(a)
Subject to Subsection (b) of this section, there shall
be the following appointive boards: the Conservation Commission, Wetlands
Commission, the Park and Recreation Commission, and the Economic Development
Commission.
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(b)
Additional appointive boards may be created and their
powers and duties specified by ordinance passed at a Town Meeting.
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 by ordinance, provided that
any such changes are consistent with the General Statutes and other
sections of this Charter.
The Conservation Commission shall consist of
seven members, serving three-year terms ending on May 1, and shall
have two alternates serving three-year terms ending on May 1. Every
year, two members and one alternate shall be appointed, except that
every third year beginning in 1978 three members and no alternates
shall be appointed.
The appointing authority shall be the First
Selectman, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
The Conservation Commission shall have such
powers and duties as are prescribed by Section 7-131a of the General
Statutes, as amended, and are consistent with this Charter.
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The Wetlands Commission shall consist of seven
members and two alternates, serving three-year terms. On May 1, upon
the expiration of the term of any member or alternate, a successor
shall be appointed by the First Selectman, with the approval of the
Board of Selectmen.
The Commission shall serve as the Town's inland,
wetlands and watercourses agency and shall have powers and duties
consistent with the General Statutes and those prescribed by Town
ordinance.
The Park and Recreation Commission shall consist
of five members serving five-year terms ending on September 1. Every
even-numbered year, two members shall be appointed, and in 1979 and
every five years thereafter, one member shall be appointed.
The Park and Recreation Commission shall have
such powers and duties as the Town Meeting shall delegate to it.
The Park and Recreation Commission shall have
charge over the development, organization and supervision of recreational
programs that are supported by the Town and are not otherwise funded.
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The Economic Development Commission shall consist
of up to 10 members, but no less than seven, whose terms shall be
for three years. Successors shall be appointed on June 1, upon expiration
of the term of any member. The Commission shall have powers and duties
consistent with the General Statutes and those prescribed by Town
ordinance.
The number, term and method of appointment of
the representatives of the Town of Haddam to the Connecticut River
Gateway Commission and the Midstate Regional Planning Agency shall
be in accordance with Chapters 477a and 127, respectively, of the
General Statutes.
The Town may, by ordinance, join or discontinue
its membership in any regional or intergovernmental organization.
(a)
Unless otherwise provided by this Charter, General
Statutes, or Town ordinance, the members of all appointive boards
shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, whether for full terms
or to fill vacancies, and the term of office of such members shall
be for four years or less.
(b)
All members of appointive boards and representatives
to regional organizations shall be electors of the Town and shall
vacate their positions on ceasing to be electors of the Town. The
procedure for submission of resignations and the filling of vacancies
for the balance of the unexpired term shall be the same as that prescribed
for elective boards in Section 4-4 of this Charter, except that the
appointing authority filling a vacancy shall always be the same as
that for the original appointment.
(c)
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 his successor has been
appointed and is qualified.
(d)
Membership on all appointive boards provided by this
article shall be determined in accordance with the minority representative
law as set forth in Section 9-167a of the General Statutes.
(e)
The Board of Selectmen may not make or submit appointments
which do not commence during the term of office of the Board of Selectmen.
During the last 14 days of their term, the Board of Selectmen may
make no appointments to appointive boards.
(a)
Appointive boards shall have the powers and duties
prescribed by the General Statutes, this Charter, or prescribed by
ordinance to the extent consistent with this Charter.
(b)
Appointed boards shall choose a chairman and a secretary,
and may make regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the
execution of their duties. Such regulations shall be filed with the
Town Clerk, otherwise they shall have no force or effect.
(c)
The members of appointive boards shall serve without
compensation except that necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of their duties may be paid from an appropriation for that purpose.
(d)
Appointive boards shall comply with Section 4-5 of
this Charter.
(a)
Committees may be established by vote of 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 regular Town election unless renewed by the vote of the newly
elected Board of Selectmen.
(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 regular Town election and 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 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 chairman, unless the chairman has already been
designated by the appointing authority; and a secretary. They shall
maintain simple official minutes indicating, in addition to other
requirements of law, those members present and a record of correspondence.
If they are not required to file a report under Section 9-4 of this
Charter, then they shall file a brief report summarizing their annual
activities with both the First Selectman and the Town Clerk within
30 days after the end of the fiscal year for inclusion in the 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 or the First Selectman;
committees established by vote of a Town Meeting shall have such powers
and duties as the Town Meeting shall determine.
(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 received a statement
in writing, prepared either by the First Selectman or by the remaining
members of the appointive board, of the reasons why he should be removed
and has, not less than 15 days after the delivery of the statement
of reasons, been afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the
Board of Selectmen, at which he may appear with counsel.
(b)
Any member of an appointive board or committee who
does not attend at least 60% of the meetings during each calendar
year shall be considered removed. The Chairman shall give prompt written
notice of such vacancy to the Board of Selectmen.
