected board shall
be filled by appointment of the Board of Selectmen.
(b)
In the event that more than one vacancy exists at
the same time on the Board of Selectmen, a quorum of such Board for
purposes of filling its own vacancies shall be one less than the number
of members remaining in office.
(c)
If at any time after the election of any person to
an elected office or membership on an elected board, but before he/she
shall have taken office, he/she shall have become unable to take office
by reason of death, insanity, disqualification, resignation or otherwise,
a vacancy in such office shall thereupon be deemed to exist for purposes
of this section.
(d)
All powers of the Board of Selectmen to fill vacancies
shall be vested in the First Selectman-elect and the Selectmen-elect
at the date of their election, except in respect of offices or board
memberships the terms of which terminate on the succeeding June 30.
(e)
All appointments made pursuant to this section shall
comply with the minority representation provisions of Section 9-167a
of the General Statutes. If the person whose failure or ceasing to
serve has caused the vacancy in any elective office or upon any elected
board is a member of a major political party, then the vacancy shall
be filled by a member of the same political party. Any member of the
Board of Education so appointed shall serve until the next regular
Town election. His/her successor shall be elected for the balance
of the unexpired term, the official ballot to specify the vacancy
to be filled pursuant to Section 10-219 of the Connecticut General
Statutes.
[Amended 4-28-1992, effective 11-3-1992]
The holder of any elected office or membership
on an elected board may, upon petition of the Board of Selectmen,
be removed therefrom upon a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction
of unfitness to serve therein, either because of a crime involving
moral turpitude or mental or physical incapacity or disqualification
or otherwise.
(a)
The First Selectman shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed for such office in Article V.
(b)
The other elected officers provided for in § 8-1 shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed therefor by law.
(c)
Elected officers, pursuant to § 8-3, shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities and perform the functions provided therefor by the ordinance creating the same.
(d)
On or before October 15, January 15, April 15, and July 15 of each fiscal year, the Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Statistics shall render to the Board of Selectmen an accounting of all fees received by him/her for performing the functions of his/her office and pay such fees into the general fund of the Town. The compensation of the Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Statistics shall be established under the provisions of § 8-6(a).
[Amended 4-17-1967]
(a)
Five Selectmen shall be elected at each regular Town
election to serve for a two-year term and until their successors shall
have taken office.
(b)
The Board of Selectmen shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities, and perform the functions prescribed in Article IV.
(c)
A person whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate
for the office of First Selectman and who is defeated for election
to that office may not, in the same election, be elected as one of
the other five members of the Board of Selectmen.
[Added 5-7-1979, effective 7-1-1979]
(a)
The Board of Zoning Appeals shall consist of five
regular members and three alternate members.
(b)
Each regular member and each alternate member of the
Board of Zoning Appeals shall serve for a four-year term and until
his/her successor shall have taken office. Two regular members and
two alternate members shall be elected in one regular Town election,
three regular members and one alternate member shall be elected in
the next, and so forth alternately.
[Amended 5-7-1979, effective 7-1-1979]
(c)
The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the powers,
duties, and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed
therefor by law.
(a)
The Board of Assessment Appeals shall consist of three
members.
(b)
No more than two members of the Board of Assessment
Appeals shall be elected at each regular Town election, each to serve
for a four-year term and until his/her successor shall have taken
office.
[Amended 11-7-1972, effective 1-1-1973]
(c)
The Board of Assessment Appeals shall have the powers,
duties, and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed
therefor by law.
(a)
The Board of Education shall consist of nine members.
(b)
No more than five nor less than four members of the
Board of Education shall be elected at each regular Town election,
each to serve for a four-year term and until his/her successor shall
have taken office.
[Amended 11-7-1972, effective 1-1-1973]
(c)
The Board of Education shall have the powers, duties,
and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed therefor
by law.
