[Amended referendum 11-8-2005, effective 12-8-2005; referendum 11-4-2008, effective 12-4-2008]
(a) Except for the powers committed to the Board of Education
by the Connecticut General Statutes, the Board of Selectmen shall
have the sole power, subject to the requirements of the Connecticut
General Statutes and of this charter:
(1) to incur indebtedness in the name of the town, and
to provide for the due execution of contracts and evidences of indebtedness
issued by the town;
(2) to take, purchase, lease, sell, or convey real or
personal property of or for the town;
(3) to institute, prosecute, defend or compromise any
legal action or proceeding by or against the town;
(4) to enter into contracts for any services and to purchase or contract to purchase any supplies, materials, equipment and other commodities required by any town agency, except the Board of Finance with respect to the town audit provided in Section
6-2. The Board of Education may request the Board of Selectmen to act for it in the making of such contracts and purchases. The Board of Selectmen may by resolution or regulation delegate its powers in this subsection
(4) to any town agency;
(5) to issue notes in anticipation of tax collections
payable within the fiscal year in which the notes are issued, and
to issue bonds or other notes when authorized by a town meeting, in
each instance upon such terms and conditions as the Selectmen may
approve, including without limitation the manner and form of issue
and sale thereof, the date and rate of interest thereof, the designation
of a bank or trust company to act as certifying or paying agent thereof,
and the designation of the persons to sign such notes in the name
of or on behalf of the town. The Board of Selectmen may by resolution
delegate its power to determine such terms and conditions to the First
Selectman, and the Finance Director;
(6) to accept, or refuse to accept, roads offered to the
town;
(7) to abandon or discontinue town roads, subject to the
approval of town meeting
(8) to enact, repeal or amend ordinances not inconsistent with this charter or the general statutes; provided however that such action shall be taken only following a public hearing held by the Selectmen upon not less than five days' notice published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town. The effective date of any such action shall be thirty days after its publication in full or by summary in accordance with section 7-157(b), in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town, or such later date as may be set forth in the action. Any ordinance action in accordance with this provision may be modified or nullified by special town meeting called within the aforesaid thirty day period in accordance with Section
7-1(b), and the calling of such a meeting to consider any such ordinance action, shall automatically extend the effective date of any such ordinance action which would otherwise occur prior to the holding of such meeting, to three days after said meeting is held.
(9) to exercise the powers of the legislative body of
the Town with regard to any reserve fund for capital and non-recurring
expenditures.
(b) The Board of Selectmen shall have such other powers
and duties as are provided for Boards of Selectmen by the Connecticut
General Statutes and this charter.
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a clerk
of the Board of Selectmen, who shall keep minutes of meetings, and
record all votes and other actions of the Board of Selectmen and shall
perform such other duties as the Board of Selectmen shall direct.