A.
There shall be the following elected officers of the Town: a First
Selectman, who shall be a member of the Board of Selectmen; two Registrars
of Voters, five Constables, and such other elected officers as may
be required by this Charter or by other law enacted after the effective
date of this Charter.
B.
The provisions of § 9-183 et seq. of the General Statutes
shall apply for Justices of the Peace.
A.
There
shall be the following elected Boards of the Town: Board of Selectmen;
Board of Finance; Planning and Zoning Commission; Zoning Board of
Appeals; Board of Assessment Appeals; and Board of Education, and
such other elected Boards as may be required by this Charter or other
law enacted after the effective date of this Charter.
B.
Whether
created by resolution, ordinance, statute or this Charter, the Board
or Committee shall select its own officers unless the Charter, resolution,
ordinance, or statute creating it states otherwise.
A.
There shall be a biennial election of the Town, known as the "regular
Town election," on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
of each odd-numbered calendar year. Special Town elections may be
held from time to time as provided by law.
B.
All officers listed in § C-45A, except Registrars of Voters
and the First Selectman, shall be elected at each regular Town election
unless otherwise provided in this Charter or by other law.
C.
Effective with the state election of November 2012, the Registrars
of Voters shall be elected quadrennially for a four-year term.
D.
Members of all Boards listed in § C-46A shall be elected
at each regular Town election in the manner further provided in this
article unless otherwise provided in this Charter or by other law.
E.
The election of the First Selectman shall be separated from that
of the remaining members of the Board of Selectmen. That is, votes
for the unsuccessful candidate for First Selectman shall not be counted
as votes for that candidate for membership on the Board of Selectmen.
Further, no person shall be a candidate for both First Selectman and
for membership on the Board of Selectmen.
A.
No person who is not an elector of the Town may be an elected officer
or member of an elected Board of the Town.
B.
Except for the First Selectman, no individual may be elected to more
than two successive full terms as a member of any Board. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, those individuals who are members of the Board of Selectmen
on the effective date of this Charter may be elected to as many as
two successive full terms as a member of such Board after the effective
date of this Charter.
C.
No member of an elected Board may hold any other elected municipal
office or be appointed a municipal officer except as provided in this
Charter of by other law. No Registrar of Voters shall concurrently
hold the office of Town Clerk.
D.
The provisions of § 9-167a of the General Statutes as to
minority representation shall apply to all elected Boards and to the
filling of vacancies. Thus, in the case of all elections to all elected
Boards including the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Education,
a party may nominate and an elector may vote for the full number of
members to be elected for a single term, provided that the number
of members from a single party to be declared elected does not exceed
the number that may take office. In the case of the Board of Selectmen,
the maximum number that may be of a single party shall be three.
E.
In all cases for purposes of minority representation, if an unexpired
portion of a term is to be filled at the same time as a full term,
the unexpired term shall be deemed to be filled before the full term.
A.
The
salary of the First Selectman shall be determined by the Board of
Selectmen, with discussion taking place in executive session without
the presence of the First Selectman, and a vote taken in open session
without the First Selectman's vote. Such amount shall be included
in the Board's annual request for appropriations. The amount
of compensation, if any, to be paid to the Selectmen other than the
First Selectmen shall be proposed by the Board of Selectmen, approved
by the Board of Finance and included in the Board of Selectmen's
annual request for appropriations. The amount of compensation, if
any, to be paid to other elected officers or members of elected boards
shall be set as provided for in this Charter or by other law, and
in absence thereof, by the Board of Selectmen and shall be included
in the annual request for appropriations of said Board. Compensation
for an individual temporarily filling a vacancy in the office of First
Selectman shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen at the time
the vacancy is filled.
B.
The
reasonable and necessary expenses of an elected Official actually
incurred in the conduct of the duties of the office shall be paid
by the Town upon the requisition by such Official, in writing, and
the approval of the First Selectman or a person designated by the
First Selectman.
C.
The
rate of compensation of any elected Official except that of the First
Selectman shall not be changed during that Official's term of
office or membership.
D.
All
fees, fines and levies of every kind paid to or received by any elected
Official or Board shall promptly be remitted to and deposited by the
Treasurer in accordance with this Charter or by other law or by resolution
of the Board of Selectmen and accounted for in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
E.
No elected Official of the Town of Wilton shall receive any salary
from the Town of Wilton except such salary as may be payable by reason
of such elected office.
A.
The term of office of the First Selectman and the Registrars of Voters shall be four years, and for each of the other elected officers listed in § C-45A shall be two years and until a successor shall have taken office. The terms of office of other elected Officials shall be as provided for in this Charter or ordinances and resolutions creating the office or Board.
B.
Terms
of office shall commence on the first day of December next following
election in the case of officers listed in § C-45 and of
all members of Boards listed in § C-46, except Justices
of the Peace and Registrars of Voters, and on the same date in the
case of all other appointed officers and members of Boards unless
otherwise provided in this Charter or by other law creating the same.
A.
Vacancies
on the Board of Assessment Appeals and the Zoning Board of Appeals
and in elected offices (other than that of the First Selectman) shall
be filled for the unexpired portions of the terms by appointments
of the Board of Selectmen, except that, where terms extend beyond
the November 30 succeeding the next regular Town election, the vacancy
term shall extend only until November 30 following the next regular
Town election, at which election successors shall be elected for the
remaining unexpired portions of the terms. The official ballot shall
specify the vacancies to be filled.
B.
Vacancies
on the Board of Selectmen (other than in the office of the First Selectman),
the Board of Finance, the Board of Education and the Planning and
Zoning Commission shall be filled by the remaining members of such
Boards, except that the Board of Selectmen shall fill any vacancy
on any other such Board if the remaining Board members do not fill
such vacancy within 30 days of the day such vacancy occurs. The terms
of those appointed to fill vacancies shall extend only through November
30 following the next regular Town election, at which election successors
shall be elected for the remaining unexpired portions of the terms.
C.
A
vacancy in the office of First Selectman shall be filled by the Second
Selectman or, if he or she cannot serve, by another Selectman or an
elector of the Town chosen by the remaining members of the Board of
Selectmen until a replacement for that position is determined by a
special election, to be held as soon as is reasonably possible after
the vacancy occurs, to fill the unexpired term.
D.
If
at any time after the election of any person to an elected office
or membership on an elected Board, but before that person shall have
taken office or membership, such person shall have become unable to
take the same by reason of death, disqualification or resignation,
a vacancy in such office or membership shall thereupon be deemed to
exist for purposes of this section.
A.
Beginning
with the first regular Town election following the Transition Election,
two Selectmen shall be elected at each regular Town election to serve
for four-year terms and until their successors shall have taken office.
B.
The
members of the Board of Selectmen elected to serve on December 1 of
any year shall from the date of the immediately preceding regular
Town election have all powers of the Board of Selectmen to make appointments
and to fill vacancies in offices and memberships on Boards the terms
of which extend beyond or commence after the next succeeding November
30.
A.
The
term of office of each member of the Board of Finance shall be four
years and until a successor shall have taken office. Three members
shall be elected at one regular Town election and three members shall
be elected at the next succeeding regular Town election, and so forth
alternately.
A.
The
Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of nine members. The
term of office of each shall be four years and until a successor shall
have taken office. Five members shall be elected at one regular Town
election and four members shall be elected at the next succeeding
regular Town election, and so forth alternately.
B.
The
Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall perform the functions prescribed therefor by law.
C.
No member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall receive compensation
for services as such.
A.
The
Zoning Board of Appeals shall consist of five regular members and
three alternate members. Each regular member and each alternate member
of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall serve for a four-year term and
until a successor shall have taken office. Two regular members and
two alternate members shall be elected at one regular Town election,
three regular members and one alternate member shall be elected at
the next succeeding regular Town election, and so forth alternately.
For the limited purpose of compliance with § 9-167a of the
General Statutes as to minority representation, the regular members
and the alternate members shall be considered as separate boards.
B.
The
Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall perform the functions prescribed by law.
A.
The
Board of Assessment Appeals shall consist of three members. The term
of office of each shall be four years and until a successor shall
have taken office. Two members shall be elected at one regular Town
election and one member shall be elected at the next succeeding regular
Town election, and so forth alternately. However the Board of Selectmen
may make additional appointments to the Board of Assessment Appeals
when necessary to handle the workload, subject to the minority representation
provisions of § 9-167a of the General Statutes.
B.
The
Board of Assessment Appeals shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall perform the functions prescribed by law.
A.
The
Board of Education shall consist of six members. The term of office
of each shall be four years and until a successor shall have taken
office. Three members shall be elected at one regular Town election
and three members shall be elected at the next succeeding regular
Town election, and so forth alternately.
B.
The
Board of Education shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall perform the functions prescribed by law.
Elected boards shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall perform the functions prescribed therefor by this Charter
or by other law creating the same and shall be subject to such other
provisions not inconsistent with this Charter as shall be contained
therein.
