[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Cromwell 4-12-1977. Amendments noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REVISION
Effective with the general election held in November 2013, the Town changed to a Town Council/Town Manager form of government. According to Charter § 11.04, any references in Town ordinances to the "First Selectman" or to the "Board of Selectmen" shall now be deemed to refer to the "Town Manager" or the "Town Council," as appropriate.
GENERAL REFERENCES
Board of Finance — See Charter §§ 5.02 and 5.08.
This chapter is hereby adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Section 7-340a of the Connecticut General Statutes.
A. 
The Town Council shall appoint three alternate members to the Board of Finance subject to the minority representation provisions of Section 9-167a of the Connecticut General Statutes.
[Amended TC 6-16-2014]
B. 
Alternate members shall be electors and taxpayers of the Town of Cromwell.
A. 
Alternate members of the Board of Finance appointed hereunder shall serve in the event of absence or disqualification of a regular member of the Board of Finance. When seated and serving as provided below, such alternate members shall have all the powers and duties set forth in the Connecticut General Statutes and the Town of Cromwell Charter.
B. 
In the event that a regular member of the Board of Finance is absent or is disqualified, such absent or disqualified member shall designate an alternate appointed hereunder to act. In the event that an absent or disqualified regular member shall fail or refuse to designate an alternate to act, the majority of the regular members of the Board of Finance not absent and not disqualified may designate an alternate appointed hereunder, subject to the provisions of Section 9-167a of the Connecticut General Statutes, to act for such absent or disqualified regular member.
A. 
The initial terms of alternate members appointed hereunder shall be from the date of their appointment to the next election at which members of the Board of Finance are elected.
B. 
Following said initial term, alternate members shall be appointed for terms of two years.