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Town of Woodbridge, CT
New Haven County
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[Adopted 5-2-1983 as Ch. 1, Art. III, of the 1983 Code; amended 8-13-2008, effective 9-13-2008]
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Editor's Note: This article was originally adopted by the Town Meeting 3-12-1962.
There shall be a Town Meeting Moderator of the Town Meeting of Woodbridge (hereinafter referred to as the "Moderator") and who shall be and remain during the term an elector of the Town of Woodbridge.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 122, Town Meetings.
The Moderator shall be the presiding officer of Town Meetings. The Moderator shall be responsible for the orderly conduct of all meetings of the Town Meeting and for the continuing development and administration of orderly procedures for the efficient and democratic operation of the legislative and other powers of the Town Meeting, consistent with the Charter of the Town of Woodbridge and the laws of the State of Connecticut. The Moderator shall have all the powers of moderators of town meetings, and such other powers as are necessary to carry out the duties of the office, subject to the provisions of ordinances and resolutions and rules of procedure as may be adopted by the Town Meeting.
The Moderator shall serve for a term of two years.
The Moderator shall be elected at any Town Meeting immediately preceding the commencement of the term. A majority of votes on any one ballot or voice vote shall be necessary to elect the Moderator. If there are more than two nominees and no nominee receives a majority on a ballot or voice vote, there shall be taken at the same meeting a runoff vote between the nominees who received the greatest number of votes and in the event of a tie the nominee or nominees who received the next greatest number of votes. The nominee who receives the greatest number of votes in the runoff shall be elected Moderator.
Nominations shall be made from the floor of the Town Meeting. The notice of Town Meeting in such event shall include such fact.
The Moderator shall appoint a Deputy Moderator to preside and act in his/her place in case of the Moderator's absence. The Deputy Moderator shall serve at the will of the Moderator during the term. The Town Clerk shall serve as Secretary of the Town Meeting.
Neither the Moderator, nor the Deputy Moderator, shall hold the office of First Selectman, Selectman, Town Clerk, Registrar of Vital Statistics, member of the Board of Finance, member of the Board of Police Commissioners, member of the Town Plan and Zoning Commission or Town Counsel.
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If both the Moderator and Deputy Moderator shall be absent from a meeting of the Town Meeting, or shall be disqualified at such meeting, the meeting shall elect from among those members present a temporary Town Meeting Moderator to preside for that meeting.
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In the event of a vacancy in the office of the Moderator, the Board of Selectmen shall fill such vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term. The Board of Selectmen shall determine when such vacancy exists.
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The Moderator may be removed at any time during the term of office by a special meeting of the Town Meeting called for such purpose.
The election of a Moderator shall be held at any Town Meeting.