After the effective date of this Charter, the Town shall continue
as a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession within
the Town's territorial limits as lawfully defined.
The Town shall have all of the powers and privileges conferred
upon it by this Charter and all powers proper, incidental, or convenient
to the exercise of such powers, including the full power to implement
this Charter and carry out the purposes and policies thereof by resolution,
and/or ordinance and/or administrative action. Except to the extent
otherwise lawfully provided by this Charter, the Town shall have all
of the powers and privileges heretofore or hereafter conferred upon
the Town by the Constitution of the State of Connecticut, by the General
Statutes, and by the Special Acts applicable to the Town. The Town
shall have all of the powers incident to the management of its property,
government, and affairs including, but not limited to, the capacity
and power to enter into contracts with the United States and any federal
agency thereof, and the State of Connecticut and any political instrumentality
thereof, and any person for purposes not prohibited by law.
The legislative bodies of the Town shall be the Town Meeting and the Board of Selectmen, as authorized by Section 7-193(a)(1) of the General Statutes, as each of such bodies has heretofore been constituted. The Town Meeting and the Board of Selectmen, respectively, shall have such legislative powers as are expressly conferred by this Charter and as are allowed by the General Statutes. The legislative powers of the Town Meeting shall include, but not limited to, those powers set forth in Article
III of this Charter. The legislative powers of the Board of Selectmen shall include the power to enact, amend, or repeal ordinances as provided in Article
IV of this Charter; the power to accept gifts to the Town as provided in Article
VI of this Charter; and the power to act upon grants which require the action of the legislative body of the Town and to issue tax anticipation notes as provided in Article
IX of this Charter.
Resolutions and ordinances that have been enacted by the Town
prior to the effective date of this Charter shall remain in full force
and effect except to the extent that any such resolution or ordinance
is inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Charter.
In such case, any such inconsistent or conflicting resolution or ordinance
is hereby rescinded. The rescission of any such inconsistent or conflicting
resolution(s) or ordinance(s) shall be deemed to have taken place
as of the effective date of this Charter and shall be duly noted in
the Town's records regarding the resolutions and the ordinances
that have been adopted by the Town.