All general laws applicable to the Town and
all ordinances of the Town shall continue in full force and effect,
except as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter.
All special acts or parts of special acts relating to the Town and
inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter are repealed.
Authority is given for the purchase of a blanket
bond conditioned upon honesty and/or faithful performance of official
duties of those officials required to post a surety company bond.
Premiums for any official bonds shall be paid by the Town.
[Amended 11-6-2012]
No person shall hold more than one (1) elective
or Council appointed office, position, or committee membership at
the same time in the Town of North Branford, except that of Notary
Public or Justice of the Peace, or membership on a joint board, commission
or committee or coordinating body, and no person shall hold incompatible
Town offices as set forth in the General Statutes.
Any elected or appointed officer or any employee of the Town who has a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contract, transaction or decision of any board or commission to which the Town is a party, shall disclose that interest to the Council who shall record such disclosure upon the official record of its meetings. A violation by any such officer or employee of the provisions of this section shall be grounds for removal. A violation of this section 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 Council or by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Council may, in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, by ordinance, supplement the provisions of this section.
Remuneration, if any, of elective and appointive
officers (which term includes all board and commission members) or
clerks of boards and commissions shall be set by the annual Town budget
or by ordinance, provided that remuneration of any elective or appointive
Town officer shall not be diminished during his or her term of office.
All elective and appointive officers and commission
members shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties
by anyone empowered to administer oaths under the General Statutes.
In computing the period of time of any notice
under this Charter, the day on which the notice is given shall be
excluded and the day on which the matter notice is to occur shall
be included. The same principle shall govern other computations of
time for purposes hereof.
If any section of this Charter shall be held
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not
affect the remainder of this Charter nor the context in which such
section so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire
section or part of a section may be inseparably connected in meaning
and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding
shall directly apply.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § C10-9, Abolition
of annual budge meeting, was repealed 11-2-2004.
This Charter may be amended in the manner provided
by law.
