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Town of Ridgefield, CT
Fairfield County
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Minutes (5)
[(16)]
Election of Judge of Probate for a four-year term and Registrars of Voters for a four-year term shall continue in accordance with the General Statutes.
All laws applicable to the Town, all enabling legislation adopted by the Town, and all ordinances of the Town shall continue in full force and effect, except as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter.
[(19)]
The powers which are conferred and the duties which are imposed upon any Town agency under the General Statutes of Connecticut, special acts concerning the Town, or any ordinance in force at the time this Charter shall take effect, thereafter may be exercised and discharged by the Town agency upon which are conferred such powers and imposed such duties under the provisions of this Charter.
All persons holding Town offices, whether elected or appointed, all persons holding positions of employment, and all persons who are members of existing boards at the time of the effective date of this Charter shall continue in their respective positions.[1]
[1]
[Editor's Note: Former Section 12-4, Applicability of standards of conduct to Town employees, was repealed 11-7-2023. Former Sections 12-5 through 12-7 were renumbered as Sections 12-4 through 12-6.
[(14)(19)]
This Charter may be amended in accordance with Chapter 99 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended. In any event, the Board of Selectpersons shall appoint a Charter Revision Commission not later than October 1, 2003, and every four years thereafter, in accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes.
If 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 on which such section so held 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 the section to which such holding shall directly apply.
The effective date of this Charter shall be December 5, 1978.
Notes
(1)
The Charter set out herein was proposed by the Ridgefield Charter Commission and approved by the Board of Selectmen 8-16-1978. It was approved by the Town electors at election 11-7-1978. As sections are amended from time to time, the date of the amendatory legislation will be parenthetically noted where applicable. Absence of such note indicates that the section derives unchanged from the original Charter.
(2)
Adopted 8-19-1981, approved at referendum 11-3-1981; adopted 9-4-1985, approved at referendum 11-5-1985.
(3)
Approved at referendum 11-7-1989.
(4)
Adopted 9-4-1985, approved at referendum 11-5-1985.
(5)
Adopted 8-19-1981, approved at referendum 11-3-1981.
(6)
Adopted 8-19-1981, approved at referendum 11-3-1981; approved at referendum 11-4-1986.
(7)
Approved at referendum 11-4-1986.
(8)
Adopted 8-19-1981, approved at referendum 11-3-1981; adopted 11-6-1981, approved at referendum 11-6-1981.
(9)
Adopted 11-6-1984, approved at referendum 11-6-1984; adopted 9-4-1985, approved at referendum 11-5-1985.
(10)
Approved at referendum 11-6-1990.
(11)
Approved at referendum 11-3-1992.
(12)
Approved at referendum 11-8-1994.
(13)
Approved at referendum 11-4-1997.
(14)
Approved at referendum 11-6-2001.
(15)
Approved at referendum 11-7-2006.
(16)
Approved at referendum 11-2-2010.
(17)
Approved at referendum 11-4-2014.
(18)
Approved at referendum 11-6-2018.
(19)
Approved at referendum 11-7-2023.