The election, term of office, and qualifications of the First Selectman shall be in accordance with Article
IV of this Charter and the compensation in accordance with Article
VI.
Under the general policy direction of the Board of Selectmen,
the First Selectman shall be responsible for
(a) administering the Town's personnel policies, creating and updating
job descriptions, completing annual performance evaluations for appointed
and hired personnel no later than September 1 of each year, and directing
and supervising the performance of said personnel whether appointed
or hired;
(b) overseeing the Administrative Assistant's coordination of all
personnel scheduling, vacation and other planned absences so that
each office is properly and continuously staffed during its normal
working hours;
(c) coordinating the administration and future planning of every Town
agency, except for those functions expressly reserved or delegated
to such Town agency by law or this Charter;
(d) making a continuous review of the current and future needs of the
Town, including financial needs and budget requirements, and keeping
the Board of Selectmen fully informed as to the financial condition
of the Town;
(e) executing, or causing to be executed, the ordinances, regulations,
resolutions, or policies voted by the Board of Selectmen or the Town
Meeting;
(f) informing the Board of Selectmen of the availability of, and the requirements for, such federal and/or state funds for which the Town may qualify which information shall be made available to the Board of Finance in accordance with Article
IX of this Charter;
(g) insuring the implementation of proper financial procedures including,
but not limited to, bidding procedures currently in effect, record
keeping, and accounting methods for which the Board of Finance may
lawfully and reasonably prescribe for those Town agencies over which
the First Selectman has jurisdiction;
(h) coordinating and guiding the Board of Selectmen in the discharge
of all the Board's duties and responsibilities;
(i) developing a prioritized set of objectives for the coming fiscal
year, which shall serve as a policy guide in the development of the
Annual Town Budget;
(j) insuring that full and complete records of the activities of his/her
office are kept, making periodic reports to the Board of Selectmen
and the Board of Finance, recommending to the Board of Selectmen such
motions as he/she shall deem necessary or expedient, and keeping or
causing to be kept, complete books of account showing the financial
transactions and condition of the Town and all other accounts and
records as may be prescribed by the Board of Finance pursuant to the
Statutes or this Charter;
(k) performing the duties which Section
8-15 of this Charter assigns to the Director of Public Works in the event that the position is vacant;
(l) performing other duties that the Statutes assign to the Chief Executive
in the absence of such separate municipal appointive officials as
police chief or welfare officer;
(m) designating a daily medium having a general readership that includes
the Town of Killingworth, which medium shall be the "designated medium"
to be used for all legal notices required by this Charter or the Statutes;
(n) informing all Town agencies that their budgets are to be submitted
to the Board of Selectmen by a date in January specified by the Board
of Selectmen; and
(o) insuring that all fees collected by any Town agency, other than the
Judge of Probate, are remitted to the General Fund.
To assist in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities
of his/her office and of the Board of Selectmen, the First Selectman
may assign and delegate duties to Selectmen and to officers responsible
to him/her, except as to powers and duties which may under the Statutes
not be so delegated. Such assignments and delegations, if permanent,
shall be made public knowledge through posting on the Town Bulletin
Board and shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be made known
to any Town agencies affected.
The First Selectman, during his/her term of office, shall not
hold any other civil office which provides compensation under the
government of the United States or the State of Connecticut except
that of Notary Public, nor shall be hold any of those offices which
are considered incompatible with that of First Selectman in terms
of the Statutes.