Town of Farmington, CT
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2024-02-04
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article VI Corporation Counsel
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art VI Corporation Counsel
- § C6-1 Qualifications.
- § C6-2 Powers and duties.
- § C6-3 Assistant Corporation Counsel.
- The Code
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Building Code Board of Appeals
- Ch 9 Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commission
- Ch 12 Cooperative Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 20 Economic and Business Development
- Ch 22 Enforcement of Zoning Regulations, Inland Wetland Regulations and Aquifer Protection Area Regulations for Level a Mapped Areas
- Ch 24 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 27 Fair Rent Commission
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Housing Agencies
- Ch 35 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 47 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Pensions
- Ch 53 Public Buildings
- Ch 55 Purchasing
- Ch 59 Regional Councils and Authorities
- Ch 62 Signpost, Official
- Ch 68 Water Pollution Control Authority
- General Legislation
- Ch 73 Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 76 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 83 Building Construction
- Ch 86 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 87 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 88 Buildings, Blighted
- Ch 91 Citation Hearing Procedure
- Ch 98 Fees
- Ch 101 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 106 Food-Processing and Food-Service Establishments
- Ch 111 Historic Areas
- Ch 118 Housing Standards
- Ch 125 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 126 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 135 Noise
- Ch 140 Parking Lots
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 148 Property, Town-Owned
- Ch 151 Scenic Roads
- Ch 152 Septic Systems
- Ch 156 Sewers
- Ch 159 Signs
- Ch 165 Solid Waste
- Ch 169 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 172 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 174 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 176 Taxation
- Ch 182 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 186 Vehicles, Junked
- Ch 189 Vehicles, Motorized
- Ch 193 Water
- Ch 197 Zoning Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A205 Rules of Procedure
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The Corporation Counsel shall be an attorney at law admitted
to practice law in this state.
[Amended 7-1-2003]
The Corporation Counsel shall appear and protect the rights
of the Town in all actions, suits or proceedings brought by or against
it or any of its departments, officers, agencies, boards or commissions.
He/She shall be the legal advisor of the Council, the Town Manager
and other Town officers, boards and commissions in all matters affecting
the Town and shall, upon request, promptly furnish them with a written
opinion on any question of law involving their respective powers and
duties. He/She shall prepare or approve all forms of contracts and
other instruments to which the Town is a party or in which it has
an interest. He/She shall have the power, with the approval of the
Council, to appeal from orders, decisions and judgments and, subject
to the approval of the Council, to compromise or settle any claims
by or against the Town and may, with the approval of the Council,
employ additional assistants at any time that he/she may deem it necessary
in the interests of the Town.
The Council may appoint Assistant Corporation Counsel with such
qualifications as it may deem appropriate.
