There shall be the following appointed officers of the Town:
(a)
Assessor;
(b)
Building Inspector;
(c)
Emergency Management Director;
(d)
Director - Public Works Department;
(e)
Fire Marshal;
(f)
Finance Director;
(g)
Director - Health Department;
(h)
Town Counsel;
(i)
Town Meeting Moderator;
(j)
Town Meeting Deputy Moderators;
(k)
Town Treasurer who shall be Agent of Town Deposit Fund; and,
(l)
Such other appointed Town officers whose office is created by an
amendment to the Charter or by appropriate action of the Legislative
Authority.
Such of the appointed officers listed in Section 9.1 as hold any of the said offices on the date of the adoption of the Charter shall continue to hold said offices for the period for which they shall have been elected or appointed.
Appointed Town officers shall have such powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall be subject to such restrictions and limitations as are prescribed
with respect to such offices, in the General Statutes, in appropriate
Special Acts, in this Charter, in the ordinances or other action of
the Legislative Authority or in appropriate directions, from time
to time, from the First Selectman, the Board of Selectmen and the
respective supervisors of such officers.
In the performance of their duties, appointed Town officers
may engage such assistants as are approved by the Board of Selectmen
and by the supervisor of any such appointed Town officer, provided
that the compensation of any such assistant to be paid by the Town
shall be within the budgetary limits prescribed by the Board of Finance.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, all appointive officers
shall hold office for a term of two years and shall take office 30
days after the biennial Town Election in the year in which their terms
expire.
In addition to other duties prescribed by law, the Director
shall supervise the activities of the Sanitation Inspector, the Superintendent
of the Town Dump and, with the cooperation of the Orange Public Health
Nursing Service, the activities of the Town Nurses. The Health Director
shall further supervise the periodic inspection of all establishments
in the Town which provide food, drinks or lodging on a commercial
basis and all trailer parks.
There shall be a Department of Public Works which through its
Director shall have supervision and control of the maintenance of
all Town owned structures, except such structures as are under the
Park and Recreation commission, and the planning, surveying, constructing
and reconstructing, altering, paving, repairing, maintaining, cleaning,
lighting, inspecting; and to the extent applicable, the operation
of highways, sidewalks and curbs, sewers, disposal facilities, public
and private drains, Town buildings and other public improvements;
the preservation, care, removal of trees within the highways and public
places; all engineering work of the Town, and the collection and disposal
of garbage, rubbish and ashes, to the extent that the Board of Selectmen
shall determine that these functions and activities are within the
responsibilities of the Town and this Department. The Director and
the Department shall also undertake such additional responsibilities
and projects as may, from time to time, be reasonably prescribed by
the Board of Selectmen. The efforts of the Department shall be coordinated
by the Director with those of the Town Plan and Zoning Commission
under such rules and regulations as may be adopted with the approval
of the Board of Selectmen.
Any provision of this section to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Public Works Department shall have the responsibility for construction
and maintenance of parks and grounds used for park and recreation
purposes belonging to the Town and of buildings, structures, apparatus
and equipment used in connection therewith, to the extent and for
the period requested by the Park and Recreation Commission and approved
by the Board of Selectmen.
Any provision of this section to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Public Works Department may maintain and care for school buildings
and grounds, but only if and to the extent and for the period requested
by the Board of Education and approved by the Board of Selectmen,
and the cost of such service shall be charged against the Board of
Education appropriation. The Director - Department of Public Works
may appoint and may remove with the approval of the First Selectman
and subject to the provisions of this Charter and such rules and regulations
as shall have been adopted for the operation of his Department, a
Supervisor of Roads, a Town Engineer, a Supervisor of the Town Dump,
a Tree Warden and such deputies, assistants, and employees as he may
deem necessary and shall prescribe their duties provided such personnel
shall be within the budgetary limits fixed by the Board of Finance
for such Department.
Nothing contained herein shall preclude the filling of two or
more of the above positions by the same person, including the Director
of the Department of Public Works, provided such joint appointments
shall have been approved by the First Selectman.
The Town Counsel shall serve for a term of two (2) years or
until his successor has qualified. In addition to any other duties
properly prescribed, the Town Counsel shall:
(a)
Review in advance of all Town Meetings the matters to be presented
at such meetings and consult with the Town Meeting Moderator and the
Board of Selectmen, as necessary, to assure the orderly disposition
of the business of the meeting.
(b)
Prepare all ordinances proposed by any Town officer, board or commission,
at the request of the First Selectman.
(c)
Review all ordinances to be acted upon and, if time and the proponents
thereof permit, redraft the same, if necessary, in appropriate ordinance
language.
(d)
Be the legal advisor to all Town officers, boards, commissions or
agencies in all matters affecting the Town and attend all Town Meetings,
and the Annual Budget Hearing, and, at the request of the First Selectman,
attend periodic meetings of the Board of Selectmen and such other
meetings or hearings as may be reasonably required.
(e)
Give opinions on such matters as are submitted to him for opinion
by the First Selectman or, with the approval of the First Selectman,
by any other Town Officers or by the Chairman of any other Town Board
or Commission.
There shall be a Town Meeting Moderator and Deputy Town Meeting
Moderators, each to serve for a term of two years or until their successors
have qualified. It shall be the duty of the Town Meeting Moderator,
or in the event of his absence or inability to act, a Deputy Town
Meeting Moderator, to preside over all Town Meetings. They shall consult,
in advance of each Town Meeting with Town Counsel, the First Selectman,
the Board of Selectmen or such other persons as they deem appropriate
to facilitate the orderly disposition of the business of the Meeting.
There shall be a Town Assessor who shall have such powers, duties,
responsibilities and shall be subject to such restrictions and limitations
as are by law prescribed for such officers.
There shall be a Town Treasurer who shall serve for a term of
two years. He shall have such powers, duties, responsibilities and
shall be subject to such restrictions and limitations as are by law
prescribed for such officers. The Town Treasurer shall, in addition,
be the Agent of the Town Deposit Fund.
There shall be a Town Building Inspector who shall have such
powers, duties and responsibilities and shall be subject to such restrictions
and limitations as are by law prescribed for such officers.
There shall be a Fire Marshal and Fire Wardens of the Town who
shall have such powers and duties and responsibilities and shall be
subject to such restrictions and limitations as are by law prescribed
for such officers.
