[Adopted 3-8-1983]
The Town of Clinton hereby creates a Water Pollution
Control Commission, to be known as the "Clinton Water Pollution Control
Commission," and designates said Commission as the Water Pollution
Control Authority for the Town of Clinton with all the powers, purposes
and objectives set forth in Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General
Statutes, as amended to date.
[Amended 8-5-2009]
The Clinton Water Pollution Control Commission
shall be made up of seven members ("Commissioners") each of whom shall
be an elector of the Town of Clinton appointed for a term of three
years by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the Town Charter.
The Commission shall, at its first meeting,
to be held not later than April 15, 1983, and at each annual meeting
held during the first 15 days of April in each succeeding year, elect
from among its number a Chairperson and shall appoint a Clerk who
may be, but need not be, a Commissioner. The Commission may employ
legal counsel, professional engineers, and such other persons as it
shall deem necessary to carry out its purposes and objectives and
shall prescribe and define their duties. The Commission shall, not
less frequently than annually, determine the compensation, if any,
to be paid to the Clerk and all other professional assistants and
employees of the Commission. The Clerk shall keep a complete record
of the proceedings of the Commission and shall be the custodian of
such books, records and documents and shall give such notice of its
meetings to the Town Clerk and file with the Town Clerk such record
of its proceedings as may be required by law. The Commission's records
shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable hours.
The first meeting of the Commission shall be
called by the First Selectman and thereafter meetings of the Commission
shall be called by the Chairperson or by any two Commissioners. Notice
of the call of any meeting of the Commission shall be effective as
to its members if all Commissioners shall have received such notice
not less than 36 hours prior to the date of such meeting.
The Commission shall maintain proper accounting
and financial records and shall make an annual report to the Board
of Selectmen. The Commission shall prepare annually a budget of estimated
revenues and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.
A Commissioner may be removed for inefficiency
or neglect of duty or misconduct in office by the Board of Selectmen
after hearing conforming to recognized standards of due process of
law, including, without limitation, an opportunity to review the charges
made against such Commissioner not less than 10 days prior to the
date on which said charges shall be subject to such a hearing.
The Commission shall prepare and periodically
update a water pollution control plan for the Town of Clinton in the
manner provided by C.G.S. § 7-246. Such periodic updating
shall be accomplished not less frequently than every five years after
the completion of the initial plan, and in addition to the filing
requirements of said statute the Commission shall file a copy of said
plan and any periodic update with the Town Clerk.
