Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all elected Town
officers, boards and commissions shall have the powers and duties
prescribed by law. All such officers and members of boards and commissions
shall be sworn before taking each term of office and the officer administering
the oath shall record such fact in the Office of the Town Clerk in
accordance with the requirements of the Connecticut General Statutes.
The following Town officers, boards and commissions shall be
elective, and all others shall be appointive: First Selectman, Selectmen,
Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, the Board of Finance, the
Board of Assessment Appeals, the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Board
of Education, the Planning Commission, the Zoning Commission, the
Parks and Recreation Commission, the Board of Police Commissioners,
the Harbor Management Commission and the Registrars of Voters.
The Board of Selectmen shall consist of the First Selectman
and the two Selectmen who shall be elected at each biennial municipal
election in accordance with the procedure and subject to the requirements
of Section 9-188 of the General Statutes of Connecticut. The term
of office for members of the Board of Selectmen shall be two years.
The powers and duties of the Board of Selectmen and the First Selectman
are set forth as Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of this Charter.
The Town Clerk shall serve for a term of four (4) years. His
or her term of office shall commence on the first Monday of January,
next succeeding his or her election. He or she shall have all the
powers and duties prescribed by the Constitution and the General Statutes
of Connecticut, and of this Charter. He or she shall be, ex officio,
the Registrar of Vital Statistics of the Town. He or she shall appoint
and may remove all assistants and employees of his or her office,
subject to the provisions of such collective bargaining contracts
as may be entered into by the Town, and to budgetary approval.
The Tax Collector shall have all of the powers and duties prescribed
by the General Statutes of Connecticut, and by this Charter. The Tax
Collector shall serve for a term of four (4) years. He or she may
appoint and may remove all assistants and employees of his or her
office, subject to the provisions of such collective bargaining contracts
as may be entered into by the Town, and to budgetary approval.
The Town Treasurer shall serve for a term of two (2) years and
shall have all of the powers and duties prescribed by the General
Statutes of Connecticut and by this Charter.
Elective Town officials, boards, commissions and agencies have
the right to hire and may remove such assistants as may be necessary
for the performance of their duties, conditioned on and subject to
their securing budget approval for this purpose and consistent with
such collective bargaining contracts as may be entered into by the
Town.