A.
All elective and appointive Boards shall annually choose a Chairman
and Secretary. They shall make regulations for the conduct of their
meetings and such regulations shall be filed with the Town Clerk.
All meetings shall be open to the public, in accordance with Section
1-21 of the General statues, as amended.
B.
Before January 31 of each year, all Boards shall file with the Town
Clerk a schedule of their regular meetings for the ensuing year. Special
meetings may be held by filing notice of such meeting with the Town
Clerk at least 24 hours prior to such meeting.
C.
All meetings of Town boards, commissions and committees shall be
held at a Town facility, whenever possible, and must: a) comply with
Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act; and b) be in a location
that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
D.
The votes of each member shall be taken and made available and filed
with the Town Clerk within 48 hours of such vote. Minutes of regular
and special meetings shall be filed with the Town Clerk, Chairperson
of the Town Council and posted to the Town's website as per Public
Act 08-3 within seven days of the meeting to which they refer.
A.
The Town Council shall, by ordinance, establish a Code of Ethics
regulating the conduct of all officers and employees of the Town.
B.
Any officer or any employee of the Town who has a financial interest,
direct or indirect, in any contract, transaction, or decision of any
agency to which the Town is a party, shall disclose the interest to
the Town Council who shall record such disclosure upon the official
record of their meetings. Violation by any such officer of this provision
with the knowledge, express or implied, of any person or corporation
participating in such contract, transaction, or decision, shall render
the same voidable by the Town Council or a court of competent jurisdiction.
C.
No person serving on an elective or appointive board shall be an
employee supervised by that same board.
A.
The Town Council may, by ordinance, establish a merit system for
a classified service of the Town. The system shall define the personnel
to be covered and shall provide for the Town Council to define the
qualifications and method of appointment to each position, the duties
and responsibilities of such positions, and the conditions and benefits
of employment in such positions.
B.
The classified service may include all officers and employees of
the Town, except the following: all elected officers and persons appointed
to fill vacancies in elected offices; members of appointive boards;
persons employed or appointed to make or conduct a temporary study
or investigation; and period not exceeding three months.
A.
The Town Council shall have the power to remove any officer or employee appointed by them provided the officer or employee shall have been served with a written notice of intention to remove from office or position, containing a clear statement of the grounds for such removal, and of the time and place, not less than 10 days after the service of such notice, at which said officer or employee shall be given the opportunity to be heard thereon. This section shall not apply to the Town Manager, whose removal is subject to Section 8-3 of this Charter.
After such hearing, which shall be at the option of such officer
or employee, the action of the Board shall be final. The Board may
suspend from duty for not more than 30 days any such officer employee
pending final action.
B.
Any member of an appointive board, commission or agency or any person who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office, who does not attend at least 66 2/3% of regularly scheduled meetings of said Board, Commission, or Agency, during such fiscal year, as defined in Section 7-2A of this Charter, shall be considered removed from such board, commission, agency and his/her place thereon shall be considered vacant. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of that board, commission, or agency to give prompt written notice of such vacancy to the Town Council.
