Except as otherwise provided in this Charter,
all elected Town officers, boards and commissions shall have the powers
and duties prescribed by law. With the exception of the Board of Education
and with the exception of the Planning and Zoning Commission, when
acting in matters of zoning enforcement pursuant to its regulations
as amended from time to time, all elective boards and commissions
will establish operational policy directives to meet their duties
and the exercise of their powers and shall communicate such policy
directives to the First Selectman. All elected Town officers, boards
and commissions shall also furnish the First Selectman annual report
data summarizing progress and programs no later than September 1 following
the fiscal year for which the report is based. In addition, all elected
officers, boards and commissions covered by these provisions shall
provide the First Selectman with data from which job descriptions
can be produced to meet the needs of their departments. They shall
also provide the First Selectman with performance reports of the effectiveness
and adequacy of employees, goods and services used in the implementation
of policy directives and in servicing the needs of their departments
and shall follow procedures in Chapter VIII, § 7, Expenditures
and accounting, to obtain goods and services.
The terms of all elected officials, board members
and commission members shall, except as hereinafter provided, commence
on the fourth Monday in November. All elected officials shall hold
office until their successors' terms commence.
At each biennial Town election, there shall
be elected a First Selectman, nine Council members, a Tax Collector,
a Treasurer, who shall be the agent of the Town Deposit Fund, and
two Constables, all for the term of two years.
At each biennial Town election, a Town Clerk,
who shall have the powers and duties prescribed by law, shall be elected
for two years, whose term shall commence on the fourth Monday of November
following each election.
There shall be two Registrars of Voters, to
be elected in the state election for terms of four years, as provided
in §§ 9-189a and 9-184 of the General Statutes, and
30 Justices of the Peace elected for four years.
The First Selectman, Tax Collector, Treasurer,
Town Clerk and Registrars of Voters shall receive a salary, which
shall be fixed by the Council.
There shall be an elective Board of Education
of nine members, each of whom is elected for a term of four years.
Any vacancy on the Board for any cause whatsoever shall be filled
by the Council as set forth in Chapter VII, § 5, of this
Charter.
There shall be an elective Board of Finance
consisting of six members, each of whom is elected for a term of four
years.
There shall be a Planning and Zoning Commission
consisting of five elected members, each of whom is elected for a
term of four years. At each biennial election, there shall be elected
members, based on expiration of terms, who shall hold office for four
years. The terms of office shall be arranged so that the term ending
in 2003 shall be a four-year term starting in 2003. The term ending
in 2004 shall be a three-year term in the election of 2003, to become
a four-year term in 2007. The term ending in 2005 shall be a four-year
term. The term ending in 2006 shall be a three-year term in the election
of 2005 to become a four-year term in 2009. The term ending in 2007
shall be a four-year term. Thereafter all members shall be elected
to serve four-year terms, staggered so that the terms of three members
shall expire at one election, and the terms of two members shall expire
at the following election. In addition to the powers and duties set
forth by the Connecticut General Statutes, the Commission shall prepare,
adopt and amend a plan of development for the municipality. Such plan
shall show the Commission's recommendation for the most desirable
use of land within the municipality for residential, recreational,
commercial, industrial and other purposes and for the most desirable
density of population in several parts of the municipality. The plan
of development shall be a statement of policies, goals and standards
for the physical and economic development of the municipality and
may include all necessary maps, explanatory material, photographs,
charts or other pertinent data and information relative to the past,
present and future trends of the municipality and may include recommended
programs for the implementation of the plan. The plan shall be designed
to promote with the greatest efficiency and economy the coordinated
development of the municipality and the general welfare and prosperity
of its people. The Commission shall make such regulations as necessary
to promote and implement the goals and policies of the plan of development.
At each biennial Town election, there shall
be elected three alternates to the Planning and Zoning Commission,
each of whom is elected for a term of two years, who shall take office
on the fourth Monday in November following election. Such alternate
members, when seated, shall have all the powers and duties to act
as members of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Alternates shall
have the privilege of participation in all meetings and hearings without
a vote until seated. For each regular member of the Planning and Zoning
Commission who is absent or disqualified, the Chairman of the Commission
shall delegate one alternate to be seated on the Commission. Said
Chairman shall choose alternates in rotation so that they shall act
as nearly equal a number of times as possible, and if any alternate
is not available in accordance with such rotation, said fact shall
be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, in accordance with the
Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
