There shall be the following appointed officers of the Town:
(a) 
Tax Collector; Assessor; Tree Warden; Director of Civil Preparedness; Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Statistics; Treasurer; and an Administrative Officer.
[Amended 4-27-1987, effective 5-4-1987[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amendment pending.
(b) 
Such other appointed officers as may be required by general law or applicable Special Act after the effective date of this Charter.
(c) 
The Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Statistics and the Treasurer elected in 1987 shall serve the term to which elected, and no appointment to these offices shall be made until that term expires or the office is otherwise vacated.
[Amended 4-27-1987, effective 5-4-1987]
There shall be the following appointed boards of the Town:
(a) 
Board of Finance; Town Plan and Zoning Commission; Library Commission.
[Amended 5-2-1983, effective 6-1-1983[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amendment pending.
(b) 
Such other appointed boards as may be required by general law or applicable Special Act after the effective date of this Charter.
(a) 
All appointed officers and members of appointed boards listed in §§ 7-1(a) and 7-2(a) shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
(b) 
Other appointed officers and boards shall be similarly appointed unless otherwise provided in this Charter or in the Statute, ordinance, or resolution creating the same.
[Amended 5-7-1979, effective 7-1-1979]
(c) 
Except as otherwise provided, any member of a board or commission appointed by the Board of Selectmen may be removed from office or from membership on such board or commission by the Board of Selectmen upon affirmative vote of four members thereof, at least one of whom shall be of the same party as the person so removed. If such member is not a member of a political party represented on the Board of Selectmen, then such member shall not be removed except upon affirmative vote of four members thereof with at least one vote for removal by a member of each political party represented on the Board of Selectmen. No person shall be so removed without reasonable notice thereof and the opportunity to appear before the Board of Selectmen at a public hearing thereon.
[Amended 4-28-1992, effective 11-3-1992]
(d) 
Any officer appointed by the Board of Selectmen under § 7-1 of this Charter may be removed from office by the Board of Selectmen upon affirmative vote of four members thereof.
[Added 4-28-1992, effective 1-1-1993]
(e) 
Vacancies in appointed offices or boards shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as appointments are made, unless otherwise provided in the statute, ordinance or resolution creating the same.
(a) 
The amount of compensation, if any, to be paid to appointed officers and members of appointed boards shall, in the absence of ordinance otherwise providing, be set by the Board of Selectmen, and shall be included in the budget estimate of such Board.
(b) 
The rate of compensation of the holder of any appointed office or membership on any appointed board shall not be decreased during his/her term of office.
(a) 
Uncompensated appointed officers and members of the Town Plan and Zoning Commission, the Board of Finance and of all uncompensated appointed boards shall be electors of the Town.
(b) 
No person shall be appointed an officer or member of any board in violation of § 8-5. No member of the Board of Finance during his/her term of office shall be a member of any other Town board, commission or agency.
[Amended 4-28-1992, effective 7-1-1993]
(c) 
All appointments, including appointments to fill vacancies, to appointed boards shall comply with the minority representation provisions of Section 9-167a of the General Statutes.
(a) 
The terms of office of all appointed officers and members and alternate members of appointed boards, commissions and agencies shall be for such period, not to exceed four years and until a successor has taken office, as the Board of Selectmen may enact by ordinance.
All regular terms shall end on June 30 of odd number years.
[Added 5-28-1983, effective 6-1-1983]
(b) 
Terms of office commence on the first day of July after appointment in the case of all officers and board memberships listed in §§ 7-1(a) and 7-2(a), and on the same date in the case of all other appointed officers or boards unless otherwise provided in the statute, ordinance or resolution creating the same.
(c) 
Appointed officials and members of appointed boards, commissions and agencies who are in office on the effective date of any ordinance which provides for a term of office shorter or longer than the previously prevailing term shall, notwithstanding such ordinance, remain in office until the expiration of the terms for which they were last appointed. Appointments for terms commencing subsequent to the effective date of any such ordinance shall be made in such numbers, for such terms (not to exceed four years) and in such rotation as in the judgment of the Board of Selectmen will most equitably and expeditiously bring all terms of appointed office into conformity with such ordinance.
[Added 11-7-1972, effective 1-1-1973]
(d) 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Treasurer shall be appointed for the same term as the Board of Selectmen by which they are appointed.
[Added 4-27-1987, effective 5-4-1987; amended 7-23-1998, effective 7-1-1999]
(a) 
Under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen, the Assessor shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed by law for assessors and boards of assessors.
(b) 
The other officers provided for in § 7-1 shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed therefor by law.
(a) 
The Town Plan and Zoning Commission shall have six members and three alternate members.
[Amended 11-7-1972, effective 1-1-1973]
(b) 
The Town Plan and Zoning Commission shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities and perform the functions prescribed therefor by law.
(c) 
No member of the Town Plan and Zoning Commission shall receive compensation for his/her services as such, but the necessary expense of the Commission shall be paid by the Town upon requisition of the Commission in writing.
(a) 
Unless acting pursuant to § 7-12(b), the First Selectman and Board of Selectmen in office may not appoint any person to any office the term of which commences after the regular term of such Board of Selectmen terminates.
(b) 
The First Selectman-elect and the Selectmen-elect elected at a regular Town election may, in advance of taking office, make appointments to offices the terms of which commence on the succeeding July 1. All powers of the First Selectman and Selectmen to fill vacancies in offices, the terms of which extend beyond the succeeding July 1, shall be vested in the First Selectman-elect and the Selectmen-elect at the date of their election.
(a) 
There shall be an Administrative Officer, appointed by the Board of Selectmen and serving at the pleasure of such Board. The Administrative Officer shall have training and experience in municipal government. He shall perform such duties as the Board of Selectmen shall from time to time determine. These duties may include administrative and supervisor responsibilities within the authority of the Board of Selectmen and First Selectman and shall be under the supervision of the First Selectman. Questions of policy are reserved to the Board of Selectmen and First Selectman under the provisions of this Charter.
[Added 4-27-1987, effective 5-4-1987]
(b) 
In the event that the provisions of this section shall conflict with the provisions of any other section of this Charter, then the provisions of this section shall control.
[Added 4-27-1987, effective 5-4-1987]