Nomination and election of federal and state officers, including
Registrars of Voters, and of such elective municipal officers, boards
and commissions as are provided for in this Charter shall be conducted,
and the Registrars of Voters shall prepare lists of electors qualified
to vote therefor, in the manner prescribed in the constitution and
general laws of the State of Connecticut, except as hereinafter provided.
A meeting of the electors of the Town of Montville for the election
of officers of the Town shall be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November 1991 and biennially thereafter. All officials
duly elected at such regular Town elections, upon qualification, shall
take office on the first Monday following their election, and they
shall hold office until their successors have been chosen and qualified.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all elective Town officers,
boards and commissions shall have the powers and duties prescribed
by law.
At regular elections there shall be elected, in accordance with
the provisions of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut
and of this Charter, a Mayor and a Town Council consisting of seven
members. At regular elections there shall also be elected a Board
of Education consisting of nine members, a Zoning Board of Appeals
consisting of five members, and a Board of Tax Review consisting of
three members, each as hereinafter defined.
A.
Mayor: To be elected in accordance with § C501 of this
Charter.
B.
Town Council: At the election of November 1977, there shall be elected
three members to the Town Council for a term of two years, the four
remaining members to complete their terms of office. At the election
of November 1979, there shall be elected seven members to the Town
Council for a term of two years. Thereafter there shall be elected
seven members who shall hold office for two years to succeed those
whose terms expire.
C.
Board of Education: [1] At the first regular election following the adoption of
this Charter, there shall be elected one member of the Board of Education
for a term of two years and two members for a term of four years to
replace the members whose terms expire. The remaining six members
shall continue in office until their terms expire. At the election
two years thereafter, there shall be elected four members of the Board
of Education for terms of four years. Alternately thereafter, there
shall be elected five members and then four members who shall hold
office for four years to succeed those whose terms expire.
D.
Zoning Board of Appeals: [2] At the first regular election following the adoption of
this Charter, there shall be elected two members of the Zoning Board
of Appeals for terms of four years, and three members for terms of
two years. Alternatively thereafter, there shall be elected three
members, and then two members, who shall hold office for a term of
four years to succeed those whose terms expire.
E.
Board of Tax Review: At the election of November 1977, there shall
be elected two members of the Board of Tax Review for a term of four
years and the remaining member for a term of two years. At the election
of November 1979 there shall be elected one member to the Board of
Tax Review for a four-year term. Alternately thereafter, there shall
be elected two members and then one member who shall hold office for
four years to succeed those whose terms expire.
A.
Minority representation on any elective or appointive board, commission,
committee or similar body of the Town, with the exception of the Town
Council, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
the General Statutes of 1958 as amended.
B.
Minority representation on the Town Council shall be determined as
follows: The Town Clerk shall prepare a list of candidates ranked
from top to bottom according to the number of votes each receives;
when the number of members of any such political party would be elected
without regard to this section exceeds five, only the five candidates
of such political party with the highest number of votes shall be
elected, and the names of the remaining candidates of such political
party shall be stricken from the list. The next highest ranking candidate
shall be elected up to the number of places to be filled at such election.
At such time as the minority representation provisions of this section
become applicable, vacancies thereafter occurring shall be filled
by appointment of a member of the same political party as that of
the vacating member. For the purposes of this section, a person shall
be deemed to be a member of the political party on whose enrollment
list his name appears on the date of his appointment to the Town Council,
provided any person who has applied for erasure or transfer of his
name from an enrollment list shall be considered a member of the party
from whose list he has so applied for erasure or transfer for a period
of six months from the date of filing of such application and provided
further any person whose candidacy for election to office is solely
as the candidate of a party other than the party with which he is
enrolled shall be deemed to be a member of the party of which he is
such a candidate.
[1]
Editor's Note: See C.G.S. § 9-167a.
No name of any candidate shall be printed on any official ballot
at any election, except the name of a candidate nominated by a major
or minor party, unless a nominating petition for such candidate, with
his party designation, is filed with the Secretary of the State as
provided in Section 9-453 to 9-458 inclusive of the General Statutes,
as amended.
There shall continue to be five voting districts as the same
existed on the effective date of this Charter, and the number of voting
districts shall not be increased nor the boundaries altered, except
by ordinance of the Town Council. The Town Council shall have authority
to alter voting district boundaries by ordinance. The five voting
districts shall be kept reasonably equal with respect to overall population
as recorded by the most recent national census. No change in the boundaries
of voting districts shall be made within 90 days prior to an election.
The Registrars of Voters shall provide suitable polling places in
the districts, and the Town Council shall define the boundaries of
the area to be served by each polling place. The Town Clerk, Registrars
of Voters and all other officers of the Town shall perform the duties
required of them by law with respect to elections in the voting districts.
All action taken under the provisions of this section shall be in
accordance with Section 9-169 of the General Statutes, as amended.
When any regular or special town election, primary election
or referendum conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Charter
results in a tie, an adjourned election shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of the General Statutes.
If a vacancy should occur in the office of Mayor, the Chairman
of the Town Council shall serve in the office during the interim until
a successor to the Mayor can be decided in a special election to be
held 90 to 120 days following the vacating of the office. Any vacancy
in any other elective Town office from whatever cause arising shall
be filled by appointment by the Town Council within 30 days for the
unexpired portion of the term, or until the next biennial election
at which the vacancy can be filled in accordance with Section 9-221
of the General Statutes, as amended, provided that when a 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. When any office or position is vacated by a
non-affiliated elector, that position shall be filled with another
non-affiliated elector.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office
who is not at the time of election an elector of the Town, and any
person ceasing to be an elector of the Town shall thereupon cease
to hold elective office in the Town.
As provided in Section 9-15a of the General Statutes, as amended,
the Town Clerk and the two Registrars of Voters shall comprise the
membership and quorum of the Board for Admission of Electors. The
Board shall hold sessions for the admission of voters as provided
in Section 9-16 of the General Statutes, as amended.
