[Amended 11-5-1968; 5-5-1975; 11-7-1978; 11-2-1982; 11-8-1988; 9-28-1993; 5-5-1997; 7-1-2003]
An election of the officers of the Town of Farmington shall
be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each
odd-numbered year. At each such election there shall be elected seven
members of the Town Council, one of whom shall be chosen by the electors
of the Town by plurality vote in the Town to be Chair of the Council,
three shall be chosen by the electors of the first voting district
by plurality vote in said district and three shall be chosen by the
electors of the second voting district by plurality vote in said district.
At such election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November
in each odd-numbered year, there shall be elected three Constables,
three alternate members of the Town Plan and Zoning Commission and
three alternate members of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals, all for
terms of two years; three members of the Town Plan and Zoning Commission
and three members of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals, all for terms
of four years; two members of the Town Board of Assessment Appeals,
all for terms of six years; and, at alternating Town elections, four
members and five members of the Town Board of Education, respectively,
all for terms of four years and a Town Clerk for a term of two years
for the 2003 Town election and for a term of four years thereafter.
The term of all such officers shall commence on the first Monday of
January following their election. All officers shall hold office until
their successors are elected and qualify. No Town Treasurer or agent
of the Town deposit fund shall be elected.
[Amended 9-28-1993]
A.
The foregoing officers shall be nominated and elected as provided
for the nomination and election of Town officers in the General Statutes
of the state, provided that, in the case of members of the Council,
no person shall vote for more than two of the members to be elected
from the voting districts and, in all other cases where two or more
persons are to be elected to any office, if the number of offices
to be elected is odd, no person shall vote for more than a bare majority
of the number and, if the number to be elected is even, no person
shall vote for more than one-half of the number, except that in electing
members of the Town Board of Education when only four members of the
Town Board of Education are to be elected, a person may vote for three
such members.
[Amended 7-1-2003]
B.
The maximum number of members of any elective or appointed board,
commission, agency, committee or other similar body, except such boards,
commissions, agencies and/or committees whose members are elected
on the basis of geographical division of the Town, who may be members
of the same political party shall be as specified in the following
table, contained in C.G.S. § 9-167a, as the same may from
time to time be amended.
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Total Membership
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Maximum From 1 Party
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|
3
|
2
| |
|
4
|
3
| |
|
5
|
4
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|
6
|
4
| |
|
7
|
5
| |
|
8
|
5
| |
|
9
|
6
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More than 9
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2/3 of total
| |
|
membership
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C.
Prior to any election for or appointment to any such body, the Town Clerk, in cases of elective offices, and appointing authority, in cases of appointive offices, shall determine the maximum number of members of any political party who may be elected or appointed to such body at such election or appointment. Such maximum number shall be determined for each political party in the following manner: From the number of members of one political party who are members of such body at the time of the election or appointment, subtract the number of members of such political party whose terms expire prior to the commencement of the terms for which such election or appointment is being held or made and subtract the balance thus arrived at from the appropriate number specified in the second column in Subsection B of this section.
D.
In the case of any election to any such body the winner or winners shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of C.G.S. § 9-167a, Subsection (c), as the same may from time to time be amended.
E.
If an unexpired portion of a term is to be filled at the same time
as a full term, the unexpired term shall be deemed to be filled before
the full term for the purpose of applying this section. At such time
as the minority representation provisions of this section become applicable
to any board, commission, committee, agency or body, vacancies thereafter
occurring shall be filled by election or appointment of a member of
the same political party as that of the vacating members.
F.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify the
provisions of any special act which provides for a greater degree
of minority representation than is provided herein.
[Amended 11-7-1978; 5-5-1997; 7-1-2003]
Any vacancy in any elective Town office, from whatever cause
arising, shall be filled by appointment by the Town Council for the
period ending on the first Monday of January following the next Town
election, provided that, when the person vacating the office shall
have been elected as a member of a political party, such vacancy shall
be filled by the appointment of a member of the same political party
as that of the former incumbent, unless the incumbent was elected
as an independent candidate, in which case his/her successor shall
not be an enrolled member of a political party, and further provided
that, if the person vacating the office shall have been elected from
a voting district, such vacancy shall be filled by the appointment
of a qualified elector of such district and of the same political
party. If the Council, for a period of 60 days, is unable to obtain
a majority or plurality vote necessary to appoint a person to fill
a vacancy, the appointment shall be made by vote of only those members
of the Council belonging to the same political party as that of the
vacating officeholder. If the unexpired balance of the term of the
person vacating office extends beyond the first Monday of January
following the next Town election, the vacancy for such additional
extended period shall be filled by electing an official for the balance
of the unexpired term at the regular Town election held on the Tuesday
after the first Monday of November.
[Amended 7-1-2003]
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office
who is not, at the time of his/her election, a resident and a qualified
voter of the Town or, if he/she is elected from a voting district,
a qualified voter of such district. A vacancy shall immediately exist
if any such person ceases to be both a resident and a qualified voter
of the Town. Additionally, a person shall be presumed to have ceased
to be a resident if such person's permanent residence is located
outside of Town.
[Amended 9-28-1993; 5-5-1997; 7-1-2003]
There shall continue to be two voting districts, as the same
were on the effective date of this Charter, and the number of such
districts shall not be increased or diminished nor their boundaries
altered, except by ordinance of the Town Council approved by a majority
of the electors voting thereon at a regular biennial Town election.
The second district shall comprise all land bounded as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the center line of Morea Road with the town
line of the Town of Bristol; running thence northerly along the Town
lines of the Town of Bristol and the Town of Burlington to the intersection
of the Town lines of Burlington, Farmington and Avon; running thence
southeasterly and easterly along the town line of the Town of Avon
to the former center line of the Northampton division of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad; running thence southwesterly along
said center line of said railroad to its intersection with the center
line of Brickyard Road; running thence southerly along the center
line of said Brickyard Road to its intersection with Farmington Avenue;
running thence southerly parallel to the railroad to the center line
of the Farmington River; running thence northwesterly along the center
line of said river to said center line of the railroad; running thence
southerly along said center line of the railroad to its intersection
with the center line of Meadow Road; running thence westerly along
the center line of Meadow Road to Plainville Avenue; thence continuing
westerly along the center line of Morea Road to the place of beginning.
The first district shall comprise all other land within the Town.
Additional districts may be created pursuant to the Connecticut General
Statutes.
