The powers which are conferred and the duties
which are imposed upon any commission, board, department or office
under the Connecticut General Statutes or any ordinance or regulation
in force at the time this Charter shall take effect, if such commission,
board, department or office is abolished by this Charter, shall be
thereafter exercised and discharged by the commission, board, department
or office upon which are imposed corresponding or like functions,
powers and duties under the provisions of this Charter.
All commissions, boards, departments or offices
abolished by this Charter, whether elective or appointive, shall continue
in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been
made for the discontinuance of such commissions, boards, departments
or offices and the performance of their duties by other commissions,
boards, departments or offices created under this Charter and until
the Town Clerk shall have notified the members of such commissions,
boards, departments or offices as are abolished by this Charter that
their successors have qualified.
All persons holding permanent positions in the
service of the Town on the effective date of this Charter, whose positions
are included in the classified service by the terms of this Charter,
shall immediately become members of the classified service and retain
such positions until promoted, transferred, reduced in rank or removed
in accordance with the provisions of this Charter. All other employees
of the Town on the effective date of this Charter, whose positions
are not abolished by the provisions of the Charter, shall retain such
positions pending action by the Council or the appropriate officer
charged by this Charter with powers of appointment and removal. Any
provision of law in force at the time this Charter shall take effect
and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, in relation
to personnel, appointments, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotions,
removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights or any other
rights or privileges of employees of the Town or any office, department
or agency thereof, shall continue in effect, until or unless amended
or repealed in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
(a)Â
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter and except
in any outstanding union or employee contract or as provided in the
Connecticut General Statutes, any appointive officer or employee receiving
compensation for employment may be removed by the authority which
appointed the officer or employee for good cause shown, provided that
the appointive officer or employee shall first be given notice, in
writing, of his or her removal, which notice shall specify the grounds
therefor. Thereafter, within five days from the receipt of such notice,
such officer or employee may request a public hearing before the Council
to review such removal, which hearing shall be held not more than
20 days after receipt of such request. The Council shall, within 10
days from such hearing, affirm, modify or reverse the decision of
the appointing authority.
(b)Â
No employee of the Board of Education below the rank
of superintendent or supervising agent who holds a regular certificate
of qualification issued by the State Board of Education shall be removed
except in accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes.
Any elected or appointed body of the Town of
Monroe must have a quorum present to begin and conduct a public hearing.
All general laws applicable to the Town and
all ordinances and bylaws 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 are repealed with the exception of those not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Charter and provided that any boards,
commissions, agencies, committees or officers not specifically provided
for in this Charter and heretofore provided for by resolution or ordinance
may be abolished by resolution of the Council.
Authority is given for the purchase of a blanket
bond conditioned upon honesty and/or faithful performance of official
duties of those officials required by the Council to post a surety
company bond. Premiums for any official bonds shall be paid by the
Town.
This Charter may be amended in the manner prescribed
by law.
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 section may be inseparably connected in meaning
and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding
shall directly apply.
Upon approval by the electors of the Town, the
provisions of this Charter shall take effect on December 5, 2002.
The existing Charter dated December 11, 1989, shall remain in effect
until that date. Nothing contained herein shall limit or terminate
the term of office of any board or commission member. The First Selectman
shall make appointments from the provisions of this Charter only as
vacancies arise as set forth under Chapter IV, § 3, herein.
