There shall be an elected Town Clerk whose term of office shall
be that prescribed by the General Statutes and whose powers and duties
will be those prescribed by the General Statutes and this Charter.
The Town Clerk and any Assistant Town Clerks shall be paid an
annual compensation by the Town for the performance of their duties
and such compensation shall be in lieu of all fees and other compensation.
The Town Clerk's salary shall be set by the Town Council pursuant
to the General Statutes. Neither the Town Clerk nor any Assistant
Town Clerk shall receive any additional compensation for acting as
registrar or assistant registrar of births, marriages and deaths.
The Town Clerk and Assistant Town Clerks shall not hold any other
office in the Town government or engage in any business in the Town
that could create a conflict of interest as defined in the Town Code
of Ethics. 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 fees or compensation now or hereafter provided by the General
Statutes to be paid to Town clerks shall be collected by the Town
Clerk. All moneys collected by the Town Clerk in accordance with such
statutes and with the bylaws or ordinances of the Town, except such
as the Town Clerk shall be required by law to transmit directly to
an agency of the State of Connecticut, shall be deposited by the Town
Clerk with the Treasurer of the Town at least once each month. At
the time of making each such deposit, the Town Clerk shall file with
the Treasurer a full statement of such receipts so deposited and of
the receipts forwarded directly to any state agency, and the Town
Clerk shall also keep a record of the receipts of the office.
