[Adopted 12-29-1980(C)]
There shall be a Water and Sewer Commission of the City of Putnam, to be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Common Council. All members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, except for the reimbursement of necessary expenses, as authorized by a majority of the Commission, and until their successors have been appointed and qualified.
[Amended 7-13-1981]
A. 
The Commission shall consist of five members. Appointees to the Commission shall serve for terms of five years, except that of those first appointed under the provisions of this Part 1, one shall be appointed for a term of five years, one shall be appointed for a term of four years, one shall be appointed for a term of three years, one shall be appointed for a term of two years, and one shall be appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint the members of the Commission to serve for terms of five years and to succeed that member whose term then expires.
B. 
The Water and Sewer Authority shall include, in addition to its five members authorized by Town Charter, three alternate members. Said members shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, initially one member for a term of one year; one member for a term of three years and one member for a term of five years; subsequently, each alternate position shall be filled for a term of five years upon the expiration of the existing term. Said term shall be arranged such that terms of the alternates expire on the same date as the regular members. In the absence of a regular member, the chairperson of the Authority shall appoint an alternate to serve.
[Added 5-4-2015 STM]
No person shall be eligible for appointment to the Commission who is not at the time of his appointment an elector and resident of the City, and any person ceasing to be an elector or resident of the City shall thereupon forfeit his membership on the Commission. No more than three members of the Commission shall be of the same political party. The Commission shall, by majority vote, elect a Chairman from its membership.
The Commission shall be responsible for the good conduct of operations of the Water Pollution Control Authority, the municipal waterworks system, the sanitary sewerage system and shall also be designated the Water Pollution Control Authority for the City of Putnam. The Commission shall have all those powers and duties conferred and imposed upon municipal water and sewer authorities by the Connecticut General Statutes, and such other powers and duties, not inconsistent with the City Charter, as may from time to time be prescribed by the City Council.
A. 
The Commission shall recommend to the City Council the adoption of just and equitable rates or charges for the use of the waterworks system. Such rates or charges shall be established in accordance with Chapter 102 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
B. 
The Commission shall establish, in accordance with Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes and 40 CFR 35.929 and 35.935-13, as amended, rates or charges for the use of the sewerage system.
The Commission shall appoint, and may remove, subject to such rules and regulations concerning City employees as may, from time to time, be adopted by the City, the following:
A. 
A Director of the Water Pollution Control Authority, who shall be the administrative head of the Water Pollution Control Authority and may have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Commission.
B. 
A collector of sewerage and water system connection and use charges, who shall collect such charges in accordance with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes for the collection of property taxes. Said collector shall have the same powers and authority as tax collectors.
C. 
All other employees in the Water Pollution Control Authority.