There shall be an Inland Wetlands Commission of seven regular
members and three alternate members who shall be electors of the Town.
Ex-officio members may be provided as in the Town ordinance. The members
shall serve without compensation and shall hold no other office of
trust or emolument in the Town government. Service on committees of
the Town government is not prohibited by this section, provided that
such service does not create a conflict of interest as defined in
the Town Code of Ethics.
The Selectmen shall annually on or promptly after the first
day of December appoint three or four regular members of the Inland
Wetlands Commission, who, after qualification, shall hold office for
a term of two years from the first day of December and until reappointed
or their successors have been appointed and shall have qualified.
On or promptly after the first day of December in the odd-numbered
years, the Selectmen shall appoint the remaining regular members,
who, after qualification, shall hold office for a term of two years
from the first day of December and until reappointed or their successors
have been appointed and shall have qualified.
On or promptly after the first day of December the members of
the Inland Wetlands Commission shall meet at the call of the First
Selectman to choose one of its regular members to be Chairman and
one of its regular members to be Secretary.
In the event of the absence of a regular member from a meeting
of the Inland Wetlands Commission or if a regular member shall disqualify
himself or herself or be disqualified under the provisions of the
General Statutes or the Town Code of Ethics, the Chairman shall designate
and seat an alternate member from the panel of alternates.
The Inland Wetlands Commission shall have all the powers and
duties and be subject to the restrictions and limitations of inland
wetland commissions as established under the General Statutes and
as provided in the Town ordinance, as from time to time amended.
